• USA.gov
  Comprehensive directory of US government resources, hosted by the US government
• The White House
  Executive branch resources, including executive orders
• U.S. Courts
  Maintained by the Administrative Office of the US Courts, this site provides a comprehensive list of US Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts.
• THOMAS
  Legislative information including roll call, committees, bill activity, and more from the Library of Congress
• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
  Hosted by the Law Library of Congress
• Legislative and Governmental Advocacy - Governmental Affairs Office
  Hosted by the ABA's Governmental Affairs and Public Services Group, provides information about the ABA's legislative and policy activities
• Regulations.gov
  A one-stop Web site to find, view, and comment on Federal regulations and other federal actions.
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  A searchable and browsable codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
• U.S. Code Collection
  The complete U.S. Code hosted by Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute.

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• State Court Website
  Hosted by the National Center for State Courts, this site includes links to all available state courts and other resources.
• National Center for State Courts
  The Center is a non-profit founded by Chief Justice Warren Burger to promote justice by providing leadership and services to courts.
• US State and Local Bar Associations
  Hosted by ABA Division for Bar Services, click on the map to find bar associations in specific states.
• Uniform Law Commission - NCCUSL Acts
  Full text, legislative information, and bill tracking for a wide variety of Uniform Acts, provided by the Uniform Law Commission.
• National Conference of State Legislatures
  Numerous resources related to state legislatures and legal issues at the state level.
• U.S. State and Territorial Laws
  Links to state and territorial laws, constitutions, legal publications, ballot initiatives, and more.

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• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
  Hosted by the Law Library of Congress
• Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
  Developed with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a scholarly association that has been a leader in the analysis, dissemination and development of international law since 1906.
• International Bar Association
• CEELI - The Central European and Eurasian Law Institute
• FindLaw: International Constitutions
  Links to constitutions from over 100 nations around the world, hosted by FindLaw.
• UN: International Law
  The United Nation's home for International Law, addressing topics ranging from UNICTRAL to treaties to admiralty.
• Legal Information Institute's International Law Collection
  A collection of foreign and international legal materials collected and hosted by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.
• GlobaLex
  GlobaLex provides thorough guides to foreign, internetational, and comparative laws.

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• ABA Division for Bar Services Information Clearinghouse
  Provides a searchable database of publications on issues of administrative, managerial and substantive interest to the organized bar, its staff and volunteers.
• ABA Division of Bar Services list of state and local bars
  
• American Association of Law Libraries
• Association of Legal Administrators
• Federal Bar Association
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• National Association for Legal Professionals
• National Bar Association
• National Federation of Paralegals Association
• Special Libraries Association - Legal Division

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• ABA Approved Law Schools
  Hosted by ABA Section on Legal Education, contains a list of ABA approved law schools. Don't miss the Official Guide to ABA Approved Law Schools
• Association of American Law Schools
  AALS is an association of both ABA approved and other law schools.
• Law School Admission Council
  Extensive collection of information related to law schools and law school admissions.

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• ABA Career Counsel
  ABA Career Counsel provides resources for lawyers, law students, and employers, including job tips, profiles of attorneys from a variety of law practice environments, and more.
• Emplawyernet
  National databank of legal jobs. Also includes career services, recruiter resources, forums, and news. Requires membership.
• National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
  is a leading resource on the state of employment in the legal profession. Its resources include employment trend data and helpful information for new lawyers and laterals.
• ABA Law Student Division: Networking and Job Opportunities
  A collection of resources from the ABA's Law Student Division to help law students find networking and job opportunities.
• U.S. Department of Justice: Attorney Vacancies
  A searchable database of current attorney job openings with the U.S. Department of Justice.
• U.S. Courts Employment Opportunities
  A collection of employment opportunities throughout the Federal Judiciary.
• Findlaw Career Center
  Searchable database of legal job openings provided by FindLaw.
• LawJobs.com
  A job search web site for the legal profession, serving both job seekers and employers.

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• ABA-CLE
  ABA's exceptional continuing legal education resource, providing CLE in a variety of formats to fit your schedule and CLE needs.
• ALI-ABA
  American Legal Institute and the ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education produce high quality CLE and also provide information for CLE providers.
• The Association of Continuing Legal Education
  An association for continuing legal education professionals worldwide.

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• ABA LTRC: Researching Law Office Technology - Selected Resources
  This page - assembled by the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center - lists a wide variety of legal technology resources ranging from periodicals to websites to email discussion lists.

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From the American Bar Association's Center for Professional Responsibility:

• Advertising and Marketing
• Ethics Opinions
• Model Rules of Professional Conduct
• State and Other Resources

Other Ethics resources:

• American Legal Ethics Library
  Hosted by the Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute, the Americna LEgal Ethics Library contains a wide variety of ethics information organized by jurisdiction and topic.
• Legal Profession Blog
  Part of the Law Professor Blogs Network, the Legal Profession Blog focuses on recent developments in ethics, and is a good place to find commentary and descriptions of the latest ethics opinions from around the country.

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• Find a Lawyer
  Hosted by ABA Division for Legal Services, is a consumer guide to legal help, from lawyer referral to legal aid programs
• Martindale's Legal Professional Locator
  Directory of lawyers, law librarians, law firm administrators, and other legal professionals and service providers.
• Lawyer Disciplinary Agencies
  Hosted by ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, this site provides a state-by-state listing.
• Lawyers.com
  This site from Martindale-Hubbell provides consumers, both individuals and businesses, resources for hiring legal counsel.
• iLawyer
  Non-profit lawyer referral network for finding an experienced professional in New York, California, Texas, or Kentucky.

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• LTRC Surveys and Statistics
  Product information for the annual Legal Technology Survey Report, plus links to other LTRC surveys.
• ABA Market Research Department Statistical Resources
  This site includes links to ABA and other statistics about the legal profession, plus an information request service for further help.
• U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
  A wide variety of statistics relating to the justice system, including crimes, law enforcement, prosecutions, and more.
• Altman Weil Legal Surveys
  Altman Weil produces a wide variety of surveys each year on topics ranging from paralegal compensation to law firm retirement plans.

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• ABA Journal
  The ABA Journal brings the latest daily news from the legal profession, as well as monthly, in-depth information for legal professionals.
• Law.com
  Sign up for the Newswire, a daily e-mail of the latest legal news. The premium practice areas at Law.com are particularly strong resources.
• Law Library Resource eXchange
  Daily news about the law and well-written discussions of legal research and other information technologies affecting the practice of law.
• Site-tation
  The ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center's monthly e-newsletter highlighting new or useful Web sites of interest to attorneys and other legal professionals. Each new issue is announced via e-mail to subscribers of this free publication.
• FindLaw Legal News & Information
  Legal news brought to you by FindLaw.

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• Legal Information Institute
  Hosted by Cornell University's School of Law, the LII is one of the preeminent legal resources on the Web, including one of the best arrangements of the Code of Federal Regulations and many substantive resources.
• Findlaw
  Findlaw, owned by West Group, is probably the leading free online index of legal materials, with links to off-site resources as well as a great deal of hosted material and tools, including hosted e-mail and the Lawcrawler search engine. The state-specific collections of resources are particularly useful.
• The Law Review Project
  The Coalition of Online Journals provides free full text search of online law journals (check the site for a list of included journals) and an e-mail notification of new articles
• The OYEZ Project
  Hosted by Northwestern University School of Law, Oyez provides transcripts and, in some cases, audio files of leading US Supreme Court cases.
• LexisONE
  A free (requires registration) service of LexisNexis, the online legal research service. Includes free US supreme court (1790-present) and selected federal and state court (since 1996) searching, forms, and other services. Can pay as you go to use premium options including Shepards©.
• The Law and Policy Institutions Guide (Lpig.org)
  A collection of annotated resources ranging from legal research to law school tools and CLE sites.
• Lawyer Express
  A CEOExpress Web site with a customized area for lawyers.
• AcqWeb
  AcqWeb, created and maintained since 1994, is hosted by Appalachian State University. AcqWeb is an outstanding collection of information about legal publishers.
• PublicLegal
  PublicLegal, produced by the Internet Legal Research Group, is an index of thousands of legal web sites, forms, and file.

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• Search Systems
  Pac-Info directory of public records sources on the Internet.
• Refdesk.com
  A meta site of reference tools and resources.
• Librarian's Internet Index
  Hosted by the Berkeley Digital Library SUNsite, a thorough index of useful resources, all evaluated by LII staff.
• Hoovers' Online
  Information and news on businesses large and small, including corporate affiliations and financials. This site has both free information and a subscriber level.
• Big Charts
  This site pulls together news, industry performance, market summaries, current and historic stock quotes, and "state of the market" reports.
• Dun & Bradstreet's Business Information Database
  Dun & Bradstreet's website offers a searchable database of business information as well as premium business reports and credit information.
• Findarticles.com
  Hosted by the Gale Group, a keyword searchable database of recent articles and newswires.

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• Federal Civil Procedure Changes, December 2006
• Judicial Conference Proposal re: Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 502, May 2006
• DOJ Computer Search & Seizure Guidelines (2002)
• SEC Interpretive Release re: Electronic Storage of Broker-Dealer Records, May 2003
• FDA Part 11 Electronic Records Guidance
• The Sedona Conference
  The Sedona Conference hosts the Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, one of the leading sources for e-discovery guidance.
• DiscoveryResources.org
  An online resource for current e-discovery information, geared towards law firms, corporate counsel, judges, andl itigation support professionals.
• The Electronic Discovery Reference Model
  An organization created to develop guidelines and standards for e-discovery. The EDRA hosts a variety of resources as well as information on current projects.

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