Legal Resources on the Internet

General Information

American Bar Association: LawInfo
From the American Bar Association, this site offers a "gateway to information on legal topics that affect your daily life."

FindLaw
A comprehensive legal site, FindLaw provides legal information grouped for use by legal professionals, students, the public, and business . Allows users to limit searches to documents, legal dictionaries, legal websites, general websites, U.S. government sites, the U.S. Supreme Court, or the U.S. Constitution. Also includes Lawcrawler, a legal web and database searching tool, as well as Legal Commentary, Legal News, and much more.

Gavel2Gavel.com
An online law library "offering substantive, fully annotated, links to valuable legal and governmental resources." Designed for use by legal professionals, law students and lay persons.

Guide to Law Online
Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress, this site serves as a "portal of Internet sources of interest to legal researchers."

HierosGamos
Legal information for consumers, lawyers, law students, and business persons. Includes a Legal Employment Center, Law Library & News Center, Law Student Center, Law Consumer Center, Law Business Center, and Law Practice Center. Covers U.S. law as well as international law and includes links to legal and bar associations.

Internet Law Library
Provides links to a large number of topics of legal issues for American (federal and state) and foreign laws. Enables users to search the U.S.Code and Code of Federal Regulations.

Internet Legal Resource Guide
Designed for lay persons as well as legal scholars, Internet Legal Resource Guide offers a categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites which "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."

TheLaw.com
For attorneys, business professionals, and the general public, this site provides links to web sites as well as an interactive environment where members can exchange information and resources.

Legal Information Institute
Includes legal information by topic as well as constitutions and codes, court opinions, federal and state legal materials, and more.

Nolo.com
Described as "everyday law for everyday people," Nolo offers access to encyclopedia articles, dictionary definitions, links to related websites, FAQs, and statutes and cases.

USLaw.com
Includes more than 2,000 articles on a wide range of legal topics as well as live one-on-one informational chats with attorneys, downloadable legal documents and a small business resource center.

U.S. Law Library of Congress
The website of the U.S. Law Library of Congress, whose mission is "to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive Agencies, and to offer reference services to the public." The library has created "the world's largest collection of law books and other legal resources from all countries" and also provides online databases and guides to legal information worldwide.

Yahoo! Law
Yahoo's directory of legal information, listing sites by category.

Legal Dictionaries

‘Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon

Duhaime's Law Dictionary

Legal Encyclopedias

Nolo: Legal Encyclopedia

Cornell Law Library: Legal Research Encyclopedia

Legal Forms

These sites provide access to a wide range of business and general legal forms, such as articles of incorporation, employment agreements, living wills, powers of attorney, and prenuptial agreements.

Internet Legal Resource Guide: Legal Forms Archive

Legal Documents.com

‘Lectric Law Library: Business and General Legal Forms

All Law: Forms

Federal Legal Forms for all 50 States

State Legal Forms

Case Law

Illinois Case Law
Links to Illinois Supreme and Appellate Court opinions as well as Seventh Circuit opinions.

Internet Legal Resource Guide: United States Federal Courts: Case law
Allow users to search the online databases of the U.S. Supreme Court and all Circuit Courts. Also links to state Supreme and Appellate courts.

Illinois Law

Illinois Self Help.org: Legal Self Help and Referrals
"Provides Illinois residents with educational materials about their legal rights and responsibilities." Features "self-help materials for civil legal matters and a directory of Illinois legal services."

Illinois General Assembly
Includes links to Illinois legislation and laws, including Public Acts, Illinois Compiled Statutes, Legislative Reports, and the Illinois Constitution.

FindLaw: State Resources – Illinois
Provides links to primary materials such as the Illinois constitution, code, bills, federal court opinions, state court opinions, and administrative code. Also includes links to Illinois lawyers, law firms, expert witnesses, bars and associations, directories, forms, and more.

Legal Assistance

Lawyers/Law Firms/Legal Services

Legal Aid

Legal Self-Help

Lawyers/Law Firms/Legal Services

Martindale.com
From the publishers of Martindale-Hubbell, this site provides information on more than one million lawyers and law firms in 160 countries. Pprovides access to biographical information and rofessional credentials regarding lawyers in the private, corporate, and government sectors.

Law Firm
Law firm Directory from LexisNexis.

FindLaw:Find A Lawyer
From West Legal Directory. Users can locate a lawyer or law firm, searching by name, location, or practice area.

Internet Legal Resource Guide: Lawyers on the Internet
Includes listings of lawyers and law firms as well as other materials, such as listings of America's largest 250 law firms, links to the largest global databases of lawyers and law firms, and information on legal selection and retention.
Legal Aid

National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Website of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, "the nation's leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals."

IllinoisLawHelp.org
Access to legal information for Illinois residents.

FindLaw:Legal Aid and Legal Services Resources
Access to information on finding free or low cost legal services.

Legal Self-Help

IllinoisLawHelp.org: Legal Self Help and Referrals
"Provides Illinois residents with legal self-help and educational materials and an online directory of legal services programs."

Nolo.com
"Nolo's mission is to make the legal system work for everyone -- not just lawyers." With that in mind, this site aims to "help people with their everyday legal matters," by providing up-to-date legal information on many areas of the law through its "law centers." Also provides tools for doing research, legal news, and law-related information.

Law Journals

FindLaw: Academic Law Reviews and Journals
Lists journals by topic as well as by law school. Also provides law journal-related information.

Law Journals on the Net
This site provides links to law journals on the internet. Does not include journals that provide information about their contents on-line but do not provide full text Internet access.

Legal and Law-Related Journals
Law journals, newsletters, and bulletins alphabetically arranged by title.

Law Schools

ILRG's Law School Information Index
Includes links to law school rankings as well as to law school websites.

FindLaw: Law School Information
Includes links to law schools by name and by state. Also provides links to international law schools, paralegal programs, distance learning law schools, and other legal programs.

Legal Associations

Chicago Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

American Bar Association

FindLaw: State Resources: Illinois: Associations
Links to various legal associations in Illinois.

FindLaw: Legal Associations and Organizations
Links to national, state, international, and other legal associations and organizations.

Bankruptcy Law

FindLaw for the Public: Bankruptcy
Includes frequently asked questions, articles, forms, links, and related resources.

FindLaw for Business: Debt and Bankruptcy
Debt and bankruptcy information for businesses. Includes an overview, articles, forms, links, and more.

Bankruptcy Law
A guide to world bankruptcy law as it connects to all elements of the law. Includes comprehensive access to related areas such as civil litigation, credit, consumer law, and commercial transactions.

Internet Law Library: Bankruptcy and Debt Collection Law
Includes bankruptcy laws, codes, rules, articles, and more.

Children/Family

ABA Center on Children and the Law
Includes links to federal, state and other materials on child welfare, child abuse, and other child-related issues. From the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law.

Nolo: Caring for Children
Information on adoption, guardianship, special education, child custody, and more.

Guide to Family and Elder Law
Federal, state, and international information related to family law. Also includes links to related assocations and other resources.

Legal Information Institute: State Statutes - Family Law
Links to family law information on a state-by-state basis.

Findlaw for the Public: Family Law
Links to information related to marriage; money matters during marriage; children; separation, divorce, and annulment; and more.

Consumer Protection

Consumer Rights and Protection
From the ‘Lectric Law Library Lawcopedia, this site offers general information as well as information on "swindles, scams, and rip-offs."

Consumer Protection
Information from the Federal Trade Commission.

Consumer Law Resources
This site provides information on laws, codes, and statutes; consumer related government agencies; consumer law resources on the web; consumer law news and related articles; and consumer law related legal studies and education.

Copyright

Legal Information Institute: Copyright
Includes an overview of copyright laws as well as federal and state materials, other resources, and links to other intellectual property topics.

Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States
The history of copyright regulations in the United States, published by the Association of Research Libraries.

U.S. Copyright Office
From the U.S. Copyright Office, this site provides copyright basics, frequently asked questions, information about registering a work, and much more.

Employment Law

elaws: Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses
From the U.S. Department of Labor, this site provides information about Federal employment laws by simulating an interaction between the user and an employment law expert. Users are asked questions and given answers based on their responses.

Legal Information Institute: Employment
Includes federal, state, and international materials on employment law as well as key internet resources and other related links.

Yahoo! Employment Law
Yahoo's links to employment law-related websites.

Immigration Law

Legal Information Institute: Immigration and Naturalization Law
An overview of immigration law as well as links to federal and international materials and other resources.

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service: Laws, Regulations and Guides
Information on laws, regulations and interpretations controlling immigration and the work of the INS.

The Immigration Portal
From ILW.com, "the leading immigration web publisher," this site offers information for immigrants and employers as well as for immigration lawyers. Includes daily summaries of immigration law as well as links to news stories, forms, transcripts of chats with lawyers, and more.

Intellectual Property

Yahoo! Law: Intellectual Property
Links to sites about intellectual property as well as to categories such as copyrights; government; information law; and treaties, pacts, and agreements.

FindLaw: Intellectual Property Law
Includes FindLaw resources as well as links to databases; government agencies; journals, newsletters, and articles; and more.

Patent/Trademark Law

Chicago Public Library Patents and Trademarks Internet Resources

Legal Information Institute: Trademark Law: An Overview
Information about trademark law from Cornell University's Legal Information Institute.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Patents
Patent laws, guides, and other resources from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks
Trademark laws, guides, and other resources from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Overview of Trademark Law
Basic questions and answers about trademark law, with links to other online sources.

Wills and Estate Planning

Nolo: Wills and Estate Planning
FAQs and encyclopedia articles related to wills, trusts, living wills, power of attorney and other related topics.

FindLaw: Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probate
A guide to web resources related to wills, trusts, estates, and probate, including links to databases; government agencies; journals, newsletters, and articles; laws and government documents, and more.

Last updated May 4, 2004.

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