College of Law Library

THE LEGAL WEB

Selected Legal Websites

RESEARCH RESOURCES

    Quick Reference:

    Grammar  http://englishplus.com/grammar

    Legal Citation  http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation

    Legal Dictionaries  http://dictionary.law.com and http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com

    Wex Legal Encyclopedia and Dictionary  http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex

    Legal News:

    Blogs, podcasts and feeds: Blawg http://www.blawg.com   Justia http://www.justia.com

    FindLaw  http://news.lp.findlaw.com

    Jurist  http://jurist.law.pitt.edu

    The Washington Post Courts Page, Nation Section   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/courts/?sub=AR

    Directories:

    Attorneys  http://martindale.com

    Businesses  http://hoovers.com

    LawCrawler (FindLaw)  http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com

    LawRunner (ILRG)  http://www.ilrg.com

 GENERAL LEGAL SITES

    Comprehensive Sites:

    Cornell's LII  http://www.law.cornell.edu

    FindLaw (West)  http://www.findlaw.com

        LexisONE http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/content/lexisonelandingpage.aspx 

    Hieros Gamos  http://www.hg.org

    Justia  http://www.justia.com

COURTS and DECISIONS

    Court Web Sites and Decisions:

    Court Rules (LLRX)  http://www.llrx.com/courtrules

    Forms, Federal and State Courts  http://www.uscourtforms.com

    Federal:

    Judiciary Home Page  http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx

    US Supreme Court  http://www.supremecourtus.gov

    Oyez (Chicago-Kent)  http://www.oyez.org

    Louisiana:

    Judicial Page on State Portal  http://louisiana.gov/Government/Judicial_Branch 

    Supreme Court   http://www.lasc.org    (Opinions in News Releases)

 GOVERNMENT

    ALSO  http://lawsource.com/also

    GovEngine  http://www.govengine.com

    Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)  http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

    USA.gov, Federal Portal  http://www.usa.gov

    GPO's FDsys  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys

    Executive:

    White House Home Page  http://www.whitehouse.gov

    Agencies, USA.gov http://www.usa.gov/Agencies.shtml

    Regulations:

        CFR: GPO's FDsys http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys  Cornell’s LII http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text
         Federal Register http://www.federalregister.gov   GPO's FDsys  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys

         Proposed Regulations http://www.regulations.gov/#!home 

         OpenRegs http://openregs.com

    Administrative Decisions (UVA) http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/govtinfo/fed_decisions_agency.html

    Legislature:

    USA.gov, Congress  http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Legislative.shtml

    U.S. Code: OLRC http://uscode.house.gov  Cornell’s LII http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

    Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet  http://thomas.loc.gov

STATE and LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    State and Local Government  http://www.statelocalgov.net

    Municipal Codes  http://www.municode.com/Library/Library.aspx  

    Louisiana Administrative Code and Register  http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr

FOREIGN and INTERNATIONAL LAW

   American Society of International Law  http://asil.org

        Electronic Resource Guide http://www.asil.org/erg
        EISIL http://www.eisil.org 

    Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)  http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php

    Harvard’s Foreign & International Law Guide  http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/guides/int_foreign/web-resources/index.html

    US Treaties (State Department)  http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty

    United Nations  http://www.un.org/en