Legal Studies - Websites
American Bar Association
www.abanet.org/home.html
This Association website gives you access to legal news blogs, a directory of legal blogs, as well as the American Bar Association calendar of events. Use the "Public Resources" link on the left hand side of the page to find resources on a variety of different legal topics.
Boston College Law Library Research Guides and Video's
www.bc.edu/schools/law/library/research/researchguides.html
This is a comprehensive webpage research guide developed by the Law Library. Use the links in the left hand side of the page to navigate towards different research materials. Note, the list of Alphabetical Databases primarily includes the databases that students of Boston College only, however it may prove useful to browse through them, because some databases give access to non-students as well.
Civil Rights & Liberties Class Guide- Bryant University
This PowerPoint Presentation contains information available specifically to Bryant students. You will find out which databases are the best to search for civil rights & liberties issues, as well as helpful reference books, and some additional websites too.
Cornell University Legal Information Institute
www.law.cornell.edu
This website is probably the most useful site you will find. In this guide you will find information on different aspects of law, a legal citations guide, directories, glossaries, US codes & constitutions, court opinions, and much much more.
FindLaw
www.findlaw.com
Use the "Browse Legal Information" section of the home page to begin your research. The most popular topics are listed on the home page, but if you don't find the topic you are looking for try using the view all topics link. You will be prompted to enter in a zip-code or city, state as the location for the legal information you are researching.
Federal Register Tutorial: What it is and How to use it
www.archives.gov/federal-register/tutorial/index.html
The Federal Register contains: Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, Administrative Regulations and Notices of the United States. If you are using the online version of the Federal Register to find codes and regulations you definitely should check out this tutorial for helpful tips for searching.
GPO Access
www.gpoaccess.gov
The GPO is the Government Printing Office, and disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. You can find bills, laws, codes, executive materials, case dockets, and any materials, papers, reports, or websites produced by the Federal Government.
HG.org (formerly Hieros Gamos): Worldwide Legal Directories
www.hg.org
This website serves as a worldwide directory of law. You can search for lawyers, associations, careers in the legal field, law by state, international law, a listing of law schools by state and more.
Legal Studies Information Guide- Bryant University
This PowerPoint tutorial is a great place to start your research for Legal Studies. It provides helpful information about the different databases reference books, regular books, and some websites that will be useful for researching and writing legal research papers. This guide was developed for Bryant University specifically and will contain only sources that you can access as a Bryant student.
National Archives and Record Administration: Code of Federal Regulations
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
This is the web version of the Code of Federal Regulations. The library has a hard copy available in the reference section, KF70 .A3, however the online version contains the most current information.
SEC (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)
http://www.sec.gov
From this site you will find forms & filings, regulatory actions, news & public statements, litigation, and a section for investor information.
Supreme Court of the United States
www.supremecourtus.gov
From this site you can search the Supreme Court Files & Court Docket files, find information about the Supreme Court, view text of opinions, find the Rules of the Court, and any cases in the Docket.
Thomas (Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov
THOMAS is the portal to the Library of Congress. This website serves to make legislative information available to the public. In this website you will find the following information: Bills, Resolutions Activity in Congress Congressional Record Schedules, Calendars, Committee Information, Presidential Nominations, Treaties, and additional Government Resources.
WashLaw Web- Washburn University School of Law
www.washlaw.edu
From this website you will find State, Federal, and International (by country) law information. There is also directory information to find law schools, legal news, court updates, listings of law journals, and more.
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