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Case Law

Court Web Sites

Links to federal, state, and international court web sites. Site maintained by the National Center for State Courts.

Judicial Opinions

Access to decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, state courts. Site maintained by Cornell Law School.

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Copyright

Copyright & Fair Use

Collection of resources from the Council on Library Resources, Stanford University Libraries and FindLaw.

Copyright Clearance Center

Allows copying of 1.75 copyrighted online publications.

Copyright Information Page

From the University of Michigan Library.

Copyright Law Materials

Primary sources including statutes and court decisions from Cornell University.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Fair Use Resources

Compilation for faculty and students wishing to learn about the effects of current copyright law on their use of intellectual property from the University at Albany Libraries.

U.S. Copyright Office

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Promotes the protection of intellectual property worldwide.

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Cyber Law

Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers

Online course of 50+ brief lessons.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

The Berkman Center is affiliated with Harvard Law School. It offers free online lectures and discussion series on legal topics.

BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law

Large collection of resources organized into topics, including Patent Law, Software Patents, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Internet Law and more maintained by Daniel A. Tysver, a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Beck & Tysver.

Center For Democracy & Technology

CDT is an advocacy group working "to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age." The site provides access to information regarding public policy and legislative initiatives on issues such as free speech, data privacy, cryptography, and wiretapping.

Intellectual Property and Technology Forum

News and scholarly articles from Boston College Law School.

Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions

A searchable collection providing a brief synopsis of each court decision, indexed alphabetically by subject matter, maintained by Martin H. Samson, a partner at Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP.

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Dictionaries

Law.Com Dictionary

Provides definitions for over 3000 legal terms and phrases.

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Directories

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator

A searchable database of practicing lawyers in the U.S. and Canada.

West Legal Directory

Site of West's Legal Directory, as maintained on FindLaw, with profiles of lawyers and law firms in the U.S. and Canada. Also includes directories of expert witnesses, investigators, etc., and information on hiring a lawyer.

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Discussion Groups

LegalMinds

Signup form for mailing lists worldwide in numerous subject areas maintained by FindLaw.

Washburn Law School Listservs

Provides a list of over 100 law related listservs; maintained by the school.

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Federal and State Statutes

Constitution of the United States

FedLaw

Index of federal laws, rules and regulations, state laws, arbitration and mediation, and more from the GSA.

Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research

From Georgia State University.

Thomas

Official site of the US Congress. Excellent source for federal legislative history as well as the text of laws accessible by Public Law number.

Uniform Law Commissioners-National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law

Full text of uniform state acts accessible by title or state. Includes the status of each act for every state.

United States Code

Searchable database that also includes browsing by titles, table of popular names, specific section or keywords, from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

United States Code (GPO Access)

Searchable database including the 2000 edition with supplements thru 2005. Also the 1994-2000 editions

United States Legislative Resources

Includes links to searchable databases of bills, legislative history, and congressional committee materials.

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Federal/State Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations

Site maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. Search by keyword or citation. Links to Lists of CFR Sections Affected and Federal Register Online.

Current Code of Federal Regulations

Current version of the CFR as maintained at Cornell Law School. Access by citation, keyword search of section headings, or by browsing table of contents.

(State) Administrative Codes and Registers

Easy to use tabular format provides links to each state's administrative codes and registers if available. New York State is not available. Site maintained by the National Association of Secretaries of State.

New Yort State Agency Rules and Regulations

Provides links to rules and regulations of some NYS agencies

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Foreign and International Law

Constitution Finder

From the T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond.

Foreign and International Law Web

From the Washburn University School of Law Library.

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases

Annotated collection from the New York University School of Law Library.

International Constitutional Law

From Wurzburg, Germany.

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Provides links to more than 14,000 human rights documents

Women Human Rights Resources

International in scope, provided by the University of Toronto

Nations of the Worldnew resource

Maintained by the Law Library of Congress, provides a compilation of links to sources of legal information for countries. Arrangement is alphabetical by name of country.

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General Interest

ABANet

Home page of the American Bar Association.

JURIST: Law Professors on the Web

Law & Politics Book Review

Sponsored by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. Includes reviews of books dealing with the legal process and politics. Began publication in 1991.

Law Professor Blogs

A list of approximately 40 blogs by law professors organized by subject/topic, including the CrimProf Blog , the Health Law Professor Blog, and the Tech Law Prof Blog.

Lawyers.com

Directory of lawyers, legal news and advice on hiring a lawyer; also ask questions of legal experts.

Native Tribal Justice Resource Center

Established by the National American Indian Court Judges Association, this site site provides valuable information on Native American legal issues including the criminal codes for many of the tribes.

New York State Bar Association

Home page of NYS Bar Association. The Association's site includes the Legal Ease Pamphlet Series, which is a list of brochures prepared by members of the Association with basic information about specific areas of New York state law such as adoption law, divorce and separation, and living wills & health care proxies, and the People's Law School, with online programs regarding family law, estate planning, criminal law, and consumer law issues.

Directory of Law Schools

From the University of Southern California Law School

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

Home page for the Federalist Society, "a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order." The Society publishes a number of current awareness bulletins, including ABA Watch, Bar Watch Bulletin, and a pre-law reading list.

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General Subject Collections

CataLaw

Meta collection of law resources worldwide organized by topic and region.

FindLaw

Major collection of state, national, and international legal resources, directories, subject resources, news, and more.

Law

Metaguide from the Indiana University School of Law.

Law and Politics Internet Guide

Well organized and annotated collection by Randy Roberts, University of Texas.

Law Guides

Collection of topical guides from the Argus Clearinghouse.

Law.com

Portal site of resources for students, lawyers, judges, and the public compiled by law.com, a privately held company.

Legal Information Institute

Site maintained at Cornell Law School. Well designed access to American constitutions, codes, court opinions, and 'Spotlight' on hot topics.

Guide to Law Onlinenew resource

Maintained by the Law Library of Congress, provides a compilation of internation, foreign, US federal and US states Internet sites.

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Journals and Law Reviews

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX)

Webzine focusing on Congressional activities, Web sites, training resources, and the challenges posed to the legal community by the electronic world.

Contents Pages from Law Reviews

Searchable contents pages from 750+ law reviews published worldwide updated daily.

Lexis-Nexis AcademicAccessible to University at Albany users only

Offers full text access to numerous law reviews using the Legal Research search form.

Westlaw CampusAccessible to University at Albany users only

Offers full text access to many legal journals and law reviews.

Law Reviews Onlinenew resource

Maintained by the Law Library of Congress, provides an alphabetical list (with links) to United States law reviews. Also, provides links to similar sites.

Law Review Home Pagesnew resource

Maintained by the University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library, provides an alphabetical list (with links) to the home paages of all US law reviews and law journals.

Findlaw: Academic Law Reviews and Law Journalsnew resource

Provides a subject index to US law reviews and law journals.

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Municipal Codes

General Code E-Code

This source provides access to the codes of many local governments in New York State including the City of Albany.

LexisNexis Municipal Codes Web Library

Free service providing links to selected local codes in the U.S.

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New York State

Decisions of the New York Court of Appeals

Back to 1992.

New York State Laws

Provides access to the consolidated and unconsolidated laws (statutes), court acts, legislative bills, legislative resolutions, and state constitution. Site maintained by the New York State Legislature.

New York State Courts

The official web site of the New York State Court system.

New York State Resources on Laws and Regulations

A compilation of links to New York State legal resources from the New York State Library.

Guide to Law Online: United States - New Yorknew resource

Provides a compilation of Internet sites providing access to the NYS Constitution, court decisions, administrative law materials, consolidated laws, etc. Maintained by the Law Library of Congress.

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News

Eye on the Courts: Newsworthy Decisions Available on the Net

From the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

Law News Network

Daily news from the 20 print newspapers and journals published by American Lawyer Media; users can also sign up for a daily e-mail news digest.

Lawyers Weekly

News for lawyers in the U.S.

Legal News

Daily news worldwide in several categories from FindLaw.

Mealeys.com

News from Mealey Publications in several topic areas including insurance, drugs, intellectual property, health care, international arbitration and litigation practice.

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Search Engines

The Law Engine

Large collection of Internet law sources.

Law Research

Compendium of searchable legal databases.

LawCrawler

Search engine of legal resources worldwide.

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U.S. Supreme Court

FindLaw Constitutional Law Center

Resources on the history of the Constitution and Supreme Court, commentary on landmark decisions, discussions on current hot topics, the court docket, real time chats and more from FindLaw.

The Oyez Project

Provides abstracts of key constitutional cases and digital audio of oral arguments.

Selected Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Over 600 decisions selected by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell

Supreme Court of the United States

Official site of U.S. Supreme Court. Includes docket information, court procedures, text of recent decisions, biographical information on current justices, case load statistics, etc.

Supreme Court Opinions

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