Resources
GOVERNMENT SITES
BAY AREA PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES
GOVERNMENT SITES
California Courts
www.courtinfo.ca.gov
Federal Courts
www.uscourts.gov
California Codes
www.leginfo.ca.gov
ORGANIZATIONS
Innocence Project (Fantastic organization devoted to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA)
www.innocenceproject.org
National Jury Project
www.njp.com
LEGAL RESEARCH
ORGANIZATIONS
BAY AREA PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES
California Public Defenders Association
www.cpda.org
Alameda County Public Defender
www.acgov.org/defender
Contra Costa County Public Defender
www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/pubdef/default.html
Marin County Public Defender
www.co.marin.ca.us/pd
Napa County Public Defender
www.countyofnapa.org/PublicDefender
San Francisco Public Defender
www.sfpublicdefender.org
San Joaquin County Public Defender
www.sjgov.org/pubdefender
Santa Clara County Public Defender
www.sccgov.org/portal/site/opd
Solano County Public Defender
www.co.solano.ca.us/depts/pubdefender
Stanislaus County Public Defender
www.co.stanislaus.ca.us/publicdefender
LEGAL RESEARCH
ACLU Freedom Network Web page.
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Untion: Government Research Tools, Courts, Constitution, Civil Liberties issues, The Bill of Rights Legal Research, Criminal Justice, Cyber Liberties, Free Speech, HIV / AIDS, Immigrant’s Rights, etc.
Alcohol Drug California State Programs ADP
California Department of Alcohol Office and Drug Programs. Many criminal justice / rehab links.
Alcohol Drug: Calif. DMH Dept Mental Health Special Programs: forensic, sex offender, more.
Alcohol Drug: Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse
Alcohol Drug: cocaine, coca, and crack – illegal drug information
Pro-drug perspective on cocaine. Very controversial, but useful information on the drug.
Alcohol Drug: CSAM: Calif Society of Addiction Medicine
Alcohol Drug: CSAT Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Alcohol Drug: Marin Family Service Agency
Alcohol, Drug, Suicided Prevention, Pregnancy to Parenthood.
Alcohol Drug: Mental Disability Facility Locator – SAMHSA Federal site
Alcohol Drug: Lindesmith Center, Drug Policy Research Institute. Medical Marijuana laws.
Medical Marijuana issues, policy studies.
Alcohol Drug: National Drug Court Institute.
Free methamphetamine treatment, detox from addictive drugs, expert testimony.
Alcohol Drug: NIAAA Government ETOH ethyl alcohol studies, reports
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCADI is the world’s largest resource for current information about alcohol and other drugs.
Alcohol, Drug Resources sites: Web of Addictions
Alcohol Drug: Sober.com – Find treatment centers
Treatments, slang terms, more. Drug usage signs and symptoms.
Alcohol Drug: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade, slang. Government site.
National Drug Control Policy Site.
Alcohol Drug Rehab and Treatment Centers, info on drugs
ALSO! Multi State Law Searches
ALSO! a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to all on-line sources of American law that are available without charge. Poor man’s Lexis.
American Communication Association WWW law, privacy, access
Many hot links to areas: Law and Legal Research Privacy Rights and Issues
Attorney General California books; law booklets on line.
Attorney General California Opinions online.
Attrorney General on Megan’s Law Sex Offenders
Attorney General US DOJ Violence Against Women resources
Appellate: Central California Appellate Project CCAP
Links to judges, cases, rules, news, etc.
Barry Melton’s Home Page – PD of Yolo County
Barry Melton, of Country Joe and the Fish, lives life as a guitarist, singer, and Public Defender in Yolo (formerly Mendocino) County, CA. Hotlinks to more than the law here –
Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Legal Reference)
BNA Bureau of National Affairs publications
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA) offers information products covering these areas: Environment; Safety + Hazardous Materials; Health Care; Human Resources; Labor Employment Relations; Legal; business International.
CACJ: California Attorneys For Criminal Justice
Calif Administrative Law – CCR Searchable CALIF CODE REGULATIONS
Alternant URL to get you here: http://www.calregs.com/
Calif. Attorney General, Dept. of Justice – forensics, criminal law info.
Calif. Attorney Records Online — State Bar of California – addresses, phones, discipline
Calif. Board of Parole Hearings aka Prison Terms
The Board of Parole Hearings (BPH), combines the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) the Youth Authority Board and the Narcotic Addict Evaluation Authority. Part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Calif. Cases and New stories: CAL LAW Archive of recent news
Calif. Cases FindLaw California and Federal cases, FREE
Calif. Cases Findlaw’s California Courts Searchable, FREE, 1934 – PRESENT!
Calif. Cases Full Text Searchable: San Diego – The Source –
BIG SITE: FULL TEXT Search California Advance Sheets via San Diego Transcripts.
Calif. Cases JuriSearch Information Network –
Search California cases, Calif. codes and 1967-present US Supreme Court cases and using ACCESS LAW and USSC+ search tools.
Calif. Cases LEXIS new cases only – federal too,
Calif. Cases PENDING in Supreme and Appellate Courts, California Courts – online dockets and orders.
Calif. Case Summaries: Law on Line
Free services include: Codes, rules of crt, ethics, BAJI, 9th Circuit Federal, recent case summaries, etc.
Calif. Case summaries, criminal law: Grace Suarez, ElectricLawyer
Calif. Cases Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal / FREE; OFFICIAL from A.O.C.
Calif. Cases, Courts of Appeal: UNPUBLISHED Opinions, FREE: OFFICIAL from A.O.C.
Calif. CCAP Central California Appellate District
Resources for Criminal Appeals lawyers.
Calif. Civil Procedure and Insurance Claims handbooks.
Calif. Code of Regulations – CCR online
Westlaw version. See alternant URL to get you here: http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/
Calif. Courts: Self-Help Center by Judicial Council
Calif. Department of Justice. DOJ Firearms – Gun Laws
One of many Attorney General criminal justice searchable materials.
Calif. Dept Mental Health Sex Offenders / SVP etc, programs
Calif. Department of Mental Health manages SVP sexual violent predators, dual diagnosis, County and State hospitals Mental health programs.
Calif Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section – State Bar free forms
Calif. Judicial Council; AOC Administrative Office of Courts
Court Rules, cases, policy memos, info on judges and courts.
Calif. Judicial Council Appellate Advocacy advice for appellate attorneys.
Calif. Judicial Council Center for Children and the Courts
Juvenile delinquency and dependency law from California AOC / Judicial Council.
Calif. Law and Government via Lawresearch.com
Calif. LEGISLATION EASY pending bills, AB__ and SB___ searches LEGINFO –
Legislative Counsel, California
Calif. Legislative Counsel’s guide for findig legislation on Internet
Calif. Legislation via FindLaw Codes and Statutes
Calif. Legislative Analyst’s Office – budget et. al.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) provides analysis and nonpartisan advice to the California Legislature on fiscal and policy issues, and has done so for over fifty years. Reports on budgets, crime analysis, bills, etc. New statute impact on local government.
Calif. Legislative Counsel: search codes; more
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL’S official site for California legislative information. Excellent place to search for all Calif. law.
Calif. Legislative History Search Senate; Assembly.
Find Bills of Interest in the California legislature and legislative history, courtesy of California State Senate, Rules Committee. Search archives on all Senate And Assembly Bills via Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB).
Calif. LexisOne does good job of indexing the State Government, all courts, more.
Calif. Mental Health Records Confidentiality laws
Calif. Senate, Search Calif. law and legislation; officials.
Search Calif. Senate + Assembly Bills, laws, officials, histories of same. TV links. Legislative service. Archives. Public information. Great site!
Calif. Senate Legislative Information and history – Bill Information
Calif. Service Bureau – database used by probation, fines, treatment compliance, etc.
Calif. Statutes / Legislation: FINDLAW California: Codes and Statutes – Great!
Calif. State Assembly / law searches with history to 1993
The California State Assembly. Legislative calendar. Committees. Politicians. Bill Searching, California Codes. Addresses. Government links.
Calif: SVP issues discussed on Atty Michael J. Aye’s Home Page
Calif. Supreme Court opinions; recent hearings; calendars
Judicial Council keeps this official site for all Calif. Courts.
Calif Trial Courts Directory: Evidence.Com.
California Trial Courts: Sacramento, Marin, Los Angeles, San Diego, and other States. Search for dockets, names, calendars – civil mostly. Courtroom graphics company maintains site. Links to other Legal sites.
Calif. Will form, Free statutory will form
CEB: Continuing Education of the Bar – California
Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Page
Searchable CRIMINAL LAW Databases – almost every grouping of interest, including tabloid journalism junk + solid legal research tools. BIG site, very current info via U. South Florida Criminalogy Dept. Search Legal USENET groups, Supreme court, federal cases, statutes, law enforcement sites, DOJ drug sites, more.
Comic Book Covers of Crime from ’40s – ’50s: Crimeboss
Conservatorships + Elder Law ABA
Conservatorship: Courts Self-Help Center
Cornell University Law School Library
(One of the better free sources of legal research)
www.law.cornell.edu/index.html
Court TV: Electronic Tabloid Lawyering. O.J. Simpson DNA + Forensic transcripts. Other high profile transcripts.
CPDA’s CLARA Web Server – subscribers only
California Public Defender Association’s CLARA (Criminal Law Automated Research Assistant) home page. Awesome!
CPDA’s California Public Defenders Association Public Entry Page
CrimeTime: Criminal Sentencing Calculation Software w/ On-Line calculator
Criminal Arrest: some Basic info for arrestees, DUI, etc. – Law office of Benjamin Rice
Santa Cruz Defense Attorney information.
Crime: Identity Theft, credit card theft, US Government FTC information site
Federal Trade Commission site.
Crime News, maps: SF Bay Area Crime Timeline
Criminal: California Boalt Journal of Criminal Law Review
Criminal CrimeLynx – Denver based index to defense resources.
Jeralyn Merrit, Denver attorney, maintins this very slick and usful index to defense practitioner’s research and commentary sites.
Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium
OnLine training info on many Crim Justice subjects.
Criminal Justice History Resources
Criminal Law summaries, outlines, cases via FindLaw
Criminal Law Law – Nolo.com Legal Encyclopedia
Quick overview of Criminal Law.
Criminal Justice links @ New Mexico State University
Criminal Law, Juvenile, Capital death penalty defense: probono.net for volunteer lawyers
Criminal National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
D.A.: Alameda D.A. office: Point of View Online
Alameda County District Attorney’s office does commentaries from the prosecutor’s perspective.
D.A. Calif. District Attorneys Association CDAA
D.A. National Prosecutor’s online articles NDAA/APRI Publications
Death Penalty: A Capital Defender’s Toolbox – Karl Keys case summaries
Legal summaries by Karl Keys, Boston lawyer. Excellent case summaries.
Death Penalty: Capital Defense Network / Federal Habeas + other resources
Death Penalty Curricula for High School – Michigan State Univ.
Death Penalty Focus of California
Death Penalty Information from American Society Criminology.
Death Penalty: The Justice Project.org – almost 70% capital cases flawed
Death Penalty Law / Cornell Univ. L.I.I.
Death Penalty: Louisiana capital defense motions
Death Penalty: Prison Law Office, The Other Side of the Wall.
Death Penalty Mental Retarded inmates, by Human Rights Watch: Beyond Reason
Death Penalty Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook
The WWLIA Legal Dictionary. World Wide Legal Information Association.
Discovery: Computer searches Kroll Ontrack
electronic evidence discovery, computer forensics and paper discovery by Kroll Ontrack®
DUI: Alcohol + Drugs / National Highway Transportation + Safety
Federal site has drinking driving reports, studies.
DUI: calculator insure.com – Blood-alcohol calculator
DUI: calculator for volume, weight, etc.
DUI: Calculator Intoximeters Inc. – Drink Wheel
Fill in the form, and the Web will tell you if you were DUI. Lots of stuff on Intoximeters, too.
DUI: California Department of Motor Vehicles
DUI: calculate your blood alcohol content, B.A.C., online or palm pilot.
An informative page maintained by Driver Performance Institutes First Offender DUI Program in SF. Includes cross links to DUI attorney pages.
DUI: California DUI – A Drunk Driving Law Guide
Southern California – Ventura County focus.
DUI: CALTRANS Official California Vehicle Code Traffic Manual Online
DUI: Drinking Driver Treatment Programs in California, by county.
DUI: Lawrence Taylor Drunk Driving website.
DUI hotlinks, laws, resources.
DUI: National College for DUI Defense
DUI: Professional Online. Drunk Driving Software, Breath testing software + hardware.
DUI Professional Online: Breath Alcohol testing software + info on the Intoxilyzer 5000+ other drunk driving materials.
Drug Courts: American University OJP clearinghouse.
Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC / LAW
EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, national ID cards, medical record privacy, credit records, and the sale of consumer data.
Ethics: ABA American Bar Association
Ethics: American Legal Ethics Library
Legal Ethics in Calif. + other states, searchable. LII Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.
Ethics: Judicial Public Discipline 1960 to Present, Calif. Admin. Office Courts / AOC.
Ethics: Legalethics.com: The Internet Ethics Site
Ethics: State Bar of California Ethics Hotliner, online opinions + laws
Estate Planning 101 – Findlaw for the Public –
Federal AFDA: Association Of Federal Defense Attorneys
Federal CFR: Code of Federal Regulations searchable
National Archives and Records Association searchable Code of Federal Regulations
Federal CFR: Code of Federal Regulations: LII Cornell Univ.
FindLaw Constitutional Law Center
Federal Constitutional Law via FindLaw: Constitutional cases annotated. Also excellent
U.S. Federal Courts’ Home Page. This page is maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts.
Federal Courts Finder, Emory University – cases.
Federal Judicial Center Home Page
Federal Judicial Center – Admin. Federal + U.S. Courts, Downloadable files include evidence manuals, sentencing studies.
Federal Law Library – Searchable U.S. Code. USCA statutes without annotations.
Searchable Federal Internet Law Library. Statutes and regulations.
Federal: National Archives and Records Administration / Historic docs + Photos
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA is the Federal government agency with HUGE amount of federal records, thousands of historic photos + documents, Genealogy and Individuals. valuable records of the three branches of federal government: executive (including the President), legislative, and judicial.
Federal: PACER Public Access to Court Electronic Records. Federal decisions online.
Federal: United States Sentencing Commission
Federal Prisons, manuals.
Federal: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Search the opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, since May 1994, are brought to you by the the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy
Federal US Circuit Courts FindLaw: Cases, Searchable
Federal: United States Code / LII Cornell Univ. Searchable
Federal: Fedstats: One search for Federal Statistics
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. Here they are.
FindLaw MAIN PAGE great resource!
FindLaw: California statutes, cases, and more. SUPERB!
Search Government Web Sites of the State of California + many other Calif. legal materials. Great Site!
FindLaw Case Summaries Search recent US Supreme, Cal Supreme, 9th Circuit cases
FindLaw for The Public: basic info housing, arrest, wills, injuries, jobs, etc..
If you aren’t a lawyer, or don’t do practical family law, start here.
FindLaw Library – pick a legal subject from this index.
FindLaw: Summaries of Law by Legal Professionals – readable summaries topics of law.
FindLaw: Table of Contents – start here if you are confused.
FindLaw: Tutorial to use FindLaw to search Web for Law
Forensic: Anthropology experts. ABFA.
American Board of Forensic Anthropology, site kept by Dr. Murad @ Chico.
Forensic: (ASCLD) American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD). Lab Accreditation.
Forensic: Autopsy Resources via Johns Hopkins Medical School: search on autopsy findings
Forensic: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Glossary
Forensic: Biometric Consortium: ID by DNA, photos, iris, other body markings
Forensic: Blood Types Tutorial
Forensic: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction
Forensic: Calif. Association of Criminalists
California Association of Criminalists: CAC Committees, find out dates of upcoming seminars, etc. You can also jump to forensic web sites around the world. Maintained by Peter D. Barnett, Forensic Science Associates, Richmond Calif.
Forensic: Calif Association of Criminalists – Laboratories listed.
Forensic: Calif. DOJ’s BFS Toxicology Lab : Drugs, blood, other Physical Evidence
Forensic: Canadian Corrections Publications – SVP / Sexual Violent Predator reports
The study compared the predictive accuracy of three sex offender risk assessment measures: the RRASOR (Hanson, 1997), Thornton’s SACJ-Min (Grubin, 1998), and a new scale, Static-99.
Forensic: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
World’s largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information.
Forensic: Computer Seizure manual from Federal DOJ: C Y B E R C R I M E
Forensic: Computer file searches. NIST National Institute Standards and Technology (NSRL) methods
Forensic: Computer seizure memos, US DOJ, FBI, CCIPS
Forensic: Computer searches Kroll Ontrack
electronic evidence discovery, computer forensics and paper discovery by Kroll Ontrack®
Forensic: Computer seizure best practices, by United States Secret Service
Forensic: Computer crime, Encase software from Guidance Software Inc.
Forensic: Computer file retrieval, analysis. TUCOFS – Forensic Software
Forensic: CRC Press – forensic books.
CRC press publishes huge numbers of forensic books, guides, etc.. Read this to get some ideas, at least.
Forensic: Crime Scene Investigation – UC Riverside Police
Forensic: DNA: A Gene Map of the Human Genome
A Gene Map of the Human Genome with graphic gene browser by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD.
Forensic: DNA Applied Biosystems – PE Biosystems DNA test equipt.
App
Forensic: DNA Consulting Dr. Norah Rudin PhD
Forensic: DNA FBI’s crime lab – what can they do?
FBI’s Crime Lab services explained.
Forensic: DNA FBI misconduct: Tainting Evidence
“Inside the scandals at the FBI Crime Lab by John Kelly + Phillip K. Wearne”
Forensic: DNA Files / NPR / Public Radio series
Using Real Audio software, learn about DNA.
Forensic: DNA Human Genome Project Information / Government site
Forensic: DNA Learning Center / Cold Spring Harbor Labs. DNA "movies".
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA LEARNING CENTER. Download training “movies” of DNA test procedures, etc..
Forensic: DNA Dr. Laurence Mueller – statistics, lab error rates. STR Profile Finder.
University California Irvine. STR Profile Finder calculator for frequencies of alleles.
Forensic: DNA Mathematics by Charles H. Brenner, Ph.D., Oakland
Forensic: DNA National Institute Justice DNA Evidence papers online
Forensic: DNA Primer: Online Movies "From the Beginning"
Online, animated genetics primer uses RealPlayer, Shockwave, Javascript, from the Human Genome Project
Forensic: DNA papers / Promega / DA FBI DOJ experts
Promega Laboratories: Profiles in DNA – major symposium + papers site for FBI + DOJ experts.
Forensic: DNA test kits: Perkin-Elmer, RFLP, PCR, etc.
Mfgr. of most DNA testing kits, including ABI PRISM(tm) STR Primer Set AmpliType® PM+DQA1 PCR Amplification and Typing Kit, QuantiBlot(tm) Human DNA Quantitation System, and more. Calif. DOJ uses these kits.
Forensic: DNA: PBS program: Frontline: what jennifer saw / the Ronald Cotton ID case
Forensic: DNA research Nature Genetics Journal
Nature Gentics Journal was founded in April 1992 as a sister journal to Nature, and posts a couple dozen DNA related articles monthly.
Forensic: DNA tables Hopkins Genome Database /
Genome Database: DNA Databases which contain links to one another as well as links to other databases around the world. Human Genome Project / DNA research.
Forensic: DNA, Science made simple
Forensic: DNA: Understanding DNA Evidence: A Guide for Victim Service Providers, by DOJ.
Forensic: Drug Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA)
Forensic: Drug Metabolism and Disposition journal.
Forensic: Kim Kruglick (deceased) forensic websites
Kim Kruglick, who passed away in 2005, was an expert on DNA + forensic + criminal law links + materials.
Forensic Enterprises, Inc – photo composites, crime scenes, etc.
Forensic Entomology Insects on the Web
Forensic: Expert Witnesses advertise here
Free source of experts, expert witnesses,
Forensic Expert Witness Directory on Law.com, may be expensive.
Forensic: FBI’s journal Forensic Science Communications –
DNA, crime scene, trace evidence, and more.
Forensic: FBI’s Handbook of Forensic Services – crime scene processing etc.
Forensic: firearms and bullets recoil formulas Sam Hokin
Forensic: Journal of Forensic Sciences ASTM index
Forensic Latent FingerPrints / identification
Many sites by Ed German, Army, Police expert.
Forensic: Microscopic Evidence photo sampler.
Molecular Expressions: The Crime Collection: pretty but simplistic examples of microscopic photos of DNA, chemicals, knives, etc.
Forensic: National Academy Press science books on line.
more than 1,000 health, science, and technology books on-line now, more coming.
Forensic: O.J. Simpson Court Transcripts
The O.J. Simpson Trial Court Transcripts. Useful for examples of DNA, fiber, forensic experts + analysis.
Forensic: Online criminalistics courses / Knowledge Solutions / DNA and more.
Online forensic courses and materials, incl. Norah Rudin, Ph.D., DNA course and criminal profiling.
Forensic: Scientific Testimony – An Online Journal – DNA articles, Expert Witness law.
Department of Criminology, Law + Society, University of California, Irvine. The editor is William C. Thompson. Contributors include Kim Kruglick, Laurence Mueller, others.
Forensic: Sex offenders: Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. ATSA
Sexual Violent Predator Evaluators + others attend these seminars.
Forensic: SVP Center for Sex Offender Management’s (CSOM)
The Center for Sex Offender Management is sponsored by the Office of Justice programs, in collaboration with the National Institute of Corrections and the State Justice Institute. CSOM is administered by the Center for Effective Public Policy and the American Probation and Parole Association.
Forensic: Statistics Every Writer Should Know – VERY simple.
Forensic: Statistics Homepage – BIG site.
Forensic: Zeno’s forensic page
Hundreds of cross links to forensic sciences: police sources, psychiatry, chemistry, criminalistics, medicine, etc..
Forms: blank Judicial Council forms / AccessLaw
California Resources , including Local Rules of Court, Cal Administrative Code [California Code of Regulations], Calif. Civil Jury Instructions, Expert Witnesses, U.S. Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, etc.
Forms: FREE Judicial Council Fill – in blank Court Forms Search
Big Calif. FEE site with some FREE stuff.
Forms: Free California Legal Forms, and paid ones too. Lawca.com.
Forms: Free California Judicial Council, Legal Forms, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Divorce, law, Eviction, word processor law forms
Forms: FREE FindLaw Forms – many States and Federal forms.
Forms: Hot Docs court forms by Lexis.
Forms: Legal Documents, some free. LegalDocs.
Some free civil boilerplate, some to buy.
Forms: Forms, Dockets, Court Rules, LLRX
Forms: Microsoft Office Templates
FORECITE- Criminal Jury Instructions, new cases, CACJ articles and more
Free Legal Advice: pick a subject, any subject …
Pick a legal subject. Click on it and get something for nothing.
Grace Suarez – ElectricLawyer – legal monographs.
HandsNet / Legal Aid and family law centers, welfare laws.
Hieros Gamos International Law links
Comprehensive guide to the worldwide practice of law by subject with over 400 discussion groups. International
HIPAA Privacy Rule – HHS Emergency Disaster Data
International Criminal Court [Proposed]
Genocide, war crimes, etc.
Internet Law, by U. San Diego Law proff. Tom Bell
Over 4000 legal sites, 238 nations. Also free Legal FORMS. Law School subject outlines.
Interpreters: NCTA Northern California Translators Association
Investigators: Background Searcher online searches
Investigators: Black Book Online / Hundreds of investigative databases, free.
Investigators: BRB Sourcebook Public Records
Investigators: Calif. Defense Investigator’s Association CDIA
Investigators: Crime Scene and Evidence Photography
Investigators: Directory: Email Addresses and Reverse Lookup / Freality – GREAT!
Reverse lookup Email, street addresses, directories, area codes, toll free numbers, much more. Find People, etc..
Investigators Guide to Sources of Information / Federal Govt. Guide
Investigators: InfoGuys – word search Govt. + other databases
Investigators: Intelius.com – Background + criminal checks
Investigative: Jeff Flax, Colorado atty, links many legal and investigative sites.
Investigators: Military Records Official Personnel Files (OMPF) including Active Duty Health Records
Investigators: NDIA – National Defender Investigator Association
Investigators: Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation
Investigators: Search Systems – Largest Free Public Records Database Collection
Investigators: Telephone Fone Finder – where’s that phone from?
Investigators: U.S. Department of Defense – Publications on military records, weapons, and more.
Freedom of Information Act and more.
Immigration: American Immigration Lawyers Association: AILA
Immigration Forms, Federal Forms Free to Download and Print
Law Offices of Carl Shusterman
Immigration Forms Center – pvt law office
Siskind, Susser, Haas + Chang, Attorneys.
Immigration ILRC: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Immigration: INS Immigration Naturalization Service
Immigration: Law, memos, ILW.COM
Immigration Law collection at FindLaw
Immigration: Norton Tooby’s Criminal and Immigration Law – Start here.
Excellent Immigration law resource: includes crimes of moral turpitude lists, and more.
Immigration: Violence Against Women Act: VAWA
International: Library of Congress Guide to (World) Law Online
Judges: American Judge’s Association, online law articles.
Downloadable articles on juvenile justice, domestic violence, federal justice system, law related education, legal education, AJA/AJF, American judicial system.
Judicial Council of California AOC – Full text Calif. cases!
The Judicial Branch, State of California, California Courts: Publications Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts. (AOC).
Judicial Council Legal Forms – Official FREE forms.
Judicial Council : AOC California Court News
Juvenile: ABA American Bar Association JV justice website
Juvenile: Building Blocks for Youth Site / Color of Justice report / Racism in California Justice
Building Blocks for Youth
Juvenile: California Youth Authority
California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation administers CYA.
Juvenile: Child Welfare Home Page
Gateway to Juvenile Law + Agencies, Services, public + private.
Juvenile Justice + Delinqency: OJJDP / U.S. Dept. Justice
OJJDP: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – part of U.S. Dept. of Justice. Grants, studies, more.
LAW.COM Big site, formerly Law Journal Extra
DAILY ADVANCE SHEETS FROM THE RECORDER: latest court opinions from all appellate courts, topical updates and analysis from major law firms, plus links to California legal resources on the Internet and statewide job listings for lawyers. CalLaw is an online publication of The Recorder, California’s leading legal newspaper.
Lawguru.com – Legal (re)search Page / DWI-lawyers listserv
Free Legal Research page. From here you can search on more than 160 legal search engines and tools. Subscribe / Unsubscribe to DWI-Lawyers + other mailing lists.
Law Links.com- Legal Resource Center by Lexis
Law Review: Boalt Journal Criminal Law Review
Law Review: Harvard Law Review –
Law Reviews: SEARCH many journals via WashLaw WEB — Law Journals
Law Review: Stanford Technology Law Review
Law Review: Tarlton Law School – search full text
Over 750 Law Reviews table of contents. Order an article for a fee.
Law Reviews: Yahoo! – Law Journal search engine.
Fast Word searches many law journals
Law School: Avalon Project at Yale Historic Law documents
Great historic documents in law – 18th century + beyond.
Law School: Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Emory law school, Georgia. Multiple links to law related sites. Federal laws. Undergrad + Grad programs + libraries.
Law School Hastings College of the Law
Law School Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco
Law School: Indiana University
Legal Journals Other Legal Information Servers
Law School Legal Information Institute, Cornell
Cornell Legal Information Institute ~ WW Virtual Library ~ “Virtual” Law Library Reference Desk ~ EINet Galaxy ~ Web of Wonder ~ THE SEAMLESS WEBsite ~ Yahoo. Great collection of law URLs.
Law Schools: NOCALL – Northern Calif. Assciation of Law Library Hotlinks
Great list of California sites.
Law School: University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School
Law School: USC Law Library / Big California law search
Search University Southern California Law Library, statues, other law links, California statutes, legislation, cases, more.
Law School: USF University of San Francisco Law School
Legal Aid Bay Area San Francisco Counties
Legal Engine.com: BIG topical index many States, laws
Legal LLRX.com topical legal subjects, courts, news stories.
Court Rules, forms, dockets, legal news.
Legal Research via Google Web Directory
Legal Research: free links to US + California Law / by MarinLaw.NET
Legal Software: WordPerfect Home Page
Legal topical areas / LII Cornell – pick a subject
Legal topical areas: Katsuey Kat’s legal links – a legal research mega-site for attorneys
BIG + valuable site: pick a topic, and be lead to many other sites.
Lexis.com — Home Page for subscription law library.
Lexis Nexis legal database search tutorials.
LOIS, Law Office Information System / cases + statutes
National coverage by subscription to cases + statutes. Some free stuff.
Los Angeles Superior Court and the Administratively Unified Courts – Homepage
LA forms, rules, experts, bail, fees, links, virtual courtroom, and all those courts + judges.
Los Angeles Attorney’s Portal to the Internet, LTCOLA
Helpful front end index to California, Federal, other legal research.
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Directory.
Search names, etc. : every Lawyer in America.
Matthew Bender, Shepards, Lexis products Bookstore
Back then, they tried to help people….
MegaLaw – Legal Research, Case Law, Supreme Court
National Legal Aid and Defender Association NLADA
NACDL: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Champion magazine, and more. Defense lawyer’s association.
Nolo Press Legal Self Help books + free articles
Plain-English articles about laws that Affect you every day. Business, Workplace. Estate Planning, Family Matters, Seniors. Homeowners, Landlords, Tenants. Immigration, Intellectual Property Money Matters, Consumer. Represent Yourself in Court.
Nolo’s Lawyer Directory: Search our database to find a lawyer in your area that specializes in divorce, personal injury, real estate, bankruptcy, employment law, criminal matters, immigration, business law, trusts and estates, wills, family law
Paralegals: National Federation of Paralegal Associations
Ethics, Training, standards, organizations, etc.
Police: CHP Computer Aided Dispatch Media System
CHP: California Highway Patrol Dispatch Centers – LIVE links to traffic, weather, dispatches.
Police: CHP Drug Recognition Evaluator DRE – Eye Gallery
Droopy eyes photographed. Drugs or late night TV?
Police: CHP – SWITRS Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System
When and where traffic accidents occur in California.
Police: Community Policing Consortium / COPS training + policies
The Community Policing Consortium: training policies of 5 major police organizations in the U.S. – funded by COPS.
U.S. Dept. of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) page, lots of stuff on gangs.
Police: Drug ONDCP High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) / Narcs on-line
Click on map and reveiw narcotics law enforcement efforts in your area.
Policy: Drug Court Technology. Center for Court Innovation site.
Drug Court information sharing from Center for Court Innovation. Integrated Civil + Criminal justice in New York City – now a model for Drug Courts, Community Courts, therapeutic justice, and more.
Police: Drug: Illegal / Street Drugs by Category
The Center for Substance Abuse/Treatment index to street / illegal drugs. Lots of info.
Police: Gangs in Los Angeles County, California Prisons.
Police: Gangs: National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations
Police: Gang info from Florida Dept. of Corrections
Police: Justice Information Technology Network – National Institute of Justice
The Justice Technology Information Network (JUSTNET) – part of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)- part of the National Institute of Justice [NIJ]. Forensics. Corrections. etc.
Police: Los Angeles Police Department – search the LAPD Manual online
Police Officer’s Internet Directory. WWW.OFFICER.COM
Almost every police agency, Web site, resource available to you.
Police: POST training and certification
Police Resource List – forensic links
Many police forensic links.
Police: Sexual Assault Response Team Sane-Sart materials.
Policy: 3 Strikes: Families to Amend California’s Three-Strikes
Policy: ARJIS – Automated Regional Justice Information System San Diego Area
Policy: BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance – Huge Federal justice site
Policy: Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS: US Dept. Justice. / Faster and easier than NCJRS
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. Statistics: crimes, offenders, courts, money, much more.
Policy: CA Dept. Justice – Criminal Justice Statistics Center Home Page
California Attorney General’s Office Department of Justice, Crime stats, etc.
Policy: Calif. Little Hoover Commission
California’s Little Hoover Commission (Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy) – studies show sentencing alternatives are better than prison.
Policy: Calif Association Drug Court Professionals CADCP
Policy: California First Amendment Coalition
Freedom of Press, access to government, Brown Act, and more discussed here.
Policy: Center for Court Innovation. Midtown Community Court New York and others.
Integrated Civil + Criminal justice in New York City – now a model for Drug Courts, Community Courts, therapeutic justice, and more.
Policy: CJCJ Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice: – Three Strikes is a failure, and more.
Many studies on alternatives to prison, juvenile justice, and more.
Policy: Civil Rights.org – Invididual rights, Diversity, Justice for all.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights – major Washington D.C. organization.
Policy: CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Electronic privacy, encryption, freedom, first amendment, etc.
Policy: CSAC California State Association of Counties
Many policies – note Prop 36 and Drug Court statistics.
Policy: Deschutes County Department of Community Justice, Bend, Oregon – innovative programs
Restorative Justice, competency development, victim offender mediation, employment programs, and more.
Policy: Department of Justice Strategic Plan for Justice
Yes, Federal law enforcement, but also contains some remarkable ideas about social justice, collaboration with community and health providers, and more.
Policy: Drug courts and similar innovations by American University.
Policy: Drug Court Professionals, National Association: NADCP
Drug Court publications, grants, official reports, much more. Sometimes it’s better to help than to harm.
Policy: Drug / Alcohol/ Mental: SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Mental Health / Federal site.
Policy: Drug Reform, California Campaign for New Drug Policies
Policy: Drugs: Join Together Online – Substance Abuse, Gun control, Funding; studies.
Join Together , a project of the Boston University School of Public Health, is a national resource for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence.
Policy: Drugs: NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse: MAJOR RESEARCH reports online on drug usage.
Drug addiction and neurology research. Slang definitions and practical information on street drugs, policy materials.
Policy: Drugs: Club Drugs: MDMA, GHB, Rohypnol, LSD, etc. per NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse information on drugs used at “raves” or “trances,” dance clubs: MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine, methamphetamine, LSD, etc.
Policy: DrugSense : Drug Policy Reform / Calif. medical MJ laws
Policy: Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
Federal Datasets on criminal justice.
Policy: Homelessness: Programs and People They Serve: HUD report 12/99
Policy: JRSA Justice Research and Statistics Association
Alternatives to Incarceration, reports, members
Policy: Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) at Univ Colorado
Policy: Integrated Justice Information Technology Initiative, US Dept. of Justice OJP
Studies and reports: automated criminal justice information sharing, rights of privacy, technology and use design.
Policy: Integrated Systems: Center for Technology in Government, University Albany, NY.
Policy: NACJD National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD). Established in 1978 under the auspices of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice, NACJD currently holds over 500 data collections relating to criminal justice – huge amount of criminal justice studies for downloading.
Policy: NASA – National Association of Sentencing Advocates
Sentencing Mitigation reports – associated with The Sentencing Project in Washington, D.C..
Policy: National Center for Youth Law — SF Nonprofit / studies; seminars
Policy: NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service – federal perspective
Federal National Institute of Justice (NIJ) the research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, was established to prevent and reduce crime and improve the criminal justice system.
Policy: NCJRS Online Ordering new VIDEOS, CDs and other reports
Policy: NIJ: National Institute of Justice of US DOJ
Searchable research branch of U.S. Department of Justice. Funding + studies.
Policy: Organized Crime; Criminal Statistics commentary
Policy: Pavnet 7 Federal Agencies Prevent Youth violence / drugs
Partnerships Against Violence – a “virtual library” of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from 7 different federal agencies. Funding, grants, studies.
Policy: PPIC Public Policy Institute of California
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to independent, nonpartisan research on economic, social, and political issues affecting California.
Policy: PrivacyRightsNow! Ralph Nader site on privacy laws and rights.
Policy: RAND Corporation studies.
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through research and analysis. Has sections specific to California + criminal Law + corrections + probation. Conservative policy making.
Policy: Restorative Justice | REAL JUSTICE Conferencing
Policy: Restorative Justice Online
Policy: Restorative Justice Project at FPU
Fresno Pacific University maintains this site.
Policy: The Sentencing Project – Alternative Sentencing studies.
Washington D.C. Independent studies since 1986, alternative sentencing programs and the reform of criminal justice policy.
Policy: S.E.A.R.C.H. Group, Inc. / Major California based Crim Justice Consultantants
SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving the criminal justice system through the effective application of information and identification technology. SEARCH’s headquarters are in Sacramento, California.
Policy: Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. Justice
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Massive amount of federal crime data.
Policy: Southern Poverty Law Center
Policy: U.S. Department of Justice Programs / Grant Funds / Drug Courts
U.S. Department of Justice Home Page. Federal Grant funding. Criminal Justice studies + programs. Drug Courts.
Policy: United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network, or UNCJIN.
Policy: US Dept. Health Human Services programs, many links. www.health.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Policy: Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) Information and Resource Center
Articles + information on Restorative Justice.
Power of Attorney and Medical Treatment Forms, CCH
Prisons: Calif CDC Department of Corrections / Prisons
Photos, programs, staff, contacts, etc.
Prisons: Calif. Boards – parole hearings, JV and more
State of California – Board of Corrections – regulations, jail and prison and parole studies, grants, personnel, much more.
Prisons: California Prison Focus – links to many prisoner’s rights groups
Prisons: Corrections Connection links to multiple State prisons
Prisons: Going Home: Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative
Prisons: Inmate records many states: BLACK BOOK online
Prisons: Jail.Net – Public / Private Jail and prison links
Prisons: LSPC Legal Services for Prisoners with Children in San Francisco
Prisons: Ministry – Responsibility, Rehabilitation – Catholic Bishops
Prisons: Ministry to Prisoners, Families, and Victims, Catholic Conference
Prisons: National studies, state by state numbers, MotherJones.com
Prisons: NIC: National Institute of Corrections / Restorative Justice
Amazing! U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Bureau of Prison page in Washington, D.C. has some great studies. Look for “Restorative Justice” materials – not your old “retributive Justice” model, here.
Prisons: NPR series on prisons: 360degrees
Prisons: Other Side of the Wall Prison Law Page by Arnold Erickson
California CDC prisoner legal representation, with offices near San Quentin.
Prison Policy Initiative: Race, Place, and the Perils of Prisonomics
research and advocacy on incarceration policy
Prisons: Restorative Justice in Australia
Prisons: Sentencing National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
Sentencing Issues: National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. Studies show sex offenders are rarely recidivist, etc.
Prisons: Three Strikes, Prison Conditions, Overcrowding, more.
Prisons: US Gulag Prison System / ZNet magazine article
Psych: Treatment Advocacy Center: legislation and advocacy for mentally ill.
Public Defender: All California Counties / CPDA links. Start Here.
Public Defender Alameda County
Public Defender: Calif. State, Sacramento
State Public Defender in California, Fern Laethem.
Public Defender, Contra Costa County
Public Defender Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Many excellent articles, basic PC utilities, downloadable files laws.
Public Defender King County Washington The Defender Association
Washington State Seattle-King County site, with legal links.
Public Defender Los Angeles County
Public Defender Los Angeles County NEW Briefs and motions.
Hot California criminal law briefs and issues online.
Public Defender MARIN County: Calif PD Laws searchable.
MARIN COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER home page. Search Calif. statutes for PD laws. Websitter: Frank Cox.
Public Defender New York State NYSDA Public Defense
Public Defender Riverside County
Public Defender San Diego County
Public Defender San Francisco CA.
Public Defender Stanislaus County
The Redwood Highway: Crime, Law and Related Links on the Web
Sonoma State University. Practical site! Photos, courts, offices, reports, words of wisdom.
SF: Bar Association of San Francisco
Legal articles, often with SF interest.
Shepard’s Homepage – owned by Lexis Nexis
Shepard’s/McGraw-Hill Home page: CD ROM users can get daily updates. Legal News. How to Shepardize–A Web tutorial.
Southern Poverty Law Center – teaching tolerance.
The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
State Bar of California / Attorney Locator, etc.
California State Bar, MCLE News, Sections, Committees, Commissions, Ad Hoc Groups, Certified Lawyer Referral services, Ethics rules, court rules, etc. Attorney directory search tool.
State Bar of California Bar Journal (Main Index)
State Bar California Attorneys. Experts. Law Schools via Parker Directory
Experts, Attorney advertising + attorney listing. Don’t forget to check the official State Bar Attorney Directory, too.
State and Federal cases, laws, legal sites. Huge index at: WASHLAW WEB
Washburn University Law School hotlinks for criminal justice, police, laws, courts.
State and Federal cases, statutes, many lists and indexes. Laws Online
State and Local Government on the Net/ Piper / searchable. – National Searches.
SEARCHABLE: State and Local Government on the Net. A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites.
State Law sites, by LexisOne. Excellent!
State statutes and legislation on the Internet / Prarienet. Great!
Search statutes any State.
State laws via LII, Cornell University.
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. – Capital defense, etc.
The Voice for the Defense magazine, hotlinks to National Criminal Defense sites. Slow site, but good capital / death penalty links.
Texas: Harris County District Courts
Example of WWW site for Courts, lots of bells + whistles.
U.S. Government Printing Office
U.S. Government Printing Office / GPO / the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, Federal Government, Online Databases, Search GILS Records, Search the U.S. Government Publications, Free Public Access Through a Federal Depository Library Gateway, Federal Locator Services. Law and politics.
U.S. Supreme Court of the United States OFFICIAL SITE
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions to 1893 via FindLaw, SEARCHABLE
FindLaw’s searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1893 – present, free.
U.S. Supreme Court Argument Transcripts
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs via: FindLaw
U.S. Supreme Court Law.com’s U.S. Supreme Court Monitor – recent cases, issues, briefs
U.S. Supreme Court cases and lore / Univ. Pittsburgh
By the JURIST: University of Pittsburgh law professor’s network.
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Summarized / Cornell Law School
DECISIONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, summarized, full text, circa 1991 on.
U.S. Supreme Court Syllabi / Search / Cornell Law School
Search all Supreme Court decisions archived at the Case Western Reserve ftp site (ftp.cwru.edu). (It does not, therefore, reach decisions prior to May 1990.) Indexed here are the Court prepared summaries of decisions.
U.S. Supreme Crt. Legal Information Institute Cornell Law U.S. Supreme Crt hypertext
hypertext front-end to recent Supreme Court decisions
U.S. Supreme Ct: Oyez Oyez Oyez: AUDIO arguments + more
Oyez Oyez Oyez: Using RealAudio software, hear oral arguments @ U.S. Supreme Court. Text info on major constitutional cases by the Supreme Court of the United States. Index cases by party, date, or subject.
U.S. Supreme Crt / Selected Historic Decisions
SELECTED HISTORIC DECISIONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT / Cornell Law School site (slow).
USSC+ U.S. Supreme Court on the Web
U.S. Supreme Court + CD ROM home page: Browse 1995 Term Cases – Search 1967 – 1995 Cases Classic Case of the week Constitutional Law (Mini)Library USSC+ CD-ROM Fact Sheet
U.S. Supreme Crt decisions; 9th Circuit + Oregon via Willamette Law Online
Pending issues before the U.S. Supreme Court listed here, as well as text of opinions.
United State Senate. LOCIS Library of Congress. Federal Laws + statutes. Politicians.
Vera Institute for Justice / New York Legal Aid
New York Legal Aid: many studies + links to legal sites, computerization in law. Richard Zorza, NLADA speaker, major architect.
Westlaw Online – You need a subscription password for most of the law.
Westlaw – Huge subscription legal and commercial database site.
Worker Comp, OSHA, etc. California Department of Industrial Relations –
Worker’s Comp: Conference Calif. Judges: ccwcj4
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law
MANY law libraries, government sources of law including American Association of Law Libraries Information System-AALLNet
