Legal Research Portal
The following websites provide reliable starting points for legal research.
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California Legal Research
- California Courts This website features official information from the California courts. It includes recent court news, jury information, court statistics, and annual reports. It also includes links to searchable case law databases.
- California Case Law This website provides free access to California case law. The search engine is easy to use but prefers a known citation.
- California Codes
This website consists of 29 California codes ranging from the Business and Professions Code to the Water Code and the state constitution. The codes are available for browsing or searching. - California Legislative Information
This website provides the full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments. It also includes their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages. - California Ballot Propositions
This website provides official information on present and past California propositions and initiatives. - California Code of Regulations
This website provides the California Code of Regulations for browsing or searching. - California State Agencies
This website provides a comprehensive list of state agencies. - Municipal Law (Local Codes) This website features an extensive list of local ordinances and charters issued by California cities and counties. Most are now available in full text format.
- State Bar of California
This website includes information about the bar examination and MCLE compliance requirements, as well as their other services.
- United States Code - From GPO Access
This version of the United States Code is the official codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. - United States Code - Database Maintained by Cornell University
This website provides free access to the complete United States Code. This version of the code is derived from the official U.S. House of Representatives' version. Each title of the code is searchable by keyword. - Thomas - Federal Legislative Information This website provides access to legislative bills, including summary, status, and links to congressional reports and other legislative history documents.
- Code of Federal Regulations from the Government Printing Office This website provides free public access to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
- Code of Federal Regulations from Cornell's Legal Information Institute. This website enables a search for CFRs, and it is managed by Cornell University.
- LSA - List of CFR Sections Affected. This website allows research into changes in the Code of Federal Regulations.
- Federal Register This website allows free public access to all announcements of pending regulations from the Federal Register.
- Proposed Regulations This is a website allowing public input into the regulatory process.
- FirstGov This website provides a large array of information about federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
- United States Supreme Court Opinions via FindLaw This website provides free access to Supreme Court opinions.
- The United States Supreme Court's Official Site This website provides information about the Supreme Court of the United States, including selected cases, briefs and arguments.
- The Ninth Circuit's official web site The website includes information and news relevant to the Ninth Circuit.
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California The website includes information and news relevant to the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California.
- Other Federal Courts This website provides convenient access to the entire federal court system.
- Cornell This website provides convenient access to the entire federal court system.
- FindLaw
Findlaw is a commercial site that provides information to the general public and to legal professionals. It contains an area for legal research, a legal directory, and even allows research on individual lawyers. - WashLaw: Legal Research on the Web
This site is maintained by Washburn University, and provides various links to legal resources including state law and federal law. - Cornell's Legal Information Institute
This site is maintained by Cornell University and provides updated news on the legal field, as well as links to various other sources of information.
- EISIL - Electronic Information System
for International Law
The website gives information on almost all topics of international law ranging from general international law to private international law. - Links for Foreign and International Law Research The website centers on international law. It gives information on topics such as foreign affairs, human rights, United Nations, and international organizations as well as international trade and intellectual property.