Legal Information on the Internet

BeSpacific - Accurate, focused law and technology news.
Blawg Directory - Justia.com's blawg directory and search page.
Bloggy Notion - News of the Hastings Law Library.
Brian Leiter's Law School Reports - Includes discussions of law school and law school rankings.
Law Librarian Blog - Information and news for law librarians and the general public.
Law Professor Blogs - A network of blogs for law professors.
Lessig Blog - By Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
LibraryLaw Blog - About issues concerning libraries and the law.
Opinio Juris - Covers current developments and scholarship in international law.
PrawfsBlawg - Discussion of current legal issues by several law professors.
Robert Ambogdi's LawSites - Tracking news and intriguing websites for the legal professional.
SCOTUS Blog - Discussion of recent developments in US Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Split Circuits - Dedicated to tracking splits among the federal circuit courts
Volokh Conspiracy - Analysis of current legal news & developments in the US legal system.
ZiefBrief - By the librarians at the University of San Francisco's Dorraine Zief Law Library.

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Lawyers

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
West Legal Directory
California State Bar Member Records
Bar Association of San Francisco: Directory of Attorneys

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Law Schools

ABA Approved Law Schools
ABA Approved Study Abroad Programs
Association of American Law Schools (AALS) List
Educational Quality Rankings of U.S. Law Schools
FindLaw: Law Schools
Peterson's Law School Search
US News: Law School Rankings
WashLaw's Law School List

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Law Libraries

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
Bay Area Public Law Libraries
Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL)
Law Library Catalogs online
Law Library of Congress
Law Library Resource Xchange

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San Francisco Law

Bar Association of San Francisco
San Francisco Municipal Codes
San Francisco Superior Court
San Francisco Ballot Propositions Database
San Francisco Voter Pamphlets & Propositions

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State and Local Law

Council of State Governments
California Law
CA Local Codes & Charters (Institute of Governmental Studies)
Findlaw: State Resources
Municipal Codes Online
National Conference of State Legislatures
San Francisco Law
State Legal Sources on the Web (University of Michigan compilation of state laws)
State and Local Law (Piper)
State and Local Law (Library of Congress)
StateLaw (Washburn)
State Legislative Histories (Indiana University)
Uniform State Laws

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California Law

CA Government Pages California State Homepage – Government Index – Agencies FindLaw CA Index Yahoo: CA Law & Gov't CA Election Information: – Sec. of State – Online Voter Guide		CA Lawyers California State Bar – Member Records Online – Bar Exam Results & Pass List Martindale-Hubbell Directory West Legal Directory



CA Laws & Regulations California Legislative Info – Bills (& legislative history) – Chaptered Laws – California Code – Constitution – Daily Legislative Calendar – Statutes & Amendments to the Code Legislative Analyst's Office State Assembly State Senate Senate Office of Research CA Code of Regulations CA Local Codes & Charters Executive Orders, etc.		CA Courts, Judges, & Cases California Judicial Branch – Supreme Court Biographies – California Cases (1850-present) – "Slip Opinions" (Supreme) – "Slip Opinions" (Appellate) – Judicial Council of California – Admin. Office of the Courts – California Trial Courts – Court Rules – Judicial Council Forms Findlaw California: Case Law Judicial Profiles: law.com

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Federal Case Law

Federal Judiciary Homepage Federal Judicial Center FindLaw: Federal Cases U.S. Supreme Court Opinions, Orders, Briefs & Oral Arguments:
	Official Supreme Court Site (includes orders, opinions & oral arguments) FindLaw (decisions since 1893, briefs since 1999 & orders since 1999) Historic briefs from Yale's United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs Project Cornell Law School (includes current & historic decisions) FedWorld (opinions from 1937 through 1975) The Oyez Project (includes oral argument recordings) The Supreme Court Historical Society
U.S. Courts of Appeal - Opinions by Circuit: 1st \| 2nd \| 3rd \| 4th \| 5th \| 6th \| 7th \| 8th \| 9th \| 10th \| 11th \| DC \| Federal Additional links to circuit cases (with various search features)
U.S. District Courts - Listed on FindLaw by State

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Federal Legal Information

Three official government information portals: FirstGov \| GPO Access \| Thomas Legislative Information
Go directly to: Bills Public Laws United States Code Federal Register CFR (Beta Site) (Topical Guide) Hearings		Congressional Record Congressional Reports Congressional Research Service House and Senate Calendars Presidential Directives U.S. Government Manual U.S. Constitution (also see CRS annotated version)
Other links to federal government information: A Century of Lawmaking Crime Research & Statistics Department of Justice Elegus - Select & Search FedLaw FedStats		Federal Web Locator FedWorld FindLaw: Federal Resources Google - Uncle Sam (search) GODORT - Gov't info guide Government Information Online - virtual reference National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Yahoo! U.S. Government

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Legal Briefs

Findlaw's Supreme Court Center
Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (Stanford Law School)
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Brief Bank (Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley)
Appellate.net
EEOC Briefs(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
SEC Briefs (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)

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Foreign & International Law

EISIL - The Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) is perhaps the best website for researchers looking for authoritative international law.
Int'l Law (General) EISIL (ASIL) Electronic Resources for Int'l Law (ASIL) ForInt-Law (Washburn) Global Legal Monitor (Law Library of Congress) Hastings Adv. Int'l Law Research Webpage LII: Global Law LLRX: International Law Univ. of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library Willamette University	Foreign Law Foreign Primary Law on the Web GlobalCourts.com GlobaLex: Foreign Law Guides (NYU) Government Gazettes (Univ. of Michigan) Hastings Foreign Law Webpage Jurist: World Law LLRX: Country Guides Nations of the World (Lib. of Congress) Portals to the World (Lib. of Congress) Selected Foreign Laws (Univ. of Chicago) World Legal Information Institute
E.U. Europa - Court of Justice - EUR-Lex (includes CELEX) - N-Lex (national law of EU states) - Official Journal (since 1998)	Human Rights Human Rights Library (U of M) ForInt-Law: Human Rights Human Rights Research Guide Project Diana
U.N. Hastings UN Webpage - Click for more links Official Document System (ODS) Resolutions - GA / SC / guide UN Homepage	Treaties Council of Europe's treaties Environmental Treaties ForInt-Law: Treaties Library of Congress Treaty Search Page Mulitlateral Conventions Native American Treaties Treaty Research Guide Treaties and International Agreements Online (on campus only) U.N. Treaty Series (restricted to Hastings students and faculty) UNCTAD Bilateral Investment Treaties U.S. Treaties in Force

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Last updated January 28, 2008.
Prepared by FCIL Librarian.