US Legal Resources
US Resources
State and National Legal and Government Resources:
Federal Government Search Sites and Information Services
Federal Government Departments & Agencies
Federal Archives, Constitution, Statutes and Regulations
Law and Government-Related Search Engines and Collections
State and National Bar, Court, and Professional Associations
Federal Government Search Sites and Information Services
- C-Span
- Federal Court Locator
- Financenet
- Government Information Xchange
- National Technical Information Service
- U.S. Federal Judiciary
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Supreme Court Searches
Federal Government Departments & Agencies
- Cabinet Addresses, Phone, Fax Numbers
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- General Accounting Office
- Internal Revenue Service – IRS
- Library of Congress
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National Institutes of Health
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Park Service
- National Performance Review
- National Science Foundation
- National Security Agency
- Department of State
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- Department of the Treasury
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Office of Management and Budget
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Small Business Administration – SBA
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Administration
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Copyright Office
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Government Printing Office – GPO
- U.S. Information Agency
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Postal Service
- Veterans Administration
- White House
Federal Archives, Constitution, Statutes and Regulations
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Code of Federal Regulation
- Consumer Credit Protection Act
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Fedlaw
- Inspector General Act
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Search Federal Documents (U.S. Government Printing Office)
- U.S. Code
- U.S. Constitution
- U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Amendments
- U.S. Legislative Information (Library of Congress)
- U.S. Senate Legislation
Law and Government-Related Search Engines and Collections
Most are free, those that aren’t can be quite expensive.
- CataLaw
- FindLaw
- Internet Sleuth Government
- Internet Sleuth Law
- LawAid
- LawCrawler
- LawRunner
- Legal Research Network
- Legal Search Engines
- Lexis/Nexis Communication Center
- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
- WestDocc
State and National Bar, Court, and Professional Associations
The content of these professional bar association sites varies greatly in both quality and quantity, and many sites are still under construction. A few are currently only available to members. Most, however, provide lists of their membership, as well as a variety of information of interest and use to the general public.
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
- California State Bar Association
- Colorado State Bar Association
- Connecticut State Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Georgia State Bar Association
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Kansas State Bar Association
- Michigan State Bar Association
- Missouri State Bar Association
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Bar Association
- National Center for State Courts
- National Federation of Paralegal Association
- Nebraska State Bar Association
- New Hampshire State Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- North Carolina State Bar Association
- Pennsylvania State Bar Association
- Rhode Island State Bar Association
- South Dakota State Bar Association
- State Court Locator
- Tennessee State Bar Association
- Utah State Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Wisconsin State Bar Association