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Table of Contents

Indexes and Search Engines | Federal and State Government Sites

State of California Government Sites | California Legal Resources (Miscellaneous)
Southern California Law Libraries | Miscellaneous Los Angeles Sites
Legal Forms | Organizations | Directories | Miscellaneous
Conferences, Seminars, and Trade Shows
Publishers/Bookstores | Assorted Publications
Technical Support -- Software
Legal Technology -- General | Selected Vendors


Indexes and Search Engines Back to Table of Contents

FindLaw Findlaw is a one-stop shop for state and federal statutes, caselaw (including U.S. Supreme Court cases), regulations, law review articles, legal news, organizations, and more. NOTE: Findlaw now has California caselaw dating back to 1934!

Cornell University's Legal Information Institute (LII) -- Legal Materials Indexed by Topics

Cornell University's Legal Information Institute -- Legal Materials Indexed by Source

Virtual Law Library

RefLaw (Washburn University Law Library Reference Desk)

Legal Research Meta-Index (an index)

CataLaw (an index)

Internet Legal Resource Guide

The Law Engine (a comprehensive legal-specific search engine)

Statistical Resources on the Web (from the University of Michigan; see also FedStats, below)


Federal and State Government Sites Back to Table of Contents

FedWorld (a service of the National Technical Information Service; offers a wealth of government and business information, including the Statistical Abstracts of the United States and full text of some court cases)

FedStats (federal and regional statistics)

Federal Web Locator (Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy)

The Department of Justice

The Department of Commerce

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

The EDGAR (SEC) Database

Legislative Information on the Internet (U.S. Congress)

U.S. Senate

House of Representatives

House of Representatives Internet Law Library

The Congressional Directory

The Congressional Record (1995-1998)

U.S. Code

Code of Federal Regulations

FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decision Home Page

Directory of Electronic Public Access Services (information about electronic access to the courts ABBS, PACER, VCIS, etc.)

Court-Created Sites

Council of State Governments

National Conference of State Legislatures

State Laws (also laws of U.S. territories and Indian nations)

State and Local Government on the Net (government-sponsored sites)

Links to State and Local Tax Agencies

Municipal Codes On-Line


State of California Government SitesBack to Table of Contents

California State Agencies (listed alphabetically)

California Secretary of State

California State Senate

California State Assembly

California Courts

California Supreme Court and Appellate Court Opinions (NOTE: Opinions from the last 60 days only; for earlier opinions, use Findlaw, Westlaw or Lexis)

Judicial Council Forms (electronic and paper versions)


California Legal Resources (Miscellaneous) Back to Table of Contents

USC's Links to California Legal Resources

California Super-Site

Pepperdine University School of Law Home Page (among other things, site has excellent comparison of search engines)


Southern California Law Libraries Back to Table of Contents

UCLA Law Library

USC Law Library

Los Angeles County Law Library


Miscellaneous Los Angeles Sites Back to Table of Contents

Los Angeles County Home Page

Los Angeles County Departments

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder

City of Los Angeles Home Page

Los Angeles City Departments

Los Angeles Law Online


Legal Forms Back to Table of Contents

Findlaw California: Legal Forms

California Courts Official Forms

California Judicial Council Forms (NOTE: Forms are downloadable but not "interactive"; i.e., you cannot fill them out on the screen.)

Internet Legal Resource Guide's Legal Forms Menu

The 'Lectric Law Library's Practice Forms


Organizations Back to Table of Contents

The American Bar Association

The State Bar of California

The Los Angeles County Bar Association

The American Arbitration Association

The National Federation of Paralegal Associations

The National Association of Legal Assistants

The National Association of Legal Secretaries

The Association of Legal Administrators


Directories Back to Table of Contents

Legal Directories on the Internet

JurisPro Expert Witness Directory

The National Directory of Expert Witnesses

Expert Pages

Institute of Continuing Legal Education: Expert Resources

USC's Experts Directory

Martindale-Hubbell's Lawyer Locator

West's Legal Directory


Miscellaneous Back to Table of Contents

Hoover's Company Capsules (lots of company information; some portions of the site are available only with a paid subscription)

The Witkin Legal Institute (California practice)

The Virtual Chase (an award-winning site filled with valuable information for legal researchers)

Law Library Resource Exchange (an electronic newsletter containing oodles of practical and interesting information)

The Cyberspace Law Center

Divorce Net


Conferences, Seminars, and Trade Shows Back to Table of Contents

Legal Tech (You can also request information directly via e-mail at LegalTec@ix.netcom.com)


Publishers/Bookstores Back to Table of Contents

Legal Publishers

Matthew Bender On-Line Bookstore

Aspen Law & Business

James Publishing

Amazon.com


Assorted Publications Back to Table of Contents

Black's Corporation Law Dictionary

Law Journal Extra

The Internet Lawyer

Law Office Computing

The National Journal (site includes links to other National Journal publications, including The Almanac of American Politics, Capital Source, Federal Technology Source, and more


Technical Support -- Software Back to Table of Contents

Microsoft's Knowledge Base (Technical support for ALL Microsoft products)

Woody's Office Watch (unofficial site maintained by MS guru/gadfly Woody Leonhard)

Payne Consulting, Group, Inc. (Authors of the Word XX for the Law Office series.)

Corel's Knowledge Base (WordPerfect) (less extensive than Microsoft's Knowledge Base, but still valuable)

WordPerfect Universe (site includes a bulletin board where people post questions and answers about WordPerfect, and a "vault" listing people's favorite tips, macros, etc.)

Macintosh Software for the Law Office


Legal Technology -- General Back to Table of Contents

e-Legal Technology (a specialist legal technology directory.
The site is scheduled to "go live" toward the end of September, 2009)


Selected Vendors Back to Table of Contents

Corel Corporation (WordPerfect)

Microsoft Corporation

CompuLaw Ltd.

Amicus Attorney / Gavel & Gown

West Group

Lexis®-Nexis®

The Rutter Group

TimeSlips Corporation/Sage U.S.

Dataflight Software (Concordance)

Capsoft Corporation (HotDocs)



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