Legal Links
ABA
Law Link
Well researched legal links from the ABA (American Bar Association).
Administrative Codes, Rules and Registers by State
Advanced
Citation Tools and the Intergration of Legal Technology Workspace
LLRX Article by Roger V. Skalbeck divided into three sections, beginning
with a look at research and writing tools in the process of reviewing
and drafting documents, a detailed analysis of West and Lexis-Nexis citation
checking tools.
The Affiliates
Legal jobs site, allowing search by zip code.
California Primer
Free information for the California bar exam.
Center on Juvinile and Criminal Justice
CLE
Requirements by State
Get use to the continuing education requirements. Check here for the
requirements of your state.
Corporation
Information
Find your way to each state's Secretary of State office online.
Company Sleuth
A great place to get information on major companies.
Delta Theta Phi
Law Fraternity, International.
E-Lawyering
Sponsored by the ABA Law Practice Section, e-lawyering provides case studies,
resources and information on how technology and the practice of law meet.
Federal
Districts
Links to the Federal District Courts rom Cornell Law.
Find Jobs
From Findlaw, searchable legal jobs database by city or zip code.
Finding
The Law
Nice guide from Cornell University Law Library for finding legal information
on the Internet.
GPO
Access Multi-database
Congressional reports, legislative history, public laws and congressional
bills.
InstaCase
See updates of cases just handed down. Available by jurisdiction and area
of law.
Internet Legal Research Group
A categorized index of more than 4000 select web site.
JailCam
From the Maricopa County Sheriff's office, check out the life jail cam,
prebooking, holding areas and search cell.
Judicial
Courts and Decisions
Supreme Court cases from 1790 and selected federal and state cases from
January 1, 1996.
LLRX Zimmerman's
Research Guide
LLRX is a great place to learn more about legal research on the Internet
Check around the site for all sorts of resources and assistance.
LawCommerce
A legal portal offering various services (such as legal forms, research),
many for a fee.
LawCentral
A large page of the most common legal link starting points, organized
into categories.
LawIDEA.com
An extensive directory containing links to over 15,000 legal related resources.
This site is based on a customized "slice" of data from the Open Directory
Project and is organized in a very logical fashion.
LawJobs
Legal career center from Law.com with approximately 2,000 job listings
obtained from classifieds placed in newspapers around the country that
belong to the American Lawyers Media group and from legal recruiters that
place advertisements directly on the site.
LawJournals
A comprehensive listing of Law Journals provided by Washburn University School of Law.
LawMarketing
Jobs area link. Of course you don't want to miss the marketing tips for
law offices either.
LawStudentParadise
Legal news, case brief bank, legal job area, law firms by state, LSAT,
law school links and links to bar preparation courses.
LawSwap
A great resource for buying and selling law books, case books and bar
study materials.
Lawyers Express
A small collection of links by a busy lawyer for other busy lawyers.
Lawyer's Weekly
A great resource of news for lawyers and law students.
Legal
Careers
From Martindale Hubble, searchable legal job database by state.
Legal coverage for less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day!
No matter what kind of legal situation you face, you can depend on your Prepaid Legal membership to save you money and time. Get the legal help you need when you need it without worrying about the cost.
Legal Ethics
Discussions on ethic in the practice of law; recent ethical opinons and cases.
Legal Information
Institute (LLI)
Great resource from Cornell University. Search by subject.
LegalSurvival.com
A Legal Resource Site to current legal issues featuring a quarterly newsletter, FAQs and in-depth articles on 29+ areas of law.
LegalTrek
Explore the Universe of Legal Research.
LexisOne
The lexisONE Legal Web Search Engine allows search of the entire lexisONE
site, 6000 Legal Forms, the Legal Internet Guide and over 20,000 Legal
Web sites.
Library Spot
A great resource and a great place to start just about any research project.
MentoringPros
Rainmaker training system for lawyers.
My Academic Only Home Page.com
Where Student Meets Academe.
Navigating
the Maze of Criminal Records Retrieval
Article from LLRX discussing how criminal records are maintained and
the alternatives available for retrieval.
New England Innocence Project
The NEIP is part of a national network of regional Innocence Projects.
New York Lawyer
While based in New York, the New York lawyer carries national law firm
related news and information for young lawyers. Do look at Passing
the Bar,again, New York based, but still a preview of questions on the New York bar which will help get an idea of bar exams.
Public Records Databases
Searchable, international information.
Real Law
Good links on tenant/landlord, civil litigation, business, immigration,
real estate, personal injury and tax.
Real Estate Licensure in Florida
A study course.
Resource Discovery Network
A free Internet service dedicated to providing effective access to high
quality Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community.
The service is primarily aimed at Internet users in further and higher
education. Others will also find the service to be of value for personal
and professional development.
Salary
Finder
Interested in finding the salary ranges in a specific profession?
Slip
Opinion List Serves
Updated article on free and subscription based e-mail Slip Opinion services.
Thomas
Need any thing legislative, start with Thomas.
West
LegalEd Center
You may not need it now, but you will once you pass the bar! A list of
currently 83 resources for CLE on the Internet.
World Wild Virtual
Library
A catalog of all the VL Divisions worldwide, and a service provided to
the 250+ VL Maintainers and the public at large.
Articles
A
Cogent Summary of Federal Jurisdiction
by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S, discussing the distinction between
foreign and domestic jurisdictions.
Constitutional Case Law
Wilkinson
vs. Dormire
No 00-3383 (8th Cir. May 10, 2001), "Could I call my lawyer?"
is not a clear request to exercise a fifth amendment right and does not
require ceasing interrogation nor is it grounds for a petition for habeas
relief.
Republican
Party of Minnesota vs. Kelly
Cannon 5 of Minnesota's Code of Judicial Conduct bars candidates for
some judicial offices from participating in certain political activities
and is constitution.
Shrum
vs. Kluck
Failure to warn of alleged misbehavior by teacher with children does not
constitute sufficient constitutional violation as to warrant Section 183
liability.
Wildman
vs. Marshall Town School District
Requiring a written letter of apology for critical remarks made against
a coach as a condition for being reinstated on the team does not deprive
student of First Amendment rights.
Contract Case Law
ABC
Electric, Inc. vs. Nebraska Beef
Quantum Meriut therory under Nebraska law doesn't require parties to be
privy to a contract, therefore recovery is available to an unpaid subcontractor
from the project manager.
American
Shizuki vs. IBM
Letter of Intent to purchase does not create promissory estoppel when
letter was not relied upon.
Criminal Case Law
Cross
vs. Bruton
Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that each allegation of domestic violence
need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt is not unreasonable under
federal law.
Fann
vs. Boxer
Attorney's failure to anticipate change in law does not constitute ineffective
counsel.
Painter
vs. State of Iowa
Habeas action barred by time under 28 USC 2244, et seq., because the
date for direct review of a conviction is completed. The date for an application
for state post-conviction relief counts against the one-year statute of
limitation.
U.S.
vs. Allen
Informing accused of line up results after his request for an attorney
is not interrogation; accused asking to speak to police after having requested
counsel is waiver to right to counsel being present.
U.S.
vs. Benning
Defendant's responsibility to know and understand state's limitation on
possession of firearm after conviction of crime of violence.
U.S.
vs. Favela
Defendent's encounter with plain clothes police in a public place who
did not show weapons is not seizure or unlawful detention.
U.S.
vs. Franklin
Prosecutor's mention of a gun not in evidence was harmless error in light
of the substantial evidence against the defendent.
US
vs. Gillette
No 00-2889 (8th Cir. April 16, 2001) Officer who performed a search
aware of the consent given to another deputy; therefore, his search of
defendant's vehicle is valid.
U.S.
vs. Hill
Evidence of past undisputed crime showing intent in present charge is
properly admissible under Fed. R. Ev. 404(b).
U.S.
vs. McGlothlin
The Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act 1996, 18 USC 3664, requires
District Court to set a detailed payment schedule at time of sentencing.
U.S.
vs. Mayotte
Federal Court has discretion to impose a sentence to be served consecutively
with a state sentence not yet imposed.
US
vs. Murphy
Right to downward departure needs to be raised at sentencing at the district
court level, otherwise it is waived.
US
vs. Nation
Storage of items common to production of methamphetamine raised
sufficient suspicion of criminal activity to support search warrant, US
Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit.
U.S.
vs. Ray
Failure of jury to reach a verdict in the first trial does not constitute
Double Jeopardy.
U.S.
vs. Thomas
When officer observes suspected bank robbery in progress and subsequently
gives chase, probable cause exists to search stopped vehicle for officer's
safety.
U.S.
vs. Wright
Indictment under 18 USC 2119(1) is defective for failing to allege wrongful
conduct.
Wilcox
vs. Hopkins
Defendant chose to enter a guilty plea and therefore cannot later blame
attorney for not having ordered ballistics report prior to plea proceedings.
Evidence Case Law
Chadwell
vs. Koch Refining Co. LP
Notes of Union Stewart attempted to be offered by Plaintiff to prove the
truth of the matter of Plaintiff's version of events.
Tort Case Law
Young
vs. City of Little Rock
Arresting officer and clerk not liable for wrongful arrest by waiting
for Judge's review after becoming aware wrong person may have been arrested.
Health & Fitness
News Portals
Moreover Topical News Headlines
Articles
MyBarPrep is the most efficient way to prepare for the Multistate Bar Exam.
Constitutional Case Law
Contract Case Law
Criminal Case Law
Evidence
Health & Fitness
News Link
Tort Case Law