2011 Internet Legal Research Links
United States Code
U.S. Code : Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Constitutitution
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
(U.S. Constitution, includes eachamendment with its own link; states that ratified each amendment & dates. Includes commentary, history, explanations, etc.)
COLORADO & OTHER STATES’ CONSTITUTIONS
FEDERAL REGULATIONS
COLORADO REGULATIONS
Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR)
Colorado Register (Publishes proposed & adopted rules with official notices)
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)
Administrative Codes & Registers (ACR) (Rules & registers for all 50 states)
Courts
FEDERAL COURTS & DECISIONS
COLORADO & OTHER STATES’ COURTS
Colorado Court of Appeals Opinions
Colorado Supreme Court Opinions
Colorado Supreme Court Library
Colorado Attorney General Opinions
Colorado State Judicial Branch
Colorado Office of Administrative Courts (OAC) (Colorado’s centralized administrative court system)
National Center for State Courts (NCSC) (Resources & information on state courts)
Legislation
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
STATE LEGISLATION
Colorado Legislative Drafting Manual (Colorado bill drafting manual from Office of Legislative Legal Services)
National Conference of State Legislatures: State Legislatures (NCSL)
Congressional Quarterly: TrendTrack (CQ) (Search full text of bills nationwide)
LOCAL ORDINANCES
Municode Library (Municipal Codes from U.S. cities)
Legal Issues
ABA LawInfo.org (American Bar Association legal resources for consumers)
Bitlaw: Technology Law Resources (Information on: technology, intellectual property, patent, copyright, trademark law, & Internet legal issues)
Colorado Attorney General’s Office (Information on consumer protection, business protection, safe communities & environment)
Compendium of State Firearms Laws (National Rifle Association, Institute for Legislative Action)
Copyright Clearance Center (Copyright law resources)
GigaLaw.com (Articles on Internet & technology legal issues)
Human Rights Library (Hosted by University of Minnesota Law School)
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse – Fact Sheets
Legal Profession
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Colorado Association of Law Libraries (CoALL)
American Bar Association (ABA)
Colorado Bar Association (CBA)
Lawyers.com (LexisNexis site of attorneys & legal resources
Martindale.com Lawyer Locator (Directory of attorneys & law firms)
Additional Resources
American Law Sources Online (ALSO) (Free on-line sources to North American law)
Law Reviews & Scholarly Journals (Hosted by University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library. This searchable database consists of tables of contents for more than 750 law reviews)
FindLaw (Topical index, legal sources, full-text database of law reviews)
LawCrawler (Searches contents of Internet legal sites)
Forms & Contracts (Federal & state courts forms & business contracts)
Guide to Law Online (Hosted by U.S. Law Library of Congress, with global sources on government & law)
Hieros Gamos (Hieros Gamos includes directories of bar associations, law firms, etc.)
Internet Legal Resource Group (ILRG) (Index of over 4000 selected legal Web sites)
Legal Information Institute (LII) (Hosted by Cornell University Law School)
Eye on the Courts (Includes important court decisions & analyses)
Legal Journals (Hosted by University of Southern California Law Library. Provides access to law journals)
LLRX.com (Law & technology resources for legal professionals)
WashLaw (Washburn University School of Law)
Zimmerman’s Research Guide (Alphabetical guide to legal terms & other legal sources)
Foreign & international law (Searchable by geographic location & subject)
REFLAW: Virtual Law Library Reference Desk
Federal, state, & commercial bill tracking resources
U.S. Courts: Federal Judiciary
Oyez (U.S. Supreme Court media files)
U.S. Bankruptcy CourtsPublic Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) (Fee-based service providing electronic access to federal court dockets)
Supreme Court Collection (Hosted by Cornell University with Supreme Court opinions since 1990)
FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions (Hosted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce & National Technical Information Service [NTIS]. Includes Supreme Court Opinions from 1937 to 1975)
FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (Full text Supreme Court decisions since 1893 by citation & case title)
Tribal Court Opinions (Tribal Court Clearinghouse provides access to tribal court opinions)
Code of Federal Regulations(CFR)
Federal RegisterRegulations.gov
Regulations
State Statutes
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)
United States Code
U.S. Code : Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Constitution
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
U.S. Constitution, includes each amendment with its own link; states that ratified each amendment & dates. Includes commentary, history, explanations, etc.
COLORADO & OTHER STATES’ CONSTITUTIONS
Regulations
FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
COLORADO REGULATIONS
Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR)
Colorado Register (Publishes proposed & adopted rules with official notices)
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)
Administrative Codes & Registers (ACR) (Rules & registers for all 50 states)
Courts
FEDERAL COURTS & DECISIONS
U.S. Courts: Federal Judiciary
Oyez (U.S. Supreme Court media files)
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) (Fee-based service providing electronic access to federal court dockets)
Supreme Court Collection (Hosted by Cornell University with Supreme Court opinions since 1990)
FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions (Hosted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce & National Technical Information Service [NTIS]. Includes Supreme Court Opinions from 1937 to 1975)
FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (Full text Supreme Court decisions since 1893 by citation & case title)
Tribal Court Opinions (Tribal Court Clearinghouse provides access to tribal court opinions)
COLORADO & OTHER STATES’ COURTS
Colorado Court of Appeals Opinions
Colorado Supreme Court Opinions
Colorado Supreme Court Library
Colorado Attorney General Opinions
Colorado State Judicial Branch
Colorado Office of Administrative Courts (OAC) (Colorado’s centralized administrative court system)
National Center for State Courts (NCSC) (Resources & information on state courts)
Legislation
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
STATE LEGISLATION
Colorado Legislative Drafting Manual (Colorado bill drafting manual from Office of Legislative Legal Services)
National Conference of State Legislatures: State Legislatures (NCSL)
Congressional Quarterly: TrendTrack (CQ) (Search full text of bills nationwide)
LOCAL ORDINANCES
Municode Library (Municipal Codes from U.S. cities)
Legal Issues
ABA LawInfo.org (American Bar Association legal resources for consumers)
Bitlaw: Technology Law Resources (Information on: technology, intellectual property, patent, copyright, trademark law, & Internet legal issues)
Colorado Attorney General’s Office (Information on consumer protection, business protection, safe communities & environment)
Compendium of State Firearms Laws (National Rifle Association, Institute for Legislative Action)
Copyright Clearance Center (Copyright law resources)
GigaLaw.com (Articles on Internet & technology legal issues)
Human Rights Library (Hosted by University of Minnesota Law School)
Legal Profession
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Colorado Association of Law Libraries (CoALL)
American Bar Association (ABA)
Colorado Bar Association (CBA)
Lawyers.com (LexisNexis site of attorneys & legal resources
Martindale.com Lawyer Locator (Directory of attorneys & law firms)
Additional Resources
American Law Sources Online (ALSO) (Free on-line sources to North American law)
Law Reviews & Scholarly Journals (Hosted by University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library. This searchable database consists of tables of contents for more than 750 law reviews)
FindLaw (Topical index, legal sources, full-text database of law reviews)
LawCrawler (Searches contents of Internet legal sites)
Forms & Contracts (Federal & state courts forms & business contracts)
Guide to Law Online (Hosted by U.S. Law Library of Congress, with global sources on government & law)
Hieros Gamos (Hieros Gamos includes directories of bar associations, law firms, etc.)
Internet Legal Resource Group (ILRG) (Index of over 4000 selected legal Web sites)
Legal Information Institute (LII) (Hosted by Cornell University Law School)
Eye on the Courts (Includes important court decisions & analyses)
Legal Journals (Hosted by University of Southern California Law Library. Provides access to law journals)
LLRX.com (Law & technology resources for legal professionals)
Federal, state, & commercial bill tracking resources
WashLaw (Washburn University School of Law)
Foreign & international law (Searchable by geographic location & subject)
REFLAW: Virtual Law Library Reference Desk
Zimmerman’s Research Guide (Alphabetical guide to legal terms & other legal sources)