Major Law Indices on the Web

Meta-Index for Legal Research
Georgia State University's Law Index. Search Supreme and Circuit Court opinions, US code, US legislation, etc., from a variety of legal sites.

CataLaw
A searchable meta-index of legal, governmental and related resources.

CourtTV Law Center
CourtTV's site to parallel their broadcast coverage. Includes Legal Helpline forums where you can post questions, background information on major cases and other material from their broadcast services.

Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk
Searchable index of laws by country and subject, law school listings, journals and periodicals and legal culture.

FindLaw
Findlaw is an excellent directory of searchable topical indices and related information for th elegal professional.

FarisLaw
The Farislaw site includes links, meta searches of cases in selected countries, and free e-mail journals for lawyers (including SCib - The Supreme Court International Bulletin).

Hieros Gamos
An extensive collection of professionally maintained legal links covering associations, law schools, services, consultants and much more.

U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
Subject/topical law indices, Code sources, and links to numerous legal sites.

Internet Legal Resource Guide
A collection of over 3000 select legal resources on the Internet, covering legal research, education and news.

The Law Engine(tm)
A "quick reference" site of link collectionss -- good starting point for legal research.

LawInfo
Basic resources for legal professionals, including attorney finders, expert witness links, bar association links, CLE information, etc.

LawLinks.Com
Link collections, legal software and firm management resources and reviews, and consumer legal information.

LAWS.COM
A compendium of links tolaw resources, law firm home pages and other resources of interest to legal professionals.

The Lawyer's Homepage
A collection of legal links, as well as sites containing information on law firm management, software, computers for lawyers and other odd tidbits.

'Lectric Law Library
A comprehensive legal directory containing case law, legal links and other resources for lawyers, presented with a sense of humor.

Legal dot Net(tm)
A collection of law-related resources for attorneys and laypeople alike. Not as useful for research as some other sites, but full of other odd information, article indices and legal self help information that makes it worth an occasional visit.

Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
The Legal Information Institute maintains Subject Indices, Source Indices, the US Code, searchable Supreme Court Decisions, State law links and other resources.

Legal Professionals Directory
This is the National Association of Legal Professionals site, and it contains free extensive listings of firms, individual attorneys, and other legal professionals.

Legal Resources
A good collection of topcial law indices, association lists, state and federal resources, legal education sites and other specialty information. A little overwhelming at times. Maintained by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.

Martindale Hubbell
This site contains an exhaustive lawyer and expert witnesslocator, as well as extensive information on alternative dispute resolution.

The Practicing Attorney's Home Page
Information on legal research, topical indices, firm management issues, legal ethics and other daily concerns of the legal professional.

Uniform State Laws
This is the website for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and contains loads of model laws on a wide variety of topics.

World Law Guide
Global listings of law firms and legal resources. Located in the Netherlands and a bit graphic-heavy (so it can be slow).

WWW Virtual Library
One of the best legal research sites on the net. Extensive searchable link collection covering all areas of the law and legal practice. Maintained by the Indiana University School of Law.

W3 Lawyer(sm)
An extensive, well organized collection of topical legal links. Also includes a forms library, law journal links and other pertinent sites.

Yahoo Law
Yahoo's Law and Government Resource Page.


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