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[ General Law Sites ] [ Criminal Justice ] [ Dispute Resolution] [ Courts & Court Decisions] [ Legislation, Statutes,Regulations] [ Other Government Resources] [ Law Journals] [ Law Organizations] [ Law Schools] [ Networks, Usenet, Listservs] [ Related Sites ]

General Law Sites

  • LexisNexis Academic UCSB!
    Full text of law review articles, court decisions, and statutes are included in the Legal research section. **Available only to UCSB faculty and students. Access only from UCSB IP addresses.
  • ABA Network/Legal Technology Resource Center
    American Bar Association's links to federal and state government sites, concentrating on judiciary resources. Also includes links to law schools, other legal organizations, and other legal research web sites.
  • FindLaw
    Resources on this site can be searched by keyword. Searchable categories include law reviews, US Supreme Court and federal court cases and codes, state law resources, foreign and international law, legal associations and organizations, law firms, law schools, legal practice information, news and reference materials. Includes a subject index.
  • Internet Legal Resource Guide
    Provides options to search links by topic or keyword index. Keyword index covers over 3000 web sites worldwide, with emphasis on US resources.
  • Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
    Allows searching in specific legal sources, such as US Supreme Court, individual circuit courts, US Code, Code of Federal Regulations, directories, and other resources. Simply links to search indexes already on other web sites.
  • WWW Virtual Library--Law
    Searchable database by keywords or broad topic areas. Provides links to web sites on your topic.
  • Yahoo Law List
    Includes links in approximately 40 areas of law, as well as keyword searching of its index to legal resources.
    Several LAW SCHOOL sites provide extensive links. The following are the most frequently used sites:
  • Cornell Legal Information Institute
  • Emory Law School Library Home Page
  • WashLaw Web
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Criminal Justice

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Dispute Resolution

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Courts & Court Decisions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
    Official U.S. Supreme Court web site. Includes the docket, calendar, court rules, opinions, orders and other information about the Court.
  • U.S. Supreme Court
    Cornell Legal Information Institute site for Supreme Court decisions.
  • United States Federal Courts Finder
    Provides links to web pages for each of the federal circuit courts, including a map showing states included in each district. Most districts include full text to decisions from 1995 to date.
  • Court Related Web Sites
    Provides links to state, federal and foreign courts.
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Legislation, Statutes, and Regulations

Federal
  • House of Representatives
  • US Senate
  • FindLaw
    Resources on this site can be searched by keyword. Searchable categories include law reviews, US Supreme Court and federal court cases and codes, state law resources, foreign and international law, legal associations and organizations, law firms, law schools, legal practice information, news and reference materials. Includes a subject index.
  • GPO Access Database List
    Provides options for searching U.S. federal government information via a number of databases.
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Other Government Resources

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Law Journals

  • LexisNexis Academic UCSB!
    Full text of law reviews are included in the Legal research section. **Available only to UCSB faculty and students. Access only from UCSB IP addresses.
  • FindLaw Law Reviews
    Includes keyword searching of full text law reviews on the Internet.

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Law Schools

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Law Organizations

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Related Sites

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