You don't have to be a lawyer to conduct legal research. Here you'll find the tools you need to get started.

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State Laws

Choose your state to locate your state's statutes. After you choose your state, you will usually have two options:

• Search the statutes by entering keywords in a search query box. Each state has search help in case you get stuck.
• Browse the statutes by selecting the most likely title or code from the Table of Contents.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas

Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina

North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Federal Case Law

• Federal Court Locator
• United States Supreme Court
• 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
• 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Federal Circuit

U. S. Constitution & Selected Federal Statutes

• U.S. Constitution
• U.S. Code
• Administrative Procedure Act
• Copyright Act
• Internal Revenue Code
• Patent Act
• Securities & Exchange Act of 1934
• Trademark Act

Federal Rules and Regulations

• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence

U. S. Government Resources & Related Sites

• Department Of Commerce
• Department of the Treasury: IRS--Tax Forms and Instructions
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Trade Commission
• FedWorld Information Network
• GPO Access on the Web (Government Printing Office)
• IRS - Tax Forms (FedWorld File Transfer Protocol Search & Retrieve Service)
• Justices of the Supreme Court
• OSHA Page
• SEC EDGAR Database
• Thomas: Legislative Information
• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• U.S. Post Office
• White House

Miscellaneous Laws & Codes

• Constitutions, Statutes, & Codes
• The Uniform Commerical Code: - Articles 1-9

Law School-Maintained Sites

• Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Emory Law School
• Guide to Legal Resources - Kent
• The Legal Domain List - Kent
• Legal Information Institute - Cornell
• Salmon P. Chase College of Law
• University of Cincinnati College of Law
• University of Louisville School of Law
• Virtual Law Library - Indiana University

Legal Information, Links & Other Sites

• ABA LAWLink
• Bankruptcy Creditors Service
• The Center for Corporate Law
• Center for Disease Control
• CRN-Court Reporter Net (Lists court-reporting firms nationwide)
• Criminal Law Links
• Cyberia Communications, Inc.
• Divorce Online
• ExpertLaw.com (Services for Legal Professionals and the Public)
• FindLaw
• Hieros Gamos (The Comprehensive Legal Site)
• Law and Politics Internet Guide
• LawGuru.com
• LawInfo Links
• National Association of Paralegals
• National Law Library
• Neopolis Law Resource Center
• Professionals Online - Law Resources
• Software Patent Institute

State, Local & Other Bar Associations

• Alabama Bar Association
  • Montgomery Bar Association (AL)
• American Bar Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
• The State Bar of California
  • Alameda County Bar Association (CA)
  • Palo Alto Area Bar Association(CA)
  • San Diego county Bar Association (CA)
  • San Fernando Valley Bar Association (CA)
• Colorado Bar Association
  • Boulder County Bar Association (CO)
• Connecticut Bar Association
• The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • District of Columbia Bar
• Federal Bar Association
• The Florida Bar
• State Bar of Georgia
• Hawaii State Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar
• Kansas Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association
  • Fayette County Bar Association
  • Fayette County Bar Association Pro Bono Program
• Maine State Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
  • Boston Bar Association (MA)
• State Bar of Michigan
  • State Bar of Michigan-Probate and Estate Planning Section
  • Oakland County Bar Association (MI)
• The Mississippi Bar
• The Missouri Bar
• The State Bar of Montana
• Nebraska State Bar Association
• New Hampshire Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Dutchess County Bar Association (NY)
  • Bar Association of Erie County (NY)
  • Queens County Bar Association (NY)
  • Suffolk County Bar Association
  • New York State Defenders Association
  • N.Y. Ct. Appeals
  • NY Trial Lawyers Assoc
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Delaware County Bar Association (PA)
  • Philadelphia Bar Association (PA)
• Rhode Island Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar
• State Bar of South Dakota
• Tennessee Bar Association
  • The Chattanooga Bar Association (TN)
  • Nashville Bar Association (TN)
• Utah State Bar
• Vermont Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar
• Washington State Bar Association
  • King County Bar Association (WA)
• West Virginia State Bar
• State Bar of Wisconsin

Business-Related Sites

• The Better Business Bureau
• Electronic Commerce/EDI
• Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky
• The National Technology Transfer Center Home Page (NTTC)
• Stock quotes - Security APL