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Below are several websites you can use for accessing various types of state legal information. Descriptions of each site
are as follows:
- State Legal Sources on the Web:
The Documents Center of the University of Michigan Library provides a listing of and links to state resources for each state and some of
the U.S. territories. Information is organized alphabetically by state name in table format. Where available, links are provided to
Bills, Session Laws, Codified Law and Constitution, New Regulations and Executive Orders,
Codified Regulations, Attorney General Opinions, State Courts, Newspapers, and the State Law Library.
To see a list of all states and territories, visit the
State and Territorial Governments
page on the
www.USA.gov
website.
- State Courts - by Jurisdiction:
Cornell University’s Legal Information Institute
(LII)
provides links to legal information on each state
arranged into three categories: Judicial Opinions, Regulations and Other Agency Material, and
Additional Collections of State Legal Resources. If you click on
Maryland,
for example, you will see under Judicial Opinions links to Court of Appeals (Sept. 1994 - present), Court of Special
Appeals (Sept. 1994 - present), and Court Rules; under Regulations and Other Agency Material, there is a link to the
Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR); and under Additional Collections of State Legal Resources are links to
the Maryland State Bar, the Maryland Manual Online, and the Attorney General Site.
- U.S. State Law:
HierosGamos,
provider of Worldwide Legal Directories, offers a page that links to state law and government for each state.
When you click on a state name under State Law and Government on the U.S. State Law page, you are directed to another page with
links to State Home Pages, Statewide Offices, Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branch resources, Rules of Courts & Forms, Boards &
Commissions, Counties, Libraries, Legal Research, and Miscellaneous. In addition, under Uniform Laws Adopted or Proposed by the
States, you will see links to Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Probate Code, Code of Evidence, Uniform Family Laws, and Uniform
Business and Finance Laws. Other resources available include links to Regional Regulatory Bodies, Associations Dealing with State
and Municipal Governments, and Other State and Local Government Sites.
- U.S. States and Territories:
Comprehensive listings of and links to state resources provided by the
Law Library of Congress.
Click on a state name on the U.S. States and Territories page to link to resources arranged into categories: Constitution,
Executive, Judiciary, Legislature, Legal Guides and Miscellaneous, and General Sources.
To get selected state appellate court briefs online free of charge, see the past tip
Appellate Court Briefs Online. Note in particular the webpage
Free and Fee Based Appellate Court Briefs Online <http://www.llrx.com/features/briefsonline.htm>.
From there, click on the link for Free Appellate Court Briefs by Jurisdiction. Under the heading State Appellate Courts,
you will see descriptions of and links to several state court websites where briefs are provided.
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