See also Criminal Justice & Law databases

See also the following websites: Criminal Justice, Government, and Nebraska Law

General Sites

• FindLaw - Comprehensive site with links to federal, state, and international cases, codes, forms, law reviews, legal news, and more.
• GovEngine.com - Federal, state & local government and court resources on the Internet.
• ABA LawInfo.org - Information on legal topics that affect your daily life (family law, real estate, buying and selling, finances, criminal law, etc.) from the American Bar Association.

Professional Organizations

• The American Bar Association - Professional organization for lawyers, law school educators, legal assistants, etc.
• NFPA - National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. - Information on professional issues, legal research, career center, and more.

Dictionaries

• Glossary [PDF] - From the American Bar Association.
• Legal Dictionary - From FindLaw.
• Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary - Legal definitions from A-Z.

Federal Courts

• Supreme Court of the United States - Official website with information about the Court, docket, oral arguments, Court rules, and more.
• Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Media - "A multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work."
• The Federal Court Locator - Links to Federal Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Federal courts.

Constitution of the United States

• The Constitution of the United States - Includes images of the original document.

United States Code

• United States Code (Office of the Federal Law Revision Counsel) - Search, browse, background information, etc.
• United States Code (GPO Access) - Another search interface.

United States Congress

• FDsys (Federal Digital System) - Search federal publications including those of the U.S. Congress.
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - Official site of the U.S. Congress. Search bills, laws, the Congressional Record, etc.
• The Legislative process:
  • Enactment of a Law - U.S. Senate.
  • How our Laws are Made - U.S. House.