Related Links
Learning About the Law
Chapter One: The American Legal SystemThe federal judiciary home page: http://www.uscourts.gov/
The United States Supreme Court home page: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/opinions.html
Map of the federal circuits with links to their cases: http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS
Information on specific state courts, available through the National Center for State Courts: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html
The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Chapter Two: Legal Research: Finding the Law
LexisNexis: http://www.lexisnexis.com/
Westlaw: http://www.westlaw.com
Loislaw: http://www.loislaw.com/
The Virtual Chase (free legal research): http://www.virtualchase.com/
Legal Resource Links: http://www.legalresourcelinks.com/
Chapter Three: Briefing a Case
Findlaw: http://www.findlaw.com
Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Chapter Four: Legal Writing: Basic Organization
ALWD Citation Manual's Web site: http://www.alwd.org
Online tutorial designed to teach Bluebook rules: http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation
Chapter Five: Introduction to Law
Fundamentals of a jury trial: http://www.da.saccounty.net/info/fundamentals.htm
Legal Information Institute, overview of appellate procedure: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/appellate_procedure.html
Information about and video clips of current trials: http://www.courttv.com
Chapter Six: Contracts
GSA Board of Contract Appeals: http://www.gsbca.gsa.gov/
U.S. Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/
The Uniform Commercial Code, as revised through 2001: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html
Examples of contracts: http://www.lectlaw.com/formb.htm
Chapter Seven: Torts
National Safety Council, statistics on accidents: http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statstop.htm
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, statistics on consumer products: http://www.cpsc.gov/library/data.html
More information on libel and slander: http://www.expertlaw.com/library/pubarticles/Personal_Injury/defamation.html
Chapter Eight: Criminal Law
Criminal justice statistics: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/
State criminal law statutes: http://www.megalaw.com/top/criminal.php
Chapter Nine: Ethics
National Association of Legal Assistants: http://www.nala.org/
National Federal of Paralegal Associations: http://www.paralegals.org/
Legal Information Institute, ethics page: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/
American Bar Association: http://www.abanet.org/home.cfm
Chapter Ten: Careers
Job search directory and other career advice: http://careers.findlaw.com/
ABA Career Counsel, the ABA's central source for online information on finding jobs and enhancing lawyers' careers: http://www.abanet.org/careercounsel/home.html
U.S. Department of Labor, statistics on legal careers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos053.htm
