For those connecting to the web from a William Paterson computer (either on campus or with a WPU password), the single most useful source is the Legal Research Page of LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic Universe which includes
- Legal News (Articles from legal newspapers, magazines & newsletters)
- Law Reviews (Full text articles from law reviews)
- Shepard's® citations of U.S. Supreme Court cases
- Case Law (Decisions from all federal court levels, State high court & appellate decisions)
- Codes and Regulations (Federal Code, U.S. Constitution & court rules, Federal regulations, agency opinions & US Attorney General Opinions; Statutory laws, court rules from all states & Attorneys General opinions from all states)
- EU Law (CELEX) (European Union law )
- Tax Law (The IRS Bulletin, tax regulations & more)
- Patent Research (All U.S. patents from 1971 to present)
- Career Information
- Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory (Details on more than 900,000 lawyers & law firms around the world)
- Law School Directories (Details on over 250 U.S. schools)
- Choosing a Law School (The full text of NALP's How-to-Guide, Degrees of Difference)
The rest of the resources on this page are divided into the following general categories:
- Law Schools
- Financial Aid
- Law School Admission Test
- Pre-Law
- Law Research
- Lawyers
Law Schools List of Law School Web Sites from Internet Legal Resources Guide
There are many lists on the web that allow you to link to all the law schools in the country (and beyond) that have web pages. This is one of the best lists, and the site includes links to many other law school listings as well.
The Association of American Law Schools
This site includes many useful links.
This site includes dozens of different rankings of law schools (for example, ranks by tuition, by percentage of minority students, and by job placement). But for a criticism of the over-use of rankings, see the Press Release issued by the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the Law School Admission Council.
Boston College On-line Law School Locator
This site allows you to see at a glance all the law schools whose LSAT and GPA profile matches your own.
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Financial Aid Information Page
Sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), this page contains the most extensive links to information regarding the financing of law school. It includes various Financial Aid Calculators to help you figure out your situation.
U.S. Department of Education, Money Matters
A guide to federal financial aid, including downloadable financial aid application.
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This is the organization which officially administers the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). You can register for the LSAT on-line here. The site also has many valuable resources and links to much more, and a page titled "Out and In: Information for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Law School Applicants."
A commercial LSAT preparation company. Has a practice LSAT on-line.
Another commercial LSAT preparation company, also with useful links, including free LSAT Software that allows you to take a practice test.
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Rice University Pre-Law Documents
back to top U.S. Law Probably the definitive site for legal research. Includes U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1893 and thoroughly searchable.
Supreme Court of the United States
A good place to start when doing legal or political research on New Jersey.
Internet Legal Resources Guide
A vast collection of legal resources on the web, covering such topics as law journals, lawyers and law firms, legal news, and law students.
Contains many searchable collections of laws and court decisions.
Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Law Databases
Legal Resources on the Internet
From the Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library of the UCLA School of Law.
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
Most law schools have a law review, a student-edited legal journal, often with faculty contributors. This site allows you to search the full text of many law reviews. And you can even sign up to automatically receive e-mail abstracts of new law review articles.
Jurist - Legal News and research
Foreign and International Law A site with materials on foreign and international law.
Constitution Finder (directory to foreign constitutions)
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
Documents Relating to International Law
Legal Guide to the Kosovo Conflict - JURIST: The Law Professors' Network
back to top Aside from general information relating to lawyers, this site contains a link to financial aid services and contains a description of the Council on Legal Education (CLEO) program, a program for minority and other financially disadvantaged students. There is also a link to the law student division of the ABA.
This site includes job listings in the area of public interest law.
National Association of Legal Professionals (NALP) Public Service Initiatives
Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO)
Hey, if you can't take a joke, maybe you aren't cut out to be a lawyer!
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