RESOURCES
General Search Sites
Dogpile
dogpile.com
Searches through multiple search eingines
All Law
www.alllaw.com
Internet Legal Gateway. An extensive list of state and federal resources on the Internet, as well as a collection of practice aids, such as forms, expert directories, and legal news.
American Law Sources Online (ALSO)
www.lawsource.com
Compilation of links to mostly free on-line legal sources and databases in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
American Law Sources Online California page
www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?ca1
Another excellent collection of links and search databases specific to California legal research.
CA Law Net’s Free Legal Research Center
www.calawnet.com
Free research site for locating California and federal legal information.
Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute (LII)
www.law.cornell.edu
One of the oldest legal sites on the Internet, the LII site contains a comprehensive collection of domestic and international resources organized by topic.
Federal Web Locator
www.infoctr.edu/fwl
The Federal Web Locator is a service of the Center for Information Law and Policy. It provides easy access to virtually all federal government information on the Internet.
Federal Information Center
www.firstgov.gov
Portal with links to federal agencies, programs, and services.
FindLaw
www.findlaw.com
FindLaw is the leading Web portal for law and government resources on the Internet. The site includes the LawCrawler search tool at http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/.
Foreign Law Collections on the Web (University of Chicago Law School, Law Library)
www.lib.uchicago.edu
/~llou/foreignlaw.html
Contains extensive links organized by country, respectively by continent.
Georgia State University College of Law MetaIndex
gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex
Metaindex for U.S. legal research.
GovSpot
www.govspot.com
This site contains a useful collection of links to sites by and about government.
Hiermos Gamos
www.hg.org
Developed and maintained by Lex Mundi (an association of independent law firms), this site is a comprehensive portal for law and government on the Internet.
Internet Legal Resource Guide’s (ILRG) California research page.
www.ilrg.com/gov/ca.html
Excellent collection of links specific to California legal resources.
Law Library Resource Exchange
www.llrx.com
Includes meta-links and articles with a focus on new technology, business and commercial law, and international law. Also of interest is a column (LLRXBuzz) that alerts readers to new legal research resources on the web; updated weekly.
Law.com
www.law.com
Law.com, launched in January 1999 and allied with American Lawyer Media, contains legal information, Web resources, and services.
Federal Government Sites
White House
www.whitehouse.gov/
U.S. Supreme Court
www.supremecourtus.gov/
Home page containing docket, calendar, and scheduling information. In addition, the site contains full text copies of rules, orders, case-handling guides, and opinions from the 1999 term.
U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov/
House of Representatives
www.house.gov/
U.S. Government Printing Office
www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Home page containing, among other resources, the USC, the Constitution, Public Laws, the Federal Register, the CFR, and the Congressional Record.
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/
Federal Agencies (Library of Congress)
lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
A Library of Congress Internet resource page containing links to federal agency websites.
Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
A treasurehouse of information on communications law.
U.S. Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
Home page with numerous department resources.
U.S. Supreme Court Guide (Jurist/University of Pittsburgh School of Law) jurist.law.pitt.edu/issues/issue_scotus.htm
This site contains comprehensive information on the US Supreme Court, from calendar and docket information to manuals on procedures and rules to news about the justices.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
www.ce9.uscourts.gov/
Home page containing general information about the court (address, phone number, hours, etc.) with link to opinions.
U.S. District Courts
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Central Dist. of California
www.cacb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Central Dist. of California
www.cacd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern Dist. of California
www.caeb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Eastern Dist. of California
www.caed.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern Dist. of California
www.canb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Northern Dist. of California
www.cand.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern Dist. of California
www.casb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. District Court Southern Dist. of California
www.casd.uscourts.gov/
Other federal courts
www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html
Federal judiciary home page with links to all circuit courts on the Web and links to other sites of interest.
California Government Sites
State of California
www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
Home page; links to variety of state resources and information in and about California.
State Legislature
www.legislature.ca.gov/
State Senate
www.senate.ca.gov/
State Assembly
www.assembly.ca.gov
State agencies
www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
Click on the "State Agency Index" link to view a list of all state agencies, departments, divisions, boards, commissions, and other state entities.
Office of Administrative Law
www.oal.ca.gov
Counties
Alameda County
www.co.alameda.ca.us
Alpine County
www.co.alpine.ca.us
Amador County
www.co.amador.ca.us/
Butte County
www.buttecounty.net
Calaveras County
www.co.calaveras.ca.us
Colusa County
www.colusacounty.com
County clerk.
Contra Costa County
www.co.contra-costa.ca.us
Del Norte County
www.co.del-norte.ca.us/
El Dorado County
www.co.el-dorado.ca.us
Fresno County
www.co.fresno.ca.us
Glenn County
www.countyofglenn.net
Humboldt County
www.co.humboldt.ca.us
Imperial County
www.imperialcounty.com
Inyo County
www.countyofinyo.org
Kern County
www.co.kern.ca.us
Kings County
www.co.kings.ca.us
Lake County
www.co.lake.ca.us
Lassen County
www.co.lassen.ca.us
Los Angeles County
www.lacounty.info
Madera County
www.madera-county.com/
Marin County
www.marin.org
Mariposa County
www.mariposacounty.org
Mendocino County
www.co.mendocino.ca.us
Merced County
www.co.merced.ca.us
Modoc County
www.infopeople.org/modoc/
Modoc County Library site.
Mono County
www.monocounty.ca.gov
Monterey County
www.co.monterey.ca.us
Napa County
www.co.napa.ca.us
Nevada County
mynevadacounty.com
Orange County
www.oc.ca.gov
Placer County
www.placer.ca.gov
Plumas County
www.countyofplumas.com/
Riverside County
www.co.riverside.ca.us
Sacramento County
www.co.sacramento.ca.us
San Benito County
www.san-benito.ca.us
San Bernardino County
www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us
San Diego County
www.co.san-diego.ca.us
City and County of San Francisco
www.ci.sf.ca.us
San Joaquin County
www.sjgov.org
San Luis Obispo County
www.co.slo.ca.us
San Mateo County
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us
Santa Barbara County
www.co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Santa Clara County
claraweb.co.santa-clara.ca.us/
Santa Cruz County
www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us
Shasta County
www.co.shasta.ca.us
Sierra County
www.sierracounty.ws/
Chamber of Commerce site.
Siskiyou County
www.co.siskiyou.ca.us
Solano County
www.co.solano.ca.us
Sonoma County
www.sonoma-county.org
Stanislaus County
www.co.stanislaus.ca.us
Sutter County
www.co.sutter.ca.us
Tehama County
www.tehamacountyadmin.org
Trinity County
www.trinitycounty.org
Tulare County
www.co.tulare.ca.us
Tuolumne County
www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov
Ventura County
www.countyofventura.org
Yolo County
www.yolocounty.org
Yuba County
www.co.yuba.ca.us
California State Courts
California Supreme Court
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/
Maintained by the California Judicial Council.
Administrative Office of the Courts
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courtadmin/aoc/
Judicial Council
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courtadmind/jc/
California Courts of Appeal
California Appellate Courts Case Information
appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov
First Appellate District (San Francisco)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/1stDistrict/
Home page: general information about the court; address, phone number; hours, etc., with link to opinions.
Second Appellate District (Los Angeles and Ventura)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/2ndDistrict/
Third Appellate District (Sacramento)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/3rdDistrict/
Fourth Appellate District, Division One (San Diego)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv1/
Fourth Appellate District, Division Two (Riverside)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv2/
Fourth Appellate District, Division Three (Santa Ana)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv3/
Fifth Appellate District (Fresno)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/5thDistrict/
Sixth Appellate District (San Jose)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/6thDistrict/ |
