Legal Research Sites

As we discover useful web sites devoted to law and government, they are added here. You might want to "bookmark" this page as a starting point for any legal research on the web.

 

Federal Library:

Supreme Court | Federal Circuit | D.C. Circuit | First Circuit | Second Circuit | Third Circuit | Fourth Circuit | Fifth Circuit | Sixth Circuit | Seventh Circuit | Eighth Circuit | Ninth Circuit | Tenth Circuit | Eleventh Circuit

 

FEDERAL STATUTORY LAW

United States Code

Search US Code By Subject

Another Search Engine By Subject

Search US Code By Key Word In Act's Title

Full Text (includes search capability)

FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

Evidence

FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Rules of Civil Procedure

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

Code of Federal Regulations

Search CFR

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

UCC

UCC as Enacted by Individual States

FEDERAL CASE LAW

Directory of Electronic Public Access Servers

PACER Public Access to Court Electronic Records

Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (since 1990, with search engine)

U.S. Supreme Court Rules (with a search engine)

U.S. Court of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals (search engine at Cornell)

U.S. Court of Appeals (search engine at Law Journal Extra - since 10/94)

U.S. Court of Appeals Recent Decisions (Law Journal Extra)

Circuit Courts

Search Engine (at Law Journal Extra)

Bankruptcy Courts

Bankruptcy Clerk Database

GO TO THE COURTHOUSE

Federal Courts

Federal Courts' Home Page

Federal Courts Finder

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Judiciary (USAOC)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

The Third Branch newsletter of the federal judiciary

FEDERAL LAWMAKERS

Legislators

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

President

The White House

FEDERAL AGENCIES & DEPARTMENTS

Department of Commerce

Department of Energy

Department of Justice

Environmental Protection Agency

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service (download tax forms and publications)

Postal Service

SEC EDGAR Database (download the latest filings)

Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

 

Miscellaneous Federal Sources

California Library:

Other Resources:

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