Legal Resources

The amount of free legal information available on the World Wide Web is constantly changing, therefore it is a good idea to use the comprehensive sites to keep up with the latest changes. While U.S. Supreme Court cases and some appellate cases are readily available, many State Supreme Court cases are not. Federal and state statutes are more likely to be available, but not state administrative codes.

• Comprehensive Sites
• Case Law (General)
• Federal Laws and Regulations
• New Jersey Laws and Courts
• Reference Sources

Comprehensive Sites

Findlaw

A comprehensive guide to legal resources including practice, case law, codes, associations and law schools
http://www.findlaw.com

Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)

Maintained by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), this site is a selective guide to free online sources of information about government and law worldwide. Includes indexes for the U.S., other countries, international and multinational bodies, and subjects in law.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/

Hieros Gamos: The Comprehensive Law and Government Portal

Specialized search engine and directory for over 11,000 web sites relating to law and government around the world. Includes international, national, and state government sites, legal news, bar assiciations, law schools, law firms, legal guides and related documents.
http://www.hg.org

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Case Law (General)

In addition to using FindLaw to locate case law, several law schools have been working to make opinions easily available for their students.

Cornell Legal Information Institute

Cornell offers hypertext versions of the U.S. Code, recent and historic opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, a searchable database for opinions from all of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals from 1995 to the present, recent opinions of the New York Court of Appeals and other legal materials.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

FindLaw's Constitutional Law Center

Part of the larger FindLaw site, this section focuses on Federal constitutional law and includes links to U.S. Supreme Court cases, the docket, the court rules and schedule, historical documents, case summaries, and other resources.
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Opinions from the 3rd Circuit court of Appeals beginning 1994 to the present are available at the Villanova site sponsored by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy. New Jersey is located in the Third Circuit. Part of Villanova's useful Internet Legal Research Compass site.
http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/3/

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Federal Laws and Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations

The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

United States Code (Office of the Law Revision Counsel)

The United States Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. You can search the Code using this site or download individual titles and chapters.
http://uscode.house.gov/

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New Jersey Laws and Courts

New Jersey State Legislature

Locate information related to the bills and statutes New Jersey. Includes the State Constitution, the Legislative Calendar and information on members of the Legislature. Some documents require the Envoy Viewer. Instructions for downloading the viewer are also provided.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/

Opinions of the New Jersey Courts

A full-text archive of the Opinions of the New Jersey Courts, including the Supreme Court (since March 1994) and the Appellate Division (since 1995)
http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/search.html

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Reference Sources

Duhaime's Law Dictionary

Online law dictionary provided as a public service by the Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) law firm of Duhaime & Company.
http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm

LawOffice.com

Select "Consumer" from the opening page to access a large number of useful legal reference tools, including a lawyer directory, topic-oriented legal guides for each state, legal news, legal web links, and the Abridged 7th Edition of Black's Law Dictionary.
http://www.lawoffice.com/

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

Searchable directory allows you to locate lawyers by name, by location/area of practice, by firm, or for lawyers in corporations, agencies of the U.S. government, or law school faculty.
http://www.martindale.com/locator/home.html