General Law

 

Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia

http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/category/overview

Articles, bibliographies, and electronic links on a wide array of topics, such as children’s rights, death penalty, human rights, law schools, public interest, religion, sexuality, statistics, and all the conventional subjects, such as banking, business, contracts, etc.

 

Everybody's Legal Glossary

http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm 

"Your Life Raft in a Sea of Legal Jargon."  This dictionary, from a prominent law publisher, defines legal terms.

 

Findlaw

http://www.findlaw.com 

With this excellent directory, you can retrieve case law, statutes, codes, and legal news.  Whether you are searching for information about asbestos, elder law, or traffic violations, you are likely to find the leads you need.

 

Google--U.S. Government Search

http://www.google.com/ig/usgov

An ordinary Google type of search yields acts of Congress, Supreme Court cases, material about government agencies, and much more.  

 

Guide to Law Online

http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.html

From the Library of Congress, a portal of web sites about international, federal, and state laws; with additional links of a more general nature.

 

Internet Law Guide Rutgers School of Law Newark

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/law/law.shtml 

Contents compiled by Paul Axel-Lute. Contains weblinks to federal, New Jersey Law.

 

Internet Resources [for Law]

http://www.njlla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=2 

The New Jersey Law Librarians Association prepared this rich compilation of sites for cases, courts and court rules, statutes and legislation, administrative law, legal reference, news, research keys, consumer guides, etc.

 

Katsuey Legal Gateway

http://www.katsuey.com 

A gateway to online legal resources for a wide range of law topics, such as arbitration/mediation, bankruptcy, family law, insurance, public records, real estate, Social Security, and taxes.

 

LawGuru

http://www.lawguru.com 

Search the free database for answers to your legal questions, or ask your own question. Also available are legal forms for contracts, copyright, deeds, divorce, leases, living wills, power of attorney, wills, and more.

 

Lawyers.com

http://lawyers.com 

Looking for a lawyer?  Find one by the geographical location and specialization you specify.  This database comes from Martindale-Hubbell, the leading resource to finding an attorney. Search by lawyers name or by type of practice. Other services available on the site are legal research topics and "ask a lawyer."

 

Legal Aid

http://law-library.rutgers.edu/legalref.html

Contact information for legal aid services throughout New Jersey.

 

Lexisone

http://www.lexisone.com 

A superb free resource for case law, forms, headline legal news, law links.

 

New Jersey Law Librarians Resource Pages

http://www.njlla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=2

With cases, statutes, reference sources, news, and more--for state and federal law--this site is an excellent starting place for legal research.

 

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice

http://www.njisj.org

Committed to "expanding access to economic opportunity for low-income and minority residents of Newark and other urban areas in the state," to "ensuring the civil rights and other basic entitlements," and to effective government and cooperative ventures--NJISJ addresses such problems as driver license restoration, predatory lending, fair housing, collateral consequences of criminal convictions, prisoner re-entry, and legal advocacy. 

 

Zimmerman's Legal Research Guide

http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/ 

An easy to Use reference tool that helps you navigate legalease with concise definitions and outside Web links. 

 

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