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2 PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 25: Internet Sites Pertaining to Law

3 GENERAL LAW INTERNET SITES

4 Internet Sites for the General Public Findlaw FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the world's leading provider of online legal information and Internet marketing solutions for law firms. FindLaw's roots go back to 1995, when two attorneys compiled a list of Internet resources for a group of law librarians in northern California. The response to the material was so positive they decided to post the information on the Internet. Today, FindLaw.com remains the most popular site for free legal information on the Internet with more than four million legal consumers visiting each month and the largest legal directory available. FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the world's leading provider of online legal information and Internet marketing solutions for law firms. FindLaw's roots go back to 1995, when two attorneys compiled a list of Internet resources for a group of law librarians in northern California. The response to the material was so positive they decided to post the information on the Internet. Today, FindLaw.com remains the most popular site for free legal information on the Internet with more than four million legal consumers visiting each month and the largest legal directory available. What you can do on FindLaw. Learn about the law, including Education Law, find a lawyer, find legal forms, ask a legal question, and legal news, and legal commentary on blogs. For the professional lawyers, the site contains, links to case law, statute law Education Law Education Law

5 Internet Sites for the General Public American Bar Association's Lawlink: Legal Research Jumpstation American Bar Association's Lawlink: Legal Research Jumpstation "Lawlink provides quick access to important legal information from the American Bar Association and other resources. Each site is selected and evaluated by a member of the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center staff. "

6 Internet Sites for the General Public Justia Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Justia's mission is to advance the availability of legal resources for the benefit of society. We are especially focused on making primary legal materials and community resources free and easy to find on the Internet. The company provides Internet users with free case law, codes, regulations, legal articles and legal blog and twittterer databases, as well as additional community resources. What You can do on Justia You can access United States law resources, including Federal case law, state case law, federal statutes, state statutes, federal administrative law and state administrative law. Justia has the U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1791. There are also Free Legal Forms, a list of legal practice areas, including Education Law, a list of Law Reviews from accredited law schools, a Lawyer Directory, Ask a Lawyer, Legal blogs, including 18 in Education Law United States law resourcesFederal case lawFree Legal Formslegal practice areasEducation Law ReviewsLawyer DirectoryAsk a LawyerLegal blogsEducation LawUnited States law resourcesFederal case lawFree Legal Formslegal practice areasEducation Law ReviewsLawyer DirectoryAsk a LawyerLegal blogsEducation Law

7 Internet Sites for the General Public Google There isn't much that needs to be said to introduce this giant search engine, number one in searches for years. You can use Google to find information on any legal topic, or tidbit of legal information. However, Google also has a directory, which contains links to many websites by topic, including Law. directoryLawdirectoryLaw

8 Internet Sites for the General Public Guide to Law Online Guide to Law Online " The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information." What You Can Do at the Guide to Law Online You can find federal law, including executive (administrative) law, federal case law (Judicial), federal legislative law. You can also find state law for all 50 states, including, executive (administrative) law, case law, and statutes. federal lawexecutive (administrative) lawfederal case law (Judicial)legislative lawstate law federal lawexecutive (administrative) lawfederal case law (Judicial)legislative lawstate law

9 Internet Sites for the General Public American Association of Law Libraries American Association of Law Libraries There are millions of webpages with law and law-related information, and hundreds of valuable legal research sites. Our goal was to be selective, and present here a fourteen internet sites that provide an excellent starting point for your legal research journey. Most of the websites link you to both primary and secondary sources on a variety of legal subjects.

10 Internet Sites for the General Public LII: Legal Information Institute LII: Legal Information Institute This website is maintained by the Cornell University School of Law. They feel that "everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost." With that goal in mind, they have provided access to federal law, including The Code of Federal Regulations, recent decisions of the federal courts, the U.S. Code, Federal Rules, State Law resources, State Statutes by Topic, the Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Laws. This site also contains other resources designed to help the public to learn more about the law, such as WEX, an online legal dictionary and encyclopedia, with explanations of legal terms and areas of the law, such as Education. federal lawThe Code of Federal RegulationsU.S. Code Federal RulesState Law resourcesState Statutes by Topic Uniform Commercial CodeUniform LawsWEXEducationfederal lawThe Code of Federal RegulationsU.S. Code Federal RulesState Law resourcesState Statutes by Topic Uniform Commercial CodeUniform LawsWEXEducation

11 Legal Internet Search Tools Google Scholar Google Scholar This search tool has a legal search option in which you can find case law This search tool has a legal search option in which you can find case law LawBot--Megalaw LexisWeb This is supposed to be a free search tool, but some of the articles found costs money to obtain. This is supposed to be a free search tool, but some of the articles found costs money to obtain. LegalEngine LawCrawler This search engine is now a part of FindLaw

12 You are almost done! Two more more short Parts, Parts 26 & 27 and you will be DONE!!!


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