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Research Guides

See the following research guides for a comprehensive list of legal resouces, both print and online.

Federal Government
Federal Primary Materials
Federal Legislative History
Federal Regulatory Law

Virginia Government
Virginia Legal Materials

International
International Law

Forms
Forms and Drafting Resources

Journals and News
Journal Databases
Newspapers, Magazines, and Other News Sources

Specialized Subject Areas
Business Law
Corporate & Securities Law
Environmental Law
Federal Taxes
Homeland Security
Intellectual Property
Labor and Employment Law
Law and Economics
Legal History
Litigation

Additional Web Resources

State Government

Executive
Administrative Codes and Registers (Nat'l Assoc. of Secretaries of State)
Findlaw State Resources
State and Local Government on the Net

Judicial
Courts.Net
National Center for State Courts- State Court Web Sites
State and Local Government on the Net

Legislative
Municipal Codes
State Legislative Web Sites
National Association of Attorneys General
National Association of Sec. of State
National Conference of State Legislatures
State and Local Government on the Net
Uniform Commercial Code (Cornell)

Legal Gateways

Gateways to legal primary sources such as federal and state cases and statutes.

Free
FindLaw
Hieros Gamos
Jurist
Justia
Laws Online
Legal Information Institute (Cornell)
Lexisone
Lexisone Legal Web Site Directory
WashLawWEB
Yahoo: Law

Fee Based
Westlaw
Lexis
LoisLaw
Versus Law

Legal News

Legal Profession

Links to information on the legal profession including directories and associations.

Directories of Attorneys
Martindale attorney directory
West's Legal Directory
D.C. Registry

Bar Associations and Organizations

Links to local, state and national bar associations.
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar
Maryland State Bar Association
Virginia CLE
Virginia State Bar (mandatory)
Virginia Bar Association (voluntary)
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Fairfax Bar Association

Legal Ethics

Links to sites on legal ethics.
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Legalethics.com
American Legal Ethics Library
Virginia Legal Ethics Opinions
Virginia Legal Ethics Opinions Summaries (prepared by Thomas Spahn, McGuire Woods)
Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct

Law Schools

General Directories
ABA Approved Law Schools
AALS Member Law Schools
American Universities
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)
JURIST: The Law Professor's Network
Law School Admission Council

Law Reviews

Current Law Journal Content (Washington & Lee)
FindLaw Academic Law Reviews and Journals
Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking (Washington & Lee)
Legal Journals on the Web
The University Law Review Project

Legal Citation Guides

Help with citing legal materials.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Cornell)
Introduction to Legal Citation and the Bluebook

Reference

Links to general reference materials available on the Internet.

General
George Mason University E-Reference Collection
Law Library Resource Xchange
The Virtual Chase

Almanacs
CIA World Factbook
Information Please
The 50 States of the United States
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present
History of the Federal Judiciary (Federal Judicial Center)

Dictionaries
Cambridge International Dictionaries
FindLaw Legal Dictionary
lawyers.com Glossary of Legal Terms (Based on Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law)
Merriam-Webster On-Line
Nolo Legal Dictionary

Encyclopedias
Britannica.com
Encarta
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
quoteland.com

Thesauri
Merriam-Webster's Thesaurus
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Thesaurus.com

Zip Codes
US Postal Service Zip Code Look-Up