IPA Sidebar is a guide to legal material accessible via the World Wide Web, and is intended to be an aide for legal research. There are many interesting sites out there. We always welcome your feedback; if you come across a site you believe should be listed here, e-mail us.

Academic Law Journals Online

Legal Periodicals

Areas of Law from Legal Information Institute

Legal Ready Reference

Bar Associations

Mega Research Sites

Business Resources

Online Resources

Federal Resources

Ready Reference

Law Libraries

State Resources

Academic Law Journals Online

Emory Law Journal The Emory Law Journal is published quarterly by the students of the Emory University School of Law, click here for full access.

Jurist This section of JURIST provides listings of all American law reviews that currently have a substantial presence on the Web, plus other information for law review authors, editors and readers.

Yale Journal The Yale Law Journal is an academic publication published eight times per year, carrying pieces of interest to legal commentators and practitioners. Check out their most recent issue by clicking here.

University Law Review Project The University Law Review Project's e-mail abstract mailing lists is a free service provided by the Coalition of Online Law Journals and FindLaw with support from Stanford University and the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School. There are archives of these abstracts at FindLaw LegalMinds.

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Areas of Law from Legal Information Institute

Areas of Law Practice A link to all general categories of law.

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Bar Associations

American Bar Association The ABA strives to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to expand your career. From ABA-sponsored workshops, meetings, seminars and CLE sessions to the widest variety of respected and up-to-date publications, the ABA is your association, dedicated to helping you advance your career and the legal profession. Check out the Law Practice Management Section's site.

Chicago Bar Association General links relating to the Chicago legal community.

Illinois State Bar Association The Illinois State Bar Association is a voluntary organization dedicated to promoting the interests of the legal profession and improving the administration of justice, the quality of members' professional lives, and their relations with the public. Check this site to see how the ISBA can benefit you.

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Business Resources

BNA (Bureau of National Affairs) Since 1929, BNA has been the most respected source of information on significant developments affecting the legal field. Click the legal icon on BNA's homepage to find out more.

United States Patent and Trademark Office For over 200 years, the basic role of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution).

Securities and Exchange Commission The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws.

10K Wizard This site offers an interface to the SEC's EDGAR database of corporate filings that is superior to the SEC's own. Not only does 10K Wizard provide real-time access to EDGAR, it features a sophisticated tool for performing full-text searching of the EDGAR system. Use of the site requires registration but it is free and asks only minimal information.

Global Securities International Free LIVEDGAR Resource Page One can subscribe for access to the Free Resources area of LIVEDGAR, which provides general information about Federal securities documents and filings.

CEO Express Bountiful general and business information links.

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Federal Resources

Code of Federal Rules and Regulations The CFR is divided into 50 titles which represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Check out the full text of this publication right from your desktop.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Access these rules which govern the procedure in the United States District Courts in all suits of a civil nature whether recognizable as cases at law or in equity or in admiralty, with the exceptions stated in Rule 81.

Federal Rules of Evidence Search the full-text of the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Government Printing Office This site, run by the University of California, is the best way to gain access to the many online databases of the Government Printing Office (GPO). The site easily allows you to search the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, United States Code, Congressional Record, congressional bills, economic indicators and much more. It is a cousin of the official GPO Access site, but is much easier to use.

Internal Revenue Service Search the IRS database for free tax forms and instructions for filing returns.

KnowX A comprehensive source of Public Records.

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Browse the 7th Circuit database, Search the 7th Circuit database and view the index to U.S. Federal Appellate Courts.

Supreme Court Decisions Get complete access to the decisions of the United States Supreme Court by clicking here.

U.C.C. - ARTICLES 1-9 Full text of the first 9 articles of the Uniform Commercial Code.

United States Code This sites allows you to search the US Code Materials by Title and Section.

The U.S. Constitution with annotations from the Library of Congress of cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, including links to these cases, can be found at Findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/.

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Law Libraries

Library of Congress Access to Legislative Information, research tools and a link to the Global Legal Information Network.

New York University Visit NYU's Law Library for additional tools to help you with your legal research.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign This homepage provides information about the collections, services, and facilities of the University of Illinois Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Memorial Law Library. It also includes library research guides developed by the reference faculty and staff, as well as a guide to selected legal resources available on the Internet.

Washburn University Washburn University's law library has long been ahead of the Internet curve. It was among the first to catalogue law-related resources on the Internet and among the first to create a Web-index of legal resources.

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Legal Periodicals

Law.com Through a recent merger with the online properties of American Lawyer Media and Law News Network, Law.com brings together the nation's leading online legal news and information source, combining a variety of practical features, from news to research, legal memoranda to technology reviews. There are also more than 34 practice-area sections, each with its own collection of news, articles, legal memoranda and links. Searchable database.

New York Law Journal Serving the bench and bar since 1888, find out what's going on in our courts.

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer Visit the the publisher of these two well-known local legal periodicals.

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Legal Ready Reference

Federal Web Locator The LexisOne Federal Resource Center directory provides links to the major U.S. government branches and offices.

State Web Locator LexisONE provides a handy list of links to various state and U.S. teritory websites.

CEO Express Bountiful general and business information links.

Legal Dictionary If you're not sure of the spelling or use for a legal term, visit this website to find out.

Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terms A listing of commonly used terms.

Martindale Hubbell Lawyer's Directory The Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator™ is your search gateway on the Internet to the Martindale-Hubbell® Law Directory which provides access to comprehensive listings of 900,000 lawyers and law firms around the world.

FindLaw Lawyer Directory Find attorneys, law firms and legal pamphlets on over 400 legal topics.

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Mega Research Sites

Katsuey's Legal Links is a gold mine of URLs; links take users to hundreds of sites on the Web. There are 25 categories to browse, from arbitration and intellectual property to public records and software technology. The bulk of the linked pages can be used free of charge, and there is an additional bonus: links to on-line forms, including bankruptcy, securities, and others.

Internet Legal Resources Guide is a categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as more than 850 locally stored web pages and downloadable files, this site was established to serve as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America. Designed for lay persons and legal scholars alike, it is quality controlled to include only the most substantive legal resources online.

Hieros Gamos is arguably the best general resource for law on the Internet. This site aims to provide the "most comprehensive information in the shortest time...by putting all law and government materials in one place." Legal researchers will find impressive collections of government websites, foreign, federal and state laws, judicial opinions, academic journals and commentary, as well as current news of professional interest.

Find Law is a search engine that lists sites of legal interest in a rational, easy-to-navigate directory structured along the model of the Yahoo site. Legal researchers will find impressive collections of government websites, foreign, federal and state laws, judicial opinions, academic journals and commentary, as well as current news of professional interest.

MegaLaw.com is a great site for a variety of tasks such as conducting Internet legal research on over 100 pre-defined topics, checking your stocks, locating an expert or consultant and checking on CLE offerings. MegaLaw also includes a LawBot, which is a search engine specifically designed to find legal web-sites.

Law and Politics: Internet Guide This site is a one stop legal research resource designed for the legal profession, academia and the public. It is dedicated to locating the most informative and current law related resources on the Internet.

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Online Resources

Paralegal Port The internet's top information portal for paralegals. Chat, forums, bookstore and gear that rocks! Law blogs and useful links. It's all here!

West Publishing General information on how West Publishing and West Group can help you with your legal research.

World Time Zone Find out what time it is anywhere in the world. Look for a drop-down box near the bottom of the page that says "What time is it in?" and then select a country or city.

LexisNexis General information on the LexisNexis Total Research System.

Telephone Area Code Finder Use this informational site to determine what state an area code is in, what major cities are covered by the area code, and what time zone it happens to fall into.

Forensic Firearms and Ballistics Expert Witness Service Offered to attorneys, private investigators, and other professionals. If you need a competent firearms examiner, look no further. ARC offers an impartial and independent opinion on any issue related to firearms, ballistics, and wound ballistics.

Legal Advisor UK Law Sure Direct are legal experts in UK provides medical, traffic, slip and trip, work accident, contract dispute claims and professional negligence compensation.

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Ready Reference

Basic Legal Citation An introduction to basic legal citation. Based on the 18th edition of the "Bluebook."

Meriam-Webster English Dictionary Great tool for checking spelling, definition and pronunciation of common English language words.

Roget's Thesaurus Tired of using the same words over and over again? Why not try some creativity in that next memorandum. Click here to find words with similar meanings.

United States Postal Service Need to locate a zip code? You can find it here at the United States Post Office Homepage.

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State Resources

State and Local Government on the Net A list of governmental websites and local information sites.

American Law Sources Online ALS Online is a comprehensive, uniform and useful compilation of links to all online sources of American law that are available without charge. What Piper Resources is to general state and local government information, ALS Online is to primary law -- constitutional, legislative, judicial, administrative and local.

Cornell LII State-by-State Resource Listing Click here to access the vast resources of the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute, organized by State. This is also accessible through several of the Mega-Sites listed below.

State Law - State Government and Legislative Information This Washburn Law School state law Web page contains links to official executive, legislative and judicial sites for all 50 states.

Illinois State and Local Government An extesive list of Illinois government and local government websites.

KnowX A comprehensive source of Public Records.

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Disclaimer: The information contained in this web site is provided for the general interest of the members of the Illinois Paralegal Association. This information may not reflect current legal developments and therefore should not be relied upon or construed as legal advice.

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This page last modified on 07/19/07