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Shepard's Citations
Description: Legal citation information that allows you to check whether or not a decision in question has been overturned.
Coverage: U.S. and New York State cases.
Updates: Daily.
| In Library Use Only in the Law Section |
Thomson/Gale Legal Forms
Description: Provides a wide selection of New York state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements,
bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
Most forms are provided in rich text format (rtf), which will load in almost any word processor; MS-Word format for use with Microsoft Word; and Adobe Acrobat PDF for viewing and printing
purposes. Forms may be opened up in the word processor of your choice, filled in and then printed. Law forms are provided for informational purposes only, please consult an attorney for serious legal
matters.
Coverage: Current
Updates: Daily.
Westlaw
Description: Legal database featuring law codes and cases from New York State and federal sources
Updates: Daily.
| In Library Use Only in the Law Section |
Court Help Resource Center
A web site to help pro-se litigants. Contains other consumer legal information.
Spanish version available as well.
Washlaw Web
A very comprehensive site, nicely organized, with links to almost any legal area of information that would be needed.
Legal Information Institute
Searchable full-text information. Hyper-text link to recent Supreme Court decisions.
GPO Access
A large site with links to government legal information.
ABA LawInfo.org
The American Bar Association offers this page of basic legal information designed with the consumer in mind.
Topics covered include those that affect people's daily lives, including family, home, job, finances, consumer issues,
courts and criminal law, and finding a lawyer.
Free Advice
Free Advice- provides general legal information to help people understand
their legal rights in 100 legal topics.
Nolo: Law for All
A commercial site for Nolo Press, it nevertheless has good free information.
American Bar Association
Information about the A.B.A. for members and for the general public.
Some consumer publications.
New York State Bar Association
Contains news about the legal profession, FAQs, and publications and pamphlets for the public.
Suffolk County Bar Association
Contains information about the organization and some links to legal web sites.
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services
This "is a non-profit, community based poverty law program which provides legal assistance in civil (non-criminal) matters to low income people throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York State."
Women's Bar Association of the State of New York
Contains links to law, medical and government sites, as well as information about the organization.
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
This searchable directory allows you to locate a lawyer by name, area of practice,
location (including international), or language. You can also locate
law firms by name, corporate law departments, and government lawyers
in Washington, D.C.
West's Legal Directory
Lawyers and law firms, international and corporate counsel, and U.S.
government attorneys. It is also searchable by area of practice and
geographic location.
Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
This page links to search tools at other sites. To derive full benefit from them
you should visit the original sites directly, since many of them offer advanced
search options.
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources
This resource will find links to primary legal sources, government resources,
web sites, and other related legal materials. Home of LawCrawler.
CataLaw
CataLaw is a catalog of catalogs of law on the Internet.
Lawguru Legal Research Page
From this page you can search on more than 400 legal search engines
and tools.
LawyerTool.com
"Search over 550 free legal related databases from ne easy interface. You will be able to find federal and state court opinions, statutes, Constitutions, forms and more."
Legal Research Center
From Nolo Publishing, an easy to understand primer on legal research. This site assumes that you
will be using both books and Internet resources.
How to Research a
Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
"This guide is intended to help a person with a legal problem find legal
rules that can resolve or prevent conflict. It is most useful to work
through the steps and sources in the order given."
Law Libraries
Should you wish to visit an actual law library, this site lists addresses
and telephone numbers of New York State law libraries that are open to the general public.
The Virtual Chase
"Legal research requires the use of special tools and publications. The Virtual Chase informs about Web sites and research strategies for finding the law.
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Reading Legal Citations
This site explains what a legal citation is, and gives examples.
1 L Dictionary
A dictionary to assist new law students the first few days of their law school experience.
Everybody's Law Dictionary
From Nolo Press, a law dictionary of plain English definitions of legal terms.
International Law Dictionary and Directory
Defines words and phrases used in private and public international law.
Many hypertext links to international legal materials.
Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon
A very comprehensive legal dictionary.
Legal Dictionary Online
A compilation of legal dictionaries.
Court Forms for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
FindForms.com
A specialized search engine dedicated exclusively to legal forms.
FindLaw: Forms
A well organized directory of links to full-text sources of legal forms.
ILRG's Legal Forms
List of links to sources of legal forms on the Internet.
Legal Forms Room
From 'lectric Law Library. A collection of legal forms in two
categories-business and law practice.
Kansas University Law Library Online Forms and Documents
Links to many sources of online forms.
New York State Unified Court System Forms
Several forms for N.Y. state use.
New York State Tax Forms
Many New York tax forms.
United States Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications
Federal tax forms and publications.
THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet
An important site with many links to Congressional information.
United States Congress
Links to sources of Congressional information, including bills, public
laws, and the United States code.
Congressional Pictoral Directory -105th Congress to present.
Unites States House of Representatives
Congressional Bills
Search for Public laws of the 103rd to present Congresses via GPO Access.
Contains search tips.
Congressional Record Index
Search 1983 to present via GPO Access.
Public and Private Laws:
Main Page
Search for Public Laws of the 104th to present Congresses via GPO Access.
Contains searching tips.
United States Code
Searchable version of the U.S. Code.
United States Code by Title and Section
Search by title and section number.
United States Code Table of Popular Names
A list of common names for legislative acts.
Find Your Representation
Enter your zip code, place name, or representative to find the name and
address of your Senator or Representative.
The U.S. Congress
Votes Database
Browse every vote in the US Congress since 1991.
Open Congress
Includes ability to track by bill number, committee, issue and industry. Includes latest notes, most viewed bills,
and most covered bills in the news.
GovTrack.us
Tracks legislation including searching by bill number, committee, keyword, search, subject, voting record or legislator.
The White House
The official White House page.
Budget of the United States Government
Current budget and links to previous budgets.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Search from 1993 to the present.
United States Government Manual
Search current and previous editions.
Doclaw Web
Links to the pages of Federal Executive Agencies.
Agency Index
Contains a series of links to the publications and opinions of Federal Administrative Agencies.
Code of Federal Regulations and
eCFR
Keyword and citation searchable. Includes Lists of Sections Affected. The eCFR is where one can search CFR sections.
Federal Register
Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules and notices of Federal agencies and organizations.
Justia Regulation Tracker
Tracks new regulations. Browse by government agency and subagency within federal departments.
ABA Network
A quick primer, with links that will help you go more deeply into a subject."
Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: Rules of Court
A research guide for law reference on the internet.
FedWorld.gov
Full text of Supreme Court decisions issued between 1937 and 1975.
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
Search for decisions using citation, party name, or a full-text search.
Supreme Court of the United States
Includes information about the Supreme Court, Calendar and Dockets, Bar Admissions, as well as information
about visiting the court.
Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Cases
All opinions since May,1990,and selected historical decisions.
Selected Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
610 historic cases.
Federal Court Locator
Links to Federal Court Cases.
United States Court of Appeals
The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a
United States court of appeals.
Understanding the Federal Courts
USSC+
Although this is a commercial site, it is listed here because it has a free subject index
to United States Supreme Court Cases.
Justia Federal District Court Filings
and Dockets
Free tracking of new Federal Court dockets.
New York State Constitution
Arranged by article.
New York State Assembly
Official page of. the New York State Assembly. Contains links to legislative information,
a membership directory and legislative reports and announcements.
New York State Senate
Official page of the New York State Senate. Links to a membership
directory, bills, and chapter laws.
New York State Bill Searches
Search current New York State bills by bill number or keyword.
New York State Consolidated Laws
and New York State Unconsolidated Laws
Arranged alphabetically by title.
New York State Consolidated Laws
A searchable site from Findlaw.
New York State Chapter Laws
For chapter laws select year first. Then select "Chapters."
Municipal Codes Online
Click General Code Publishers. Then Click New York.
Contains Amityville Village, Babylon Town, Babylon Village, Brookhaven Town, East Hampton Village, East Hampton Town, Greenport Village, Greenport Town, Huntington Town, Islandia Village, Islip Town, Northport Village, Ocean Beach, Patchogue Village, Port Jefferson Village, Riverhead Town, Sag Harbor Village, Shelter Island Town, Smithtown Town, Southampton Village, Southold Town, Suffolk County, and Westhampton Beach Village.
Executive Orders of the Governor
New York Codes, Rules
and Regulations
Complete unofficial New York Codes, Rules and Regulations, searchable by citation or keyword.
New York State Home Page
Links to many New York State sites.
New York State Executive Branch Agencies
Links to the home pages of the agencies in New York State. Some of these sites include opinions or decisions.
Guide
to New York State Rules and Regulations
"A number of New York State agencies now make their rules and regulations available online. Others document their statutory
authority. Below is a collection of links to their sites."
Opinions Of The Attorney General
of the State of New York
From 1995 to date.
Decisions of the Commissioner of Education
of the State of New York
From July 1991 to date.
Opinions of the Comptroller of the State
of New York
From 1988 to date.
Court Help Resource Center
A web site to help pro-se litigants. Contains other consumer legal information.
Spanish version available as well.
Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: Rules of Court
A research guide for law reference on the internet.
New York Appellate Division, Second Department
Has an archive of Appellate Division decisions for the last 2 years.
New York State Unified Court System
This site was last updated on April 11, 2008.