Legal Resources
General Legal and Other Reference Resources on the Web
These links are intended to provide you with basic Internet resources that will enhance the efficiency and accuracy of your Internet legal research. Remember, a website is only as good as the source and date of the information. Never rely on information you find on the World Wide Web without verifying it with a licensed attorney.
Legal Search Engines
Federal Links
Judicial
- Villanova’s Federal Court Locator
- Emory Law Library’s Federal Courts Finder
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Best shot at same-day slip opinions
- Cornell’s Supreme Court pages
- Northwestern’s Oyez Project
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
Legislative
- Thomas — bills, public laws, Congressional Record, House & Senate links
- U.S. Code: Office of Law Revision Counsel
- Downloadable U.S. Code
- Searchable U.S. Code
- U.S. Code Classification Tables — updates U.S. Code, usually within 24 hrs. of enactment
- Cornell’s U.S. Code
Administrative
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Cornell’s CFR
- Federal Register
- Library of Congress’ list of federal agencies on the WWW
- Washington Post’s list
- ABA/Florida State Administrative Procedure site
- UVa’s Federal Administrative Decisions & Other Actions
Executive
- White House
- Executive Orders, 1953 - present
Informational
- FirstGov — portal to government information
- FedStats
- CIA’s World Fact Book 2001
- Brookings Institution’s “Survival Guide for Presidential Nominees”
State Links
Meta-sites
- Texas Legal Research Internet Sites
- North Harris College Library
- Villanova’s State Web Locator
- Cornell’s listing of state legal materials
- Library of Congress’ links to state and local governments
Judicial
- Texas Judiciary Online
- Texas Supreme Court
- Dallas Court of Appeals
- Fort Worth Court of Appeals
- Villanova’s State Court Locator
Legislative
- Texas Legislative Reference Library
- Texas Legislature Online
- Cornell’s list of state statutes on the WWW
- National Conference of State Legislatures’ list of state sites
- Full-text state constitutions & statutes on the WWW
Administrative
- Texas Administrative Code
- Texas Register
- Office of the Texas Attorney General
- Administrative Law Handbook 2000
- Texas agencies on the WWW
- Full-text administrative codes on the WWW
Executive
Bar Associations
News Sources
- CNN
- MS/NBC
- BBC
- Reuters top news
- Yahoo! News
- Bloomberg.com news
- NY Times — requires free registration
- Washington Post — 14-day free searchable archive
- Dallas Morning News
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- News & Newspapers Online
- Findlaw Legal News
- Law.com
- Texas Lawyer
- CourtTV
Desk Reference
- Refdesk.com
- Thor
- Martindale’s The Reference Desk
- Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.)
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Internet-based Legal Research Guides
- Internet Legal Research Weekly — subscription email
- Virtual Chase Legal Research Guide
- Texas Legal Information Resources on the Internet
- Foreign/International Legal Research
