Research Links
Page Contents
See also: Catalog & Databases and Guides & Publications
Executive Branch
The President, the Cabinet, and the administrative agencies. Links to the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and federal agencies. Links to state executive sites.
Federal
- White House
- Executive Branch Resources on GPO Access
- Regulations.gov
- LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
- Federal Administrative Decisions and Other Actions
State
- Administrative Codes and Registers (Nat'l Assoc. of Secretaries of State)
- Findlaw State Resources
- State and Local Government on the Net
See also Virginia - Executive
Forms
Links to various free sample legal forms.
Government Documents
Links to federal government materials and resources.
- GMU Government Information Resources
- FedStats
- Thomas
- American Memory
- FedWorld
- FirstGov
- GPO Access
- Google Uncle Sam
Intellectual Property
Links to information on intellectual property including copyright, patents and trademarks.
- GMUSL Intellectual Property Law Society
- Franklin Pierce Law Center, Intellectual Property Mall
- National Academies Intellectual Property
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- American Bar Association Section on Intellectual Property
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
Copyright
Patents and Trademarks
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- USPTO Web Patent Database
- Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (patents)
- European Patent Office
- Patent Forms
- Trademark Forms
- Trademark Electronic Search System
- Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (trademarks)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
International
Legal resources in International Law.
- GMU European Union Research Guide
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web (Michigan)
- European Union
- Global Legal Information Network
- International Law: An Overview (Cornell)
- International Human Rights
- United Nations
Judicial Branch
Links to opinions and other information from the federal and state courts.
Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Supreme Court Decisions since 1991 (Cornell)
- The Oyez Project at Northwestern
Federal
- Federal Judicial Center
- The Federal Judiciary (Administrative Office of the US Courts)
- Judges of the United States Courts (Federal Judicial Center)
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell)
- U.S. Federal Court Finder (Emory)
State
- Courts.Net
- National Center for State Courts- State Court Web Sites
- State and Local Government on the Net
See also Virginia - Judicial
Legal Citation Guides
Help with citing legal materials.
Legal Gateways
Gateways to legal primary sources such as federal and state cases and statutes.
Free
- FindLaw
- Hieros Gamos
- Jurist
- Laws Online
- Legal Information Institute
- Lexisone
- Lexisone Legal Web Site Directory
- WashLawWEB
- Yahoo: Law
Fee Based
Legal News
Legal Profession
Links to information on the legal profession including directories, associations, legal ethics, law schools and law reviews.
Directories
Directories of attorneys and law firms.
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 and Education
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
- FindLaw Academic Law Reviews and Journals
- Legal Journals on the Web
- The University Law Review Project
Legislative Branch
A listing of federal and state legislative sites.
Federal
- Senate
- House of Representatives
- National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
- ABA Administrative Procedures Database
- Legislative Source Book (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
- Thomas
State
- 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)
See also Virginia - Legislative
Reference
Links to general reference materials available on the Internet.
General
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
Quotations
Thesauri
Zip Codes
Virginia Law Resources
Links to Virginia laws and regulations and court opinions.
Executive
Legislative - Laws and Regulations
- Virginia General Assembly
- Virginia General Assembly Legislative Information
- Constitution of Virginia
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Division of Legislative Services
- Municipal Codes: Virginia
- Office of the Attorney General
Judicial - Virginia Courts
- Virginia's Judicial System
- Opinions of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals in Virginia
- Virginia Supreme Court Opinions (Virginia Lawyer's Weekly)
- Virginia Court of Appeals Opinions (Virginia Lawyer's Weekly)
- Circuit Court Case Information Pilot Project
- General District Court Information System
Federal Courts in Virginia
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (official)
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions, 1995 to 7/2001 (Emory)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
- Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Virginia