American Bar Association's Lawlink: The Legal Research Jumpstation
Lawlink provides quick access to important legal information from the American Bar Association and other resources. Each site is selected and evaluated by a member of the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center staff. LTRC staff also publish Site-tation, a monthly e-newsletter of sites relevant to legal professionals. If you would like to recommend a link for either this page or Site-tation, please send us your suggestion.
The LTRC provides resources including publications, electronic discussion forums, surveys, comparative studies, and more. The Center also offers services such as consulting, outreach, and research. LTRC staff develop resources and provide guidance on wide-ranging issues. LTRC researchers can provide helpful information on topics that are of special importance to your law office. The Center's staff includes librarians who understand your information needs and can provide you with answers. In addition to the website resources, LTRC staff are available via a helpline (312) 988-5465 or via e-mail (ltrc@abanet.org).
FEDERAL RESOURCES
- 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
STATE RESOURCES
- 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
INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
- 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
LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS
- 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
LEGAL EDUCATION
- 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.
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
- 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.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE)
- 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.
LAW PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY
- ABA
Legal Technology Resource Center
Practical tips, articles, presentations, and surveys relating to the use of technology to enhance the practice of law. Includes:- - Law Office Technology
- - Mobile & Wireless Technology
- - Online Legal Research
- Law Technology News
The online presence for the monthly print publication. Includes articles, product news, and a product resource guide. - - Law Office Technology
ETHICS
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
- 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.
FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION
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ABA Committee on the Future of the Legal Profession
Includes the committee's final report and a reading list. -
Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession
Resource provided by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center, providing links to global resources on the future of the profession.
SURVEY AND STATISTICS
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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.
LEGAL NEWS SOURCES
- ABA
Journal
The ABA Journal provides monthly, in-depth information for legal professionals, reaching over 380,000 lawyers and 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.
LEGAL RESEARCH RESOURCES
- 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. - Virtual
Law Library
The Virtual Law Library is hosted by the University of Indiana's School of Law and can be searched by keyword or browsed by legal subject.
BUSINESS AND REFERENCE RESOURCES
- 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. - Office.com's Business InfoCenter
Office.com Business Information Center is a pay per use site offering premium databases at a flat per document cost (some of the databases charge a flat fee to search as well) including: Business & Company Information; Patents & Tradenames; Medicine; People & Biographies; Science & Technology; News; and Social Science, Government & Education. - Findarticles.com
Hosted by the Gale Group, a keyword searchable database of recent articles and newswires.


