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Selected Internet Resources on Law

General Information Sites  |  Dictionaries |  Federal  |  Nevada

General Information Sites top of page

FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com/)
A giant, searchable directory of law-based websites, organized by type of information.
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator (http://lawyers.martindale.com/marhub)

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research (http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/)
Search many other sites from this one. Provides examples of how to search. Organized by judicial opinions, legislative, federal regulations, other legal resources and People in Law.
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV (http://www.law.unlv.edu/)
Homepage also provides various local, state and national links.
World Wide Legal Information Association (http://www.wwlia.org/)
A directory of legal sites for Enlgish speaking countries.

Dictionaries top of page

International Legal Dictionary (http://www.wwlia.org/diction.htm)
Prepared by World Wide Legal Information Association. Plain language definitions.
Lectric Legal Lexicon (http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm)
from 'Lectric Law Library.

Federal top of page

National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.archives.gov/)
Provides centralized access to online editions of the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Law, Presidential Documents and various reference tools.
Federal Courts Finder (http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/)
Produced by Emory Law Library. Provides links to the home pages, opinions and rules of the federal courts.
Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html)
Library of Congress' database of legislative information.
U.S. House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov/)
U.S. Senate (http://www.senate.gov/)

Nevada top of page

NevadaIndex (http://www.nevadaindex.com/)
Created by a lawyer in Las Vegas. An excellent, extensive index of various sites regarding Nevada law and politics.
Nevada Law & Government (http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/csnev.htm)
Created by a legal research meta-site. Provides links to government agencies and case law.
Nevada Law (http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/nevada/)
Produced by AllLaw, a commercial legal research site, with separate sites for the states.