Legal Resources

General Information

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
Sponsored by the Judicial Council of California, this is the official website for public access to the California courts. This bilingual site features forms which can be printed or completed online.

www.findlaw.com
Popular website providing comprehensive legal resources on the internet, including statutory and case law, news articles, and much more.

www.nolo.com
California’s premier legal self-help publisher, Nolo Press. This site offers a wealth of articles and information about their publications.

http://law.freeadvice.com
Comprehensive, balanced, easy-to-understand legal content prepared by attorneys and designed to help users find answers to questions and solutions to legal problems.

Legal Research

http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/scall/locating.htm
Access to “Locating the Law, “ a guide to doing legal research.

http://www.virtualchase.com/about.html
Sponsored by a law firm, this site offers articles, guides, teaching materials, an alert service, and Internet research strategies and resources. Open to anyone, free of charge, but geared towards experienced researchers and legal professionals.

Legal Services

http://www.lawhelpca.org/CA/index.cfm
Helping Californians find legal aid referrals & self-help resources

http://www.calegaladvocates.org/
Official website for the Legal Aid Association of California.

http://www.abanet.org/
American Bar Association: includes lawyer referral and information services.

www.calbar.org/
Official website of the California State Bar includes background information on all attorneys licensed in the state, formal attorney complaint procedure, and other information.

http://solanobar.org/
Official website of the Solano County Bar Association.

http://www.martindale.com/
Online access to Martindale-Hubbell’s Lawyer Locator service, with information on over a million attorneys and law firms.

www.lawguru.com/cgi/bbs/
Contains a great deal of information, and includes the option of submitting a question to an attorney for a response.

Government Agencies

http://www.publiclawlibrary.org/
By the Council of California County Law Librarians

www.ca.gov
Official web site for the state of California containing many useful links.

www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Louisiana State University Libraries federal agency directory.

Laws and Regulations

State:
www.leginfo.ca.gov
Official website for California codes, bills, and legislative history.

http://traynor.uchastings.edu/library/index.html
Official website for UC Hastings Law Library including California ballot propositions from 1911 to the present.

Federal:
http://thomas.loc.gov
Legislative information from the Library of Congress; bills, resolutions, laws, committee reports, treaties, historical documents, and the Congressional Record.