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Lists of law firms on the Internet, law library catalogs, and many more legal research links are provided here.
News for the legal professionals, links to a list of accredited law schools, a lawyer locator and a Consumer's Guide to Legal Help on the Internet. This site is searchable, and provides a Lawyer Locator—a searchable directory for over 900,000 attorneys and firms, as well as a Directory of Lawyer Disciplinary Agencies for all states.
United States Government Printing Office, newest edition This is a combination biographical and directory-type tool. Its contents include biographical information on members of Congress, committees, committee assignments, the Executive Branch, the Judiciary, administrative or legislative assistants and secretaries, the District of Columbia, international organizations, diplomatic representatives and consular offices, press representatives and services, statistical information, maps of congressional districts, and an index of individual names. Also available in print at the Information Desk.
Listing of United States law schools with links to their web sites from the Association of American Law Schools
This Cornell Law School web site is outstanding, for information and links, as to wide ranging aspects of the law. However, remember that various parts of the law may be different in each state. This site has won numerous awards: its authors correctly guessed there were millions of people out there who needed to know—and understand—U.S. laws and court decisions. "The legal information industry in the U.S. in the mid–'90s had focused totally on judges and lawyers and hadn't paid attention to the information needs of others," explained Peter Martin, the Jane M.G. Foster Professor of Law t Cornell, and a major author of the LII site.
This site is not comprehensive, since it is a limited no charge subset of a massive for-fee LEXIS Database. Nonetheless, it is rich in content, offerings free Case Law searching, over 6,000 free legal forms, and a rich set on links to other internet legal resources as well as to the pricey LEXIS database.
Martindale-Hubbell's Locate a Lawyer searches by practice and/or geographic area, by name or corporate law department. Attorneys and law firms are listed from around the world. State Bar Association profiles, plus a vendors and consultants section are included. FCL also holds the multi-volume print edition. The online version lacks the summaries of state laws and model codes that the print edition offers.
A county law library or law school library will have more legal material than the community libraries on this list. The two closest comprehensive collection law libraries, open to the public, are the Wayne State University Law Library and Oakland County Law Library. The knowledgeable Librarians are the greatest asset of such facilities.
This is the official directory and legislative manual for the State. It is rich in historical facts, and filled with information about elected and appointed state officials, Michigan's constitutional election data for national and state elections, state departments and agencies, the state judiciary with some biographical data, and general information on the organization of the state's courts. Also available in print at the Information Desk.
Provides information about Oakland County lawyers and some helpful legal links. The "Public Services" and "Legal Listings" tabs are the most useful. Offers a Speakers Bureau and a Lawyers Referral Service.
Links to all courts (circuit, district, probate, and friend of the court) in Oakland County
Under Public Resources there are links to Legal Aid, Attorney Grievance, Lawyer Referral, and an updated online Members Directory. Links of Interest takes you to many Internet legal sites.
This site is the online equivalent of the annual publication that provides information on the agencies of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Federal government. Also included are details about boards, commissions, committees, quasi-official agencies and organizations in which the United States participates. Each agency entry contains a summary of the agency's purpose and general role, a description of its programs and activities, names and titles of major officials, and a list of sources of information. Many entries also provide organization charts. This title also contains a section on terminated or transferred agencies. Current edition is also available in print at the Information Desk.
The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. It offers a categorized menu with direct links to government sites by branch of government; specific laws, plus the CFR, Federal Register, U.S. Code and Constitution; Michigan governmental sites; foreign government and international organization websites.
The Farmington Community Library offers this legal
resource information as a service to the community. This material should not
be considered legal advice or a substitute for expert legal consultation as
appropriate to the circumstances.
Try to keep in mind that learning about legal research and the law is an
imposing task. It is no substitute for professional advice. Just as you would
not consider taking out your own appendix, even though you may have read
about how it is done, consider seeking the advice of a lawyer, or other
appropriate counsel, before making any major legal decision.
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