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ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association - http://www.abanet.org
Access to American Bar Association Journal, full-text and many other law links.

National Federation of Paralegal Associations - http://www.paralegals.org
Includes a career center.

 

DIRECTORIES
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - http://martindale.com/
Directory of lawyers and law firms.

West's Legal Directory - http://directory.findlaw.com/

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
Cyberlaw Encyclopedia - http://www.gahtan.com/cyberlaw/

Electric Law Library - http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
Includes the Lawcopedia, a legal encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia of Law & Economics - http://encyclo.findlaw.com

Everybody's Legal Dictionary - http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm

Law.com Dictionary - http://dictionary.law.com

Nolo Legal Encyclopedia - http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm

 

JOURNALS
Academic Law Reviews and Journals - http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/

 

LEGAL RESEARCH
Catalaw, the Internet's Grand Central Legal Station - http://www.catalaw.com
Legal research opportunities and links.

Cornell University Legal Information Institute - Legal Material Organized by Topic - http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/index.html
Materials are organized by topic.

Findlaw - http://www.findlaw.com
Offers access to full text of laws and decisions, federal, state and local.

Hieros Gamos - The Comprehensive Legal Site - http://www.hg.org
Indexes 200 practice areas and offers material in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English.

LLRX.com - http://www.llrx.com
Internet research and latest news for legal professional.

MegaLaw.com - http://www.megalaw.com
Select topics for information, in many cases on a state by state basic.

New York Courts and Law Guide - http://www6.law.com/ny/guide/
Discriptions of courts, issues and laws.

 

SELF-HELP
FindLaw for the Public - http://consumer.pub.findlaw.com

Free Legal Advice - http://www.freeadvice.com
Searchable by category.

Nolo Press Self-Help Law Center - http://www.nolo.com
Consumer type of legal information.

 

SPECIALTY SITES
A subject search of the Web can help locate legal sites designed for special interest purposes. Many of the above research sites will also help identify and offer links to specialty sites for easy access. Examples:

Find Law Immigration Site - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/20immigration
Many resources and links are offered.

Tenant-Net - http://tenant.net/main.html
Can search for local legal information.

 

**Compiled by Jane Devine - Revised 8/04
Revised by Alexandra Rojas - 8/08