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Law-Related Links

Federal Government

Census Bureau Data Ferret Center  Searchable US census database.

Case Law

Cornell Index of Opinions

Versus Law (fee based)

Lawyer's Weekly  Archive searching is free, case retrieval is fee-based

Congressional Directory: Published by the House of Representatives. Updated periodically on-line, making the on-line version more up-to-date than print versions.

U.S. Copyright Office Home Page  U.S. Copyright Office Website.  Free forms and instructions for copyright applications.  However, actual paper application generally necessary.

FBI FOIPA Electronic Reading Room:  Access to a collection of Freedom of Information Act information, including files on Marilyn Monroe and other celebrities.

FDIC: Law, Regulations, Related Acts:

Federal Civil Trials   Searchable database of federal court actions for the last 17 years.  Searchable by subject matter area, decision for plaintiff or defendant, amount of award, amount of damages requested, and other similar factors.

The Federal Courts Law Review  Articles by magistrate judges on matters such as discrimination suits, damages in employment cases, voir dire.   Site also includes an explanation of the magistrate system.

Federal Grand Jury information:  Basic information on Federal grand juries (definitions, basic procedures).

Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, National Park Service

The Federal Judiciary Homepage  Information about the Federal judiciary system (history, employment opportunities, current issues such as electronic case filing), links to websites for each circuit, and the Federal Judiciary Channel. The Federal Judiciary Channel "pushes" to the user news releases, updated vacancy listings, employment opportunities, newly added content, and other information about the Federal judiciary.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manuals and Amendments   Published by the United States Sentencing Commission. Includes Amendments. Intended to be searchable (but search feature disabled on last review).

Federal Web Locator, Villanova University

FedWorld Information Network Home Page  Guide to finding Federal information on the Internet.

FindLaw US Supreme Court Opinions

GAO Home Page

Government Printing Office

Government Resources on the Internet Reference Works and Web Tools

International Trade Commission Tariff Affairs and Related Matters  Published by the US International Trade Commission.

Juristic Park Federal Law Page

Links to Government Agencies   Links to Federal agencies.  Site is published by the Office of the President .

List of Sites  List of links to US Federal Government sites.

NASD Regulation

Northern Light US Government Search Free Edition

Oyez Oyez Oyez   Unedited RealAudio files of US Supreme Court oral arguments for selected case including United States v. Nixon (executive privilege - 1974); Roe v. Wade - 1973; Griswold v. Connecticut (contraceptives - 1965); and Pennsylvania v. Casey (informed consent and 24 hour waiting period for abortions - 1992).    Selected cases include hypertext links to the actual opinions.

Patent and Trademark Office Home Page  Official US Government Patent and Trademark Office Web site.  Free.

Producer Price Index Notification Service

Social Security Online

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet  Current US Federal Legislative Information. Bills, Laws, Congressional Record, reports, and links to further information. By the Library of Congress.

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

U.S. Constitution   Prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Home Page

U.S. Depository Ready Reference Sources

U.S. Code  Cornell University Site. Code is generated from the most recent version made available by U.S. House of Representatives. Text dates appear for each Code section. Good method of updating. Generally very reliable. Can search by code, section or within titles.

USDA Economic Research Service

USSC+ Online Frameset

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs

Law Practice and Law Office Management

Legal Document Forms

Legal Newsletter  Advertising, marketing and public relations.

Palm Central  Amazing resource page for all things "Palm." Includes information on new titles and updates, uses for education, law, business and finance, calculators, etc.

Palm Pilot for Legal Professionals:  Tips and resources for legal users of Palm Pilots.

Palm Pilot Stocksite

The TechnoLawyer  Very good email list for keeping up-to-date on technological developments in the legal profession.

Law Reviews

Contents Pages from Law Reviews

The Federal Courts Law Review

Law and Politics - Law Journals

St. Louis Bar Journal

University Law Review Project

Legal News and Webzines

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX):   Very good free Webzine on legal resources and technology.  The June, 1999 issue features articles on Y2K legal issues for non-lawyers, Shepherd's vs. KeyCite, law firm intranets, viruses, search engine comparisons, resources for on-line rules of court and electronic discussion groups.  LLRX is a promotional tool for Current Legal Resources, publishers of on-line legal tools such as court rules and statutes.  The site is owned by Law Library Resource Xchange, L.L.C.

International Law

AltaVista Canada:  Index of Canadian pages, including in-depth index of Canada governmental pages.  Also includes a very good Canadian news article search feature.

ASIL Information Resources.   International legal resource links.

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research:   An instructional guide to Canadian legal research, focusing on strategy and effective use of primary and secondary sources in both print and electronic formats.

Business Culture Briefings (fee based)

Canadian Department of Justice: Laws: 

Doing Business Abroad:  Get Customs Webs

EUR-Lex:  European Union law.

Europa:  Links to European law resources.

European and Comparative Private Law Page: 

Foreign Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members

Foreign and International Law Resources  Published by the University of Chicago.

Foreign and International Law Resources on the Web  Published by Cornell University

Global Legal Information Network Sponsored by the Library of Congress.  Database of laws, regulations and other international legal sources.  Documents are contributed by governments of member nations from original official texts.  Full texts in language of originating country and English summaries/abstracts in English.

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Table of Contents  Published by NYU.

Hieros Gamos -The Comprehensive Law and Government Site  Good international law search engine and database.

International ADR: International Arbitration Resources  International ADR resource materials including treaties, arbitration laws, awards and decisions, institutions and rules, model clauses, arbitrators, publications, country index and search feature.

International Law Dictionary and Directory  Definitions of words and phrases used in private and public international law, descriptions of international organizations with links (when possible), acronyms of international organizations, country descriptions. Alphabetical searching only.  Published by Professory Ray August, author of International Business Law, Public International Law and International Law Dictionary and Directory.   Professor in College of Business and Economics at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Has a JD from University of Texas at Austin, an LL.M. from Cambridge and Ph.D. in American Legal History from University of Idaho.

Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet  By Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, D'Angelo Law Library Chicago Law School

SEDAR  Canadian equivalent of EDGAR.

Stetson Law - International Programs

TCC Treaty Page

United Kingdom Legal Resources Pages  Edited by librarian Delia Venables.

United Kingdom Public Records Office

United Kingdom Records Database

United Nations Treaty Collection Web Site  UN Treaty Collection. Access currently free, but pay subscription is planned.

Ethics

American Legal Ethics Library  Published by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute site (LII).  Includes rules and codes for most States, ethics opinions, legal commentaries, and similar materials.  Also includes ethics commentaries by legal scholars and major law firms in 11 jurisdictions.

E-Mail and the Attorney - Client Privilege

Missouri Disciplinary Counsel, Ethics Opinions (E-mail and Internet)

Missouri Informal Advisory Opinions

'Net Ethics Readings  Compiled by the Computer Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia - NetEthics Readings

Legal Profession

Law News Network:  A service of the American Lawyer Media.  Compilation of national legal news from the American Lawyer Media's 20 print newspapers and journals, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Legal Times, The New York Law Journal, The Recorder, California Law Week, Texas Lawyer, Philadelphia Intelligencer, Florida Daily Business Review, New Jersey Law Journal and the Connecticut Law Tribune.  Updated daily (5 days per week).  Includes employment listings, practice area information and email mailing list.

Professional City.com:   Marketing, accounting and legal links, plus discussion boards for professional industry-related discussions.  Good collection of specialized legal-related Websites.   Also includes a collection of basic information such as business news, calculators and conversion programs, maps, general reference and government resources, shipping information, weather, software downloads and statistical information.

Legal Search Engines, Directories, Webliographies, Catalogs and Databases

ALI-ABA Legal Links

Digital Librarian: Law Resources:  Great collection of legal links. 

FindLaw   Comprehensive legal search engine and directory. 

GSU College of Law -- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research  Meta searches (from a number of different search engines) for case law (by jurisdiction), legislation, federal regulations, Usenet legal topics, and people. Created by the GSU College of Law.

InSITE - Annotated Legal Websites by Cornell U  Valuable resource in cutting through the "clutter" of legal Websites.

Law and Politics: Internet Guide

LawCrawler  LawCrawler uses technology licensed from AltaVista. Therefore, LawCrawler functions in exactly the same way as AltaVista except that LawCrawler attempts to automatically filter out non-legal sites from its database. Consequently, LawCrawler should return fewer irrelevant research results for searches involving only legal issues. Note: LawCrawler searches the FindLaw search directory in addition to the Web.

LawEngine   Legal resource and research page that attempts to provide the law profession and interested consumers with a quick overview of on-line legal sources.

LawGuru  Includes a collection of legal forms, legal questions, answers and research from U.S. attorneys, a legal research guide, and a search engine that searches a variety of legal resources including, but not limited to, cases, codes and statutes from a number of states (not including Missouri), Federal Administrative Law and Bankruptcy decisions, Federal Regulations, Federal Code of Judicial Conduct, ABA publications, Executive Orders, Berne Convention, FindLaw, Journal of Global Legal Studies, Law Journal Extra, Martindale Hubbell, Rule of Law Source Book and many others.  Site also includes a "Multi Resource Legal Research" feature that allows simulteanous searching of multiple state codes and statutes, multiple state court decisions (not including Missouri), and multiple U.S. Federal Code and Courts.  The Multi Resource Legal Research Center requires registration.

LawOffice.com:  Business and consumer focus.  Claims to have the Web's largest database of attorney contact information.  Also includes legal guides on various practice areas, information on "common" legal questions, Oran's Legal Dictionary, links to other law-related sites and legal publications available for on-line purchase.

LawRunner: A Legal Research Tool   An intelligent agent-based front-end interface from AltaVista, as well as other select legal databases.

LawSite

LawSites of the Month: Business Law I

Legal Document Forms

Ralph Losey's Law Web and The Information Law Web

Practice Areas

Advertising Law

Arbitration/Mediation

ADR Resource Guide

International ADR: International Arbitration Resources  International ADR resource materials including treaties, arbitration laws, awards and decisions, institutions and rules, model clauses, arbitrators, publications, country index and search feature.

Banking

FDIC: Law, Regulations, Related Acts

Borrower Risk and the Price and Nonprice Terms of Bank Loans

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Statistics

Bankruptcy "Turnarounds"  Information on companies emerging from bankruptcy.

Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy Relief

Congressional Staff Handbook - Bankruptcy

Federal Filings:  Bankruptcy Online  On-line fee-based Federal Filings Business Newswire (detailed coverage of distressed companies teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and companies already undergoing Chapter 11 reorganization) and Daily Bankruptcy Review (includes information on Chapter 11 Petitions, Reorganization Plans, Court Proceedings and Decisions, Interviews with Key Participants, creditor lists, asset dispositions, court filings, including motions and monthly financial statements, SEC filings, including information from 10-Qs and 10-Ks, press releases, company news , corporate insolvency trends, trends in the turnaround profession, loan pricing, asset/company acquisitions, information for claims investors, warning signs ... indicators of potential bankruptcy).

Guidance on EPA Participation in Bankruptcy Cases

Mediation in Bankruptcy

Municipal Bankruptcy

National Bankruptcy Review Commission

Official Bankruptcy Forms

Recommendations for Reform of Consumer Bankruptcy Law by Four Dissenting Commissioners

State Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy

Statement of Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren on Bankruptcy and the Single Parent

Superior Court Law Library - Bankruptcy Research Guide

U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Eastern District of Missouri

Business

Bankruptcy "Turnarounds"  Information on companies emerging from bankruptcy.

Business Law Today:  ABA business law publication

Center for Research on Contracts and the Structure of Enterprise

Historical Securites Pricing

Insurance News Network - Insurance Glossary

LivEDGAR Mergers and Acquisitions Database   Database of SC14D1 cash tender offers and related filings.  Full-text documents available on-line.

Search Systems Public Records Databases (fee based)

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse - Designated Internet Site  Maintained by Stanford University.

Securities Lawyer's Deskbook Published for the Center for Corporate Law by the Center for Electronic Text in the Law. Site states that it attempts to provide up-to-date legal information (but disclaims liability). Includes full text of basic federal securities law and regulations, and associated principal SEC forms.

SEDAR  Canadian equivalent of EDGAR.

Computer/Internet

Business Law--Committee on Cyberspace Law Home Page  Great resources and a place to get involved in to shape cyberspace law issues and connect with other cyberlawyers.

The Fraud Bureau:   Internet fraud information

Internet Case Digest   Authored and published by Perkins Coie LLP.

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

Internet Consumer Assistance Bureau Internet fraud and scams

Netwatch Internet fraud and scams information

Scambusters   Internet related scams and on-line fraud

Consumer

The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada

The Fraud Bureau:   Internet fraud information

FTC Consumer Protection Site

Internet Consumer Assistance Bureau (Internet fraud and scams)

National Consumer Law Center, Inc.

National Foundation for Consumer Credit

National Fraud Information Center

Netwatch (Internet fraud and scams)

Scambusters   Internet related scams and on-line fraud

Stanford Law Review:  Privacy and Encryption

Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Ag Biotechnology Patents and New Technologies - Full text Biotechnology Patents available for 1994-1995.

Canadian Patent Database - The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) test version of the Canadian Patent Bibliographic Database, (October 1, 1989 to the present).

Copyright & Fair Use  Published by Stanford University Law School.

Copyright Information Page

Copyright Office Home Page  U.S. Copyright Office Website.  Free forms and instructions for copyright applications.  However, actual paper application generally necessary.

Copyright Clearance Center

Crash Course in Copyright

DNA Patent Database

European Patent Office (EPO)

First Use  Intellectual property software and registry

FPLC IP Mall - Main Menu (Intellectual Property Mall)

Library of Congress Copyright Information

IBM Patent Server  Over 2 million U.S. Patents, 1971 to the present. Full text GIF images available for the years 1980-1997.  (See FAQ for search information).

Internet Law (BitLaw)  The Internet Law section of BitLaw discusses numerous legal issues specifically related to the Internet.

MicroPatent   Fee-based.  Patent and trademark information, patent document delivery, patent research, trademark research, file histories.  Similar to  Corporate Intelligence Service.  Includes European and Japanese patent information.

Patent and Trademark Office Home Page  Official US Government Patent and Trademark Office Web site.  Free.

Patent Cooperation Treaty Electronic Gazette  World Intellectual Property Organization project to make Patent Cooperation Treaty Patents available online.

Patent Examiner -- Corporate Survival Guide to Patenting

Patent Full-Text and Bibliographic Databases

QPAT.US   Registration required.  Citation and abstract information for 1974-present US patents.

STO's Internet Patent Search System - Retrieve patent titles using class/subclass code or retrieve patent abstracts using patent number.

UCLA Copyright Center

U.S. Patents at CNIDR - Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval. U.S. Patent bibliographic data.

World Intellectual Property Organization (international copyright)

Criminal

CourtLink

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manuals and Amendments   Published by the United States Sentencing Commission. Includes Amendments. Intended to be searchable (but search feature disabled on last review).

Pandora's Box: The Secrecy of Child Sexual Abuse (See also, Sex Offenders Sue for Offline Status)

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (.pdf)

WWW Library - Crime and Law

Yahoo Sex Offender Registries Index  (See also, Sex Offenders Sue for Offline Status)

Employment

Working Stiff

Glass Ceiling Commission Papers (.pdf)

How Unions Use the Internet

LLRX Labor Law

MOLINDEX  International database of bibliographic references to occupational health and safety and other workplace/labour related issues.

OSHWEB : Occupational Safety and Health Resources  Links to topics such as chemical and materials safety datasheets, pesticide information, fire, electrical and construction safety.

Substance Abuse Information Database (SAID) Produced by the U.S. Department of Labor.   Includes abstracts, summaries and selective full-text books, pamphlets and training manuals.

Elder

Social Security Law

Social Security Online

Environment (including agriculture)

Agricultural Resources Center: Website for the private, not-for-profit Agricultural Resources Center of the University of California.  The Center engages in research and public education on issues and policies related to the public health and environmental effects of pesticide use.

Database of Environmental Risk Management Plans

Directory of Agricultural Experts Directory of government, academic and private agricultural experts.

Directories of Agriculture-Related Internet Information Resources  Internet sites for agriculture-related research including sites on agricultural statistics, animal products, animal science, distribution and marketing, food science and food products, forestry, human nutrition, natural resources, plant sciences, Integrated Pest Management resources, soil science, organic farming and veterinary science.

Distribution of Major Herbicides in Groundwater of the U.S.

Earth's Environmental Experts (3E) Database  Environmentalist expert database.  Includes experts and specialists in fields ranging from accoustics to biology to water and wild life.

Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network (ECDIN)  Databank sponsored by the Environmental Research Programmes of the Joint Research Centre of the Commission of European Communities.

EPA Enviromapper for Environmental Hazard Information

EXTONET : EXtension TOXicology NETwork  The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides including Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs), Toxicology Information Briefs (TIBs), Toxicology Issues of Concern (TICs), Factsheets, News about Toxicology Issues, Newsletters, Resources for Toxicology Information, and Technical Information.   Authored by toxicologists and chemists.

Pesticide National Synthesis Project

Family Law

Health Law

Anti-HMO Site

Insurance

AM Best Insurance Company Ratings Database

Cornell Insurance Links

Insurance News Network - Insurance Glossary

Litigation

The Blue Sheet The Blue Sheet specializes in reporting on-line jury verdict information for civil Cases from Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.  The Online Research archive contains over 5000 recent case summaries. Fee based. To test it, login in as "demo," and provide "demo" as the password and client.

BriefServe  U.S. Supreme Court briefs.

CaseStream Alert  Federal case monitor (fee based)

Court Rules Central  Missouri State Rules of Court.

Directory of Agricultural Experts  Directory of government, academic and private agricultural experts.

Earth's Environmental Experts (3E) Database  Environmentalist expert database.  Includes experts and specialists in fields ranging from accoustics to biology to water and wild life.

Expert Pages

Expert Witness Web

Expert Witnesses Subsection of FindLaw

Federal Civil Trials   Searchable database of federal court actions for the last 17 years.  Searchable by subject matter area, decision for plaintiff or defendant, amount of award, amount of damages requested, and other similar factors.

Federal Grand Jury information  Basic information on Federal grand juries (definitions, basic procedures)

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manuals and Amendments:   Published by the United States Sentencing Commission. Includes Amendments. Intended to be searchable (but search feature disabled on last review).

Internet Directory of Expert Witnesses

National Fraud Information Center

Online Directory of Expert Witnesses  Published by Claims Providers of America.   Experts pay a fee to be listed in this database.

Oyez Oyez Oyez   Unedited RealAudio files of US Supreme Court oral arguments for selected case including United States v. Nixon (executive privilege - 1974); Roe v. Wade - 1973; Griswold v. Connecticut (contraceptives - 1965); and Pennsylvania v. Casey (informed consent and 24 hour waiting period for abortions - 1992).    Selected cases include hypertext links to the actual opinions.

The Piper Letter:   State Court Databases:  Directory of electronic resources for state appellate court decisions.  Includes information on the database publisher, coverage, and fees charged (if any).

Search Systems Public Records Databases (fee based)

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse - Designated Internet Site  Maintained by Stanford University.

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs

Virtual Chase Internet Litigation Resources

Municipal

County Population Estimates:  The Population Estimates Program produces for counties each year: total population estimates and county estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. The release of total population estimates in winter also includes demographic components of change. In the summer, the Program releases the estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. The reference date for county population estimates is July 1.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Home Page

Wishfer's Home Page II   Information on Florida PUD laws

Not-for-Profit

GuideStar IRS 990 Forms

Internet Non-Profit Center   (assets, income, activities, location).  Also information for not-for-profits including federal law primer, grant writing, volunteer recruitment and coordination, etc.

National Charities Information Bureau   Guidelines for charitable giving, including the Standards in Philanthropy guidelines develped by the Information Bureau. Reports on charitable organizations may be ordered on-line.

Real Estate

ACREL - American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Public Access)

Assessors Resource Library

Commercial Lease Space Market Information  Does not yet include Missouri information.

DealMakers Real Estate Referral DataBase

Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives, National Park Service

IRED - International Real Estate Digest

Partial Interests in Land

Peelle's National Recorder Database (property recorder's offices)

Search Systems Public Records Databases (fee based)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-Home Page

Sports

Sports Law News

Tax (see also U.S. Federal Government and Sate Listings)

World Tax Information

Reference

Bracton's De Legibus:

On-Line Law Dictionaries

Uniform Law Commissioners Drafts  Published by the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws in association with the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Great deal of information provided in addition to proposed revisions to uniform laws. Includes UCC proposed changes.

State and Municipal Legal Resources

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Central Missouri Child Advocacy Law Center Support and resources for child advocates, including Child Advocacy News, GAL Standards of many states, Online GAL Handbook, and Child Advocacy Links.

Court Rules Central:   Missouri State Rules of Court. 

Government Resources on the Internet Reference Works and Web Tools

Missouri Attorney General

The Missouri Bar - Law & Legal Resources for Missouri Lawyers

Missouri Corporations Database:  Searchable by corporation name, registered agent or charter number.   Quick, but the page gives no information on the publisher, last date of updating or how often the database is updated.

Missouri Courts Digest Table of Contents

Missouri Disciplinary Counsel, Ethics Opinions (E-mail and Internet)

Missouri Courts Digest Table of Contents

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Educatio

Missouri General Assembly

Missouri House and Senate Bills

Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri State Government Home Page

NetTech Links to St. Louis and Missouri Legal Resources:  Fairly comprehensive set of links to legal information for St. Louis legal professionals.  Not much out there in Missouri yet.

The Piper Letter:   State Court Databases:  Directory of electronic resources for state appellate court decisions.  Includes information on the database publisher, coverage, and fees charged (if any).

St. Louis City Code, Charter and Ordinances  Maintained by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

St. Louis City Revised Code   Maintained by the St. Louis Public Library System.

State Home Pages

State Web Locator, Villanova University

Supreme Court of Missouri