Law Sites

 

General

  • ABA LawInfo Site (http://www.ABALawInfo.org)
    The American Bar Association's consumer guide to law and legal issues.
  • FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
    This extensive resource provides a wealth of information about law including a "find a lawyer" feature,
    legal guides, state by state laws etc. The site has sections for the layperson and the professional.
    Links to cases & codes, legal news, LawCrawler, law schools, law firms & lawyers, full-text library of
    over 14,000 publications are also included. A great starting place.
  • Legal Information Institute at Cornell (http://lii.law.cornell.edu)
    The most linked to website in the field of law. Has won numerous awards and accolades from all over the world from professionals and consumers alike.
  • Links 2 Law (http://www.thrall.org/law/#top)
    The Middletown Thrall Library's well-organized gateway to a variety of legal sites.
  • NOLO Website (http://www.nolo.com)
    Legal self help website from the most popular consumer law publisher.
  • Lawyers.com (http://www.lawyers.com)
    Searchable database of attorneys by geographic location and area of practice along with other useful resources and links.

New York State

  • Legal Services of Central New York (http://www.firms.findlaw.com/lscny)
    This link off the FindLaw web page provides contact information regarding this organization which serves to bring "reality of equal justice to those who cannot afford a lawyer.

Federal - United States

  • FedLaw (http://www.legal.gsa.gov)
    This site serves to provide access to information for those interested in Federal Law. The Site provides access to the U.S. Code (through the Legal Information Institute), access to the Legislative and Judicial branches of the Federal Government, professional organizations and general reference and research resources.
  • Code of Federal Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html)
    Full text searchable database of the Code of Federal Regulations which "is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
  • United States Code (http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html)
    The United States Code is prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of
    Representatives. This database contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.

International

  • Global Legal Information Network (http://www.loc.gov/law/glin/GLINv1)
    The Global Legal Information Network maintains and provides a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources. The documents included in the database are contributed by the governments of the member nations from the original official texts which are deposited, by agreement of the members, in a server initially at the Library of Congress of the United States of America.
  • International Court of Justice (http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icj002.htm)
    The International Court of Justice (ICJ), which has its seat in The Hague, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

 

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