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AllLaw
Browse or search legal materials that are especially helpful for non-lawyers.
American Law Sources On-line
Directory with links to state codes, constitutions, court cases, court rules, forms, legislation, and more for all 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Also covers Canada and Mexico.
FindLaw
One of the first (launched in 1994) legal portals. Provides access to cases, statutes, topic guides, articles, and more. Also features LawCrawler for legal Web and database search. FindLaw was purchased by Thomson West in 2001.
Georgetown University Law Library
Articles, facts, federal and state laws, legal topic guides, and more.
GovEngine.com
Index to individual Web sites for federal government departments and agencies; independent agencies and government corporations; laws, statutes, codes, and regulations; federal and state courts; and local government (counties and cities).
Hieros Gamos
Legal portal site featuring 6 "centers": Law Business Center, Law Consumer Center, Law Events & Library Center, Law Practice Center, Law Student Center, and Legal Employment Center.
Jacob Burns Law Library Research Guides, George Washington University Law School

Resources listings focused on specific subjects provide intuitive reference points for researchers whether just starting a project or covering gaps in prior work.
JURIST: The Legal Education Network, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Cases, law guides, and law reviews. Also features a legal news headline service and The Paper Chase, JURIST's legal news weblog.
LawyerExpress
Legal portal that contains a collection of links (without descriptions) to relevant sources of news, legal research, and office tools. The site is customizable so that only the desired links appear.
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
Features all U.S. Supreme Court opinions handed down since 1992, more than 600 historically important Supreme Court decisions, New York Court of Appeals opinions, and the U.S. Code. Also contains libraries in two important areas (legal ethics and social security) and a series of "topical" pages that serve as concise explanatory guides and Web resource listings for 100 law topics.
Lexis Web (beta)
Searches content from Lexis.com, as well as legal-oriented Web sites selected and validated by LexisNexis editorial staff, including governmental agency information, blogs targeted at legal professionals, and general Web information about legal topics. A quick reference guide is available (PDF format).
Project Legal: Teacher and Student Resources
Provides resources for legal educators. Links include: The Courts, Government Resources, Educational/Teacher Resources, Organizations, Recent Cases & Cases in the News.
State and Local Government on the Net, Piper Resources
Over 9,600 links to state and local government sponsored and controlled Web sites. Also provides access to multi-state and national organizations.
WashLaw, Washburn University School of Law Library, Topeka KS
Guide to more than 150 legal topics on the Web. Contains many specialized subject links, such as the federal agency index, which provides access to forms, administrative law opinions, and publications.
Zimmerman's Research Guide, LexisNexis
Great general overview of legal topics created as a "black book" by a researcher named Andrew Zimmerman. Search by keyword or browse by topic name. Entries in the guide can contain citations to cases or statutes, Web sites, addresses, telephone numbers and more.

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