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WQRLD WIDE WEB SITES
For Legal Information on the Internet

June 2005

Prepared by
Reference Staff of the
State Law Library
205 W. 14th Street
Austin, TX 78701
512-463-1 722
library@sll.state.tx.us

Texas State Law Library
www.sll.state.tx.us

This web site provides information
about the hours of operation, the
collections,and the fees of the
State Law Library. It provides
links to other sites for legal research.

Popular Links to Legal Sites:
Texas Legislature Online
Texas Statutes
Texas Constitution
Secretary of State
Office of the Attorney General
US. Supreme Court
U.S. Courts of Appeals


 

 

 


 

STATE GOVERNMENT SITES

Texas Legislature Online
www.capitol.state.tx.us

Full text of Texas statutes. Also information about Capitol events,
committee schedules, committee membership, calendars. Links to
Administrative Code and Texas Register. Search by bill number.
Includes current and recent sessions of the Texas Legislature.

Texas Administrative Code/Texas Register
www.sos.state.tx.us/

Full text of regulations issued by Texas state agencies.
The Register updates the Code.

Texas Attorney General Opinions
www.oag.state.tx.us

Provides the full text of AG Opinions since 1939; Letter Opinions
since 195; Open Records Decisions since 1973.

Tesas Judicial Server
www.courts.state.tx.us/

Maintained by the Office of Court Administration with links to the
Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals, intermediate
appellate courts, municipal courts, JP courts, and the State
Law Library. Additionally, the site includes the Texas Judicial
System Directory and the Appellate Court Search Index. For text
of selected court rules, link to the Supreme Court.

State Government in General
www.window.state.tx.us
Site of the Comptroller of Public Accounts
www.state.tx.us (Texas Online)

State Bar of Texas
www.texasbar.com

Useful information about Texas attorneys, Bar Sections, grievance
procedures; many links to local bar assns., American Bar Assn.,
and other legal sites. Section Newsletter articles.

Texas Legislative Reference Library
www.lrl.state.tx.us

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SITES

Ordinances www.municode.com
www.spl.org/govpubs/municode.html

 

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SITES

United States Code
www.law.cornell.edu
www.gpoaccess.gov

Code of Federal Regulations
www.gpoaccess.gov
www.law.cornell.edu
Federal Register
www.gpoaccess.gov
www.law.cornell.edu
Check for currency each time a
site is accessed.

Congressional Information
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Includes floor activities, bills, roll call votes, public laws
from 1973 to present, Congressional Record, committee
reports (full text), selected historical documents.
Premier Site. Frequent updating.

Federal Courts
www.uscourts.gov
Links to federal courts
www.findlaw.com

Search "Cases and Codes." U.S. Supreme Court opinions
since 1893 ( v. 150, Supreme Court Reporter); Circuit Courts
current and past opinions; Fifth Circuit database searchable
for decisions issued since 1997.

www.law.cornell.edu
Supreme Court opinions since 1990, with selected "historic" decisions.
Lower court opinions also available. Links to US. Supreme Court
opinions and Courts of Appeals opinions and to Texas sites. The Fifth :
Circuit site includes published and unpublished opinions. The direct
address for the Fifth Circuit is www.ca5.uscourts.gov.

U. S. District Courts in Texas

www.txed.uscourts.gov Eastern District
www.txnd.uscourts.gov Northern District
www.txsd.uscourts.gov Southern District
www.txwd.uscourts.gov Western District

TEXAS LAW REVIEWS
(May Need to click "Students" or "Academics" )

Baylor L. Rev. law.baylor.edu
Houston L. Rev. www.houstonlawreview.org
St. Mary's L.J. www.stmarytx.edu/law
SMU L.Rev. www.law.smu.edu
South Texas L. Rev. www.stcl.edu/lr
Texas L. Rev. www.law.utexas.edu
Texas Tech L. Rev. www.law.ttu.edu
Texas Wesleyan L. Rev. www.law.txwes.edu


TEXAS NEWSPAPERS

Austin American Statesman
www.statesman.com
Dallas Morning News
www.dallasnews.com
Fort Worth Star Telegram
www.star-telegram.com
Houston Chronicle
www.houstonchronicle.com
San Antonio
www.express-news.net
National Law Journal
www.nlj.com
Texas Lawyer
www.texlaw.com


DIRECTORIES

Martindale-Hubble Law Directory
www.martindale.com
West's Legal Directory
www.lawyers.findlaw.com
Texas Almanac
www.texasalmanac.com
Texas Judicial System Directory
www.courts.state.tx.us

 

GENERAL LEGAL SITES

The number of web sites for legal information increases daily. -
'Surf' daily to discover new sites. Some useful sites are:

American Association of Law Libraries
www.aallnet.org
Excellent source; many links for legal research.
American Bar Association
www.abanet.org
Includes ethics opinions of ABA and more.
LawGuru www.lawguru.com
Comprehensive; access to over 500 search engines
Law Library Resource Exchange (LLRX)
www.llrx.com
Cornell University Law School,
Legal Information Institute:
www.law.cornell.edu
Comprehensive; includes opinions, statutes and rules/regulations.
Good links.
The Univ. of Texas Tarlton Law Library:
www.law.utexas.edu
Outstanding source; full text; many links to
UT publications and other legal sites; all Texas
constitutions digitized.
World Wide Web Virtual Law Library,
www.law.indiana.edu
Site is maintained by the World Wide Web
Consortium. Many Iinks with searching by subject.
Washburn University School of Law
www.washlaw.edu
National Conference of State Legislatures
www.ncsl.org
Topics of interest to many states.
Mediators - www.attorney-mediators.org

GENERAL REFERENCE
Word definitions, quotations, encyclopedia
wwv.bartleby.com; www.m-w.com
General: www.yahoo.com/Reference
http://amazon.com (for books in print)
Statistics: www.census.gov
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/ccdb
www.fedstats.gov
TX Almanac: www.texsasalmanac.com
TX Handbook: www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

 

SELECTED SEARCH ENGINES
Find email addresses, web pages and more!
www.catalaw.com www.yahoo.com/law
www.google.com/ www.fastsearch.com
www.lawguru.com

SELECTED SUBJECT SITES
Arbitration
www.adr.org
Attorneys
www.legalethics.com/states.html
Criminal Justice
www.ncjrs.org
Debt Collection Laws
www.nationallist.com
Drunk Driving
www.candid.org
Elder Law
www.keln.org
Estate Planning
www. texasprobate.com
Famous Trials
www.law.umkc.edu (Search 'trials')
Free Advice
www.freeadvice.com
Law for the People
www.peopleslawyer.net
Legal Self Help
www.itslegal.com
Taxation
www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/tax_stru.html
Wages
www.dol.gov

Sites listed are for informational purposes only.

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