LEGAL RESEARCH

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GENERAL LAW

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ABA American Bar Association Law Info
General legal advice, links to law.

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.

ALSO! Multi State Law Searches
American Law Source Online! 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.

California Department of Justice - Criminal Justice Statistics Center Home Page
California Attorney General's Office Department of Justice, Crime stats, etc.

California Attorney General Publication
Law booklets and other publication on-line.

California Attorney General Opinions online.

Registrable Offenses
California Attrorney General's list of Registrable Sex or Arson Offenses.

Violence Against Women resources
United States Attorney General Department of Justice Violence Against Women resources.

SCCBA online resources
Santa Clara County Bar Association's high tech on-line resources, with links to judges, cases, rules, news, etc.

Legal Citation
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation--how to cite cases, authorities.

Bluebook Legal Citation
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 and Hazardous Materials; Health Care; Human Resources; Labor Employment Relations; Legal; business International.

CACJ: California Attorneys For Criminal Justice
California's association of private and public criminal defense attorneys.

California Bar Association links
California Bar Association links, including links to Courts, Federal, state and local Bar Associations, research links, etc. by the State Bar of California.

California Codes
California Penal Code, Vehicle Code, etc.

California Code of Regulations
Califonria Administrative Law - CCR Searchable California Code of Regulations.

California Attorney General
California Attorney General, Deptartment of Justice - forensics, criminal law info.

California Appellate Court Cases
California Cases PENDING in Supreme and Appellate Courts, California Courts - online dockets and orders.

California Attorney Records Online
State Bar of California - addresses, phones, public records of discipline.

California Business Service
Find California corporations, limited partnerships. California Secretary of State.

LAW.COM
DAILY ADVANCE SHEETS FROM THE RECORDER: Big site, formerly Law Journal Extra. 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.

California Cases and New stories
CAL LAW Archive of recent news.

FindLaw
FindLaw's California and Federal cases, FREE.

FindLaw California
Findlaw's California Courts Searchable, FREE, 1934 - PRESENT!

San Diego Source
BIG SITE: FULL TEXT Search California Advance Sheets via San Diego Transcripts.

>JuriSearch Information Network
Search California cases, California codes and 1967-present US Supreme Court cases and using ACCESS LAW, USCS and search tools.

Free California Daily Opinion Service
California and Federal daily opinions, just the very recent new cases. Free from LEXIS.

Legal Resource Network
Good State and Federal service for a small fee, topical indexes.

Recent California Cases
Free Official Califonria Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal cases, within the last 120 days.

Insurance Claims handbooks.
California Civil Procedure and Insurance Claims Handbook

Netlaw Libraries, Inc.
Free services include: Codes, rules of court, ethics, BAJI, 9th Circuit Federal, recent case summaries, etc.

Self-Help Center
Califorina Courts Self-Help Center by the California Judicial Council.

Firearms & Gun Laws
California Department of Justice Firearms and Gun Laws. One of many California Attorney General criminal justice searchable materials.

Sex Offenders programs
California Department of Mental Health SVP sexual violent predators, dual diagnosis, County and State hospitals Mental health programs.

Trust & Probate Forms
Califorina Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Section - Califonria State Bar FREE forms.

Califorina Board of Prison Terms

How to Apply for a Pardon

FREE Judicial Council Forms
Big California FEE site with some FREE stuff.

Califorina Judicial Council, Administrative Office of Courts
Court Rules, cases, policy memos, info on judges and courts.

Appellate Advocacy
Califorina Judicial Council Appellate Advocacy advice for appellate attorneys.

California Judicial Council Center for Children and the Courts
Juvenile delinquency and dependency law from California AOC, Judicial Council.

Full text Califorina Cases Search
The Judicial Branch, State of California, California Courts: Publications Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts. (AOC). FREE!

California Judges Association
The California Judicial System explained for laypersons.

LawResearch.com
California Law and Government research via Lawresearch.com.

California Revenue and Tax Code

LEGINFO
California LEGISLATION EASY pending bills, AB__ and SB___ searches. Legislative Counsel, California.

Legislative Research Guide
California Legislative Counsel's guide for finding legislation on Internet.

FindLaw Codes & Statutes
California Legislation via FindLaw Codes and Statutes.

California Legislative Analyst's Office
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.

California Legislative History Search
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).

LexisOne
California Law. LexisOne does good job of indexing the State Government, all courts, more.

Mental Health Confidentiality
Califorina Department of Mental Health. Regulations regarding the confidentiality of mental health records.

CalRIM
California Records and Information Management (CalRIM) Program.

California Legislation Search
Search California Senate and Assembly Bills, laws, officials and histories. TV links. Legislative service. Archives. Public information. Great site!

California Current Legislative Information
Currnet California Senate and Assembly Bills, legislative history, etc.

California Service Bureau
California Service Bureau - database used by probation, fines, treatment compliance, etc.

California State Assembly
The California State Assembly. Legislative calendar. Committees. Politicians. Bill Searching, California Codes. Addresses. Government links.

Califorina Supreme Court opinions
Judicial Council keeps this official site for all California Courts.

Evidence.Com.
Calif Trial Courts Directory. 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.

NLJ Case Cases
The National Law Journal index to all federal and state opinions on the web.

CEB: Continuing Education of the Bar - California
Research and Practice Guides for purchase.

CEB Internet Resources
Continuing Education of the Bar Internet Research sites--good collection of legal internet sites.

Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Page
Searchable CRIMINAL LAW Databases - almost every grouping of interest, including tabloid journalism junk and solid legal research tools. BIG site, very current info via University of South Florida Criminalogy Department. Search Legal USENET groups, Supreme court, federal cases, statutes, law enforcement sites, DOJ drug sites, more.

COUNSEL QUEST
Huge commercial searchable site to search legal web resources.

CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Electronic privacy, encryption, freedom, first amendment, etc.

CrimeTime
Criminal Sentencing Calculation Software w/ On-Line calculator.

Los Angeles County Public Defender NEW Briefs and motions.
Hot California criminal law briefs and issues online.

Identity Theft
Identity Theft, credit card theft, US Government FTC information site.
California Criminal Law Review
California Criminal Law Review by Boalt Hall Students, UC Berkeley.

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 information on many Criminal Justice subjects.

Criminal Justice History Resources
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies Department, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Legal Information Institute
Criminal Laws: State and Federal via Cornell's Legal Information Institute. State Statutes, more.

Nolo Press Legal Encyclopedia
Quick overview of Criminal Law.

NM Criminal Justice Links
New Mexico State University Criminal Justice links.

WASHLAW WEB
Washburn University Law School hotlinks for criminal justice, police, laws, courts.

Probono.Net
Criminal Law, Juvenile, Capital death penalty defense. Probono.Net for volunteer lawyers.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

Alameda County District Attorney's Office: Point of View Online
Alameda County District Attorney's office does commentaries from the prosecutor's perspective.

California District Attorneys Association CDAA

National District Attorney's Association
NDAA's online articles and publications.

ALCOHOL & DRUGS

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Addictions Life Page
Treatments, slang terms, more. Drug usage signs and symptoms.

ASAM: American Society of Addiction Medicine

California State Alcohol Drug Programs ADP
California Department of Alcohol Office and Drug Programs. Many criminal justice / rehab links.

California Health and Human Services: Drug, Alcohol, Mental, Social Services
California's Health and Welfare Agency. This system provides a directory of Federal, State and Local government: Drug, Alcohol Mental and Housing resources.

California Deptartment Mental Health
Special Programs, including forensic psychology, sex offender, mentally disordered offenders, and more.

Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse

California Society of Addiction Medicine CSAM Members by County

Cocaine, Coca, and Crack - illegal drug information
Pro-drug perspective on cocaine. Very controversial, but useful information on the drug.

Treatment Improvement Exchange

HIPAA: Confidentiality of health records
Office for Civil Rights - Federal Law on the Privacy of Health Records and HIPPA.

Drug Street Terms
Drugs and the Drug Trade street terms, slang. Government site.

The Lindesmith Center, Drug Policy Research Institute
Medical Marijuana laws, issues, policy studies.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA--Federal Agency site--substance abuse and mental disability services, including facility locators.

National Drug Court Institute.

NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Club Drugs hallucinogenics.

New Leaf Center / Dr. Alex Stalcup MD, Concord, CA. - methamphetamine, heroin, coke, and more.
Free methamphetamine treatment, detox from addictive drugs, expert testimony.

PREVLINE: NCADI Information SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
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.

NIAAA Government ETOH ethyl alcohol studies, reports

Web of Addictions
Alcohol, Drug Resources sites.

TAPs--Technical Assistance Publications by CSAT
Laws and practices for drug / alcohol providers.

Alcohol Studies Database
Over 50,000 articles on Rutgers University.

DEATH PENALTY

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A Capital Defender's Toolbox - Karl Keys case summaries
Legal summaries by Karl Keys, Boston lawyer. Excellent case summaries.

Capital Defense Network
Death Penalty, Capital Defense, Federal Habeas and other resources.

Death Penalty Curricula
Death Penalty Curricula for High School Students--Michigan State University.

Death Penalty Focus of California

Death Penalty Information from American Society Criminology.

Justice Project.org
The Justice Project.org reserach project finding almost 70% of all capital cases flawed!

Legal Information Institute on Death Penalty Law
Cornell University's Legal Information Institute legal research on Death Penalty law.

Louisiana capital defense motions

The Other Side of the Wall.
Death Penalty. Links Toward Abolition of the Death Penalty by the Prison Law Office.

Beyond Reason
Death Penalty and Mentally Retarded Inmates, by Human Rights Watch.

Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook

Dictionary / Legal / WWLIA
The WWLIA Legal Dictionary. World Wide Legal Information Association.

TRAFFIC / DUI

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California Department of Motor Vehicles

National Highway Transportation and Safety
Federal site has drinking driving reports, studies.

Driving Under the Influence Calculator
DUI Calculator for volume, weight, etc.

Another DUI Calculator
Calculate your blood alcohol content, B.A.C., online or palm pilot.

California Drunk Driving Law Guide

CALTRANS Official California Vehicle Code Traffic Manual Online

Drinking Driver Treatment Programs in California, by county.

Insure.com - Blood-alcohol 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: National College for DUI Defense

DUI Professional Online
DUI Professional Online: Breath Alcohol testing software + info on the Intoxilyzer 5000+ other drunk driving materials.

Proposition 36 Implementation
Drug Offenses, Prop 36: CSAC Proposition 36 Implementation - County Plans.

Drug Courts Overview
NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Service Reports and many links.

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.

LEGAL ETHICS / DISCIPLINE

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EthicSEARCH--American Bar Association

Califonria Judicial Discipline Records
Ethics. Judicial Public Discipline 1960 to Present, California Administrative Office of the Courts / AOC.

American Legal Ethics Library
Legal Ethics in Califorina and other states, searchable. LII Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.

Beverly Hills Bar Association Ethics 2000 Commission
California commenatary on the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission on Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Legalethics.com
The Internet Legal Ethics Site.

Ethics Hotline
State Bar of California Ethics Hotline, online opinions and laws.

FEDERAL COURTS

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Association Of Federal Defense Attorneys

Code of Federal Regulations
National Archives and Records Association searchable Code of Federal Regulations.

Federal Courts' Home Page
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
Federal Courts Locator Service, Emory University - cases.

Federal Court Locator
The Home Page for the Federal Courts on the Internet. The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy. Search Cases. Map Jumps.

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
Georgia State Univ. Law has a one page front end to find mostly federal law. Search cases, law sites.

Federal Habeas Corpus
Federal Habeas Corpus Post Conviction, Anti-Terrorism and effective Death Penalty Act.

Federal Judicial Center Home Page
Federal Judicial Center - Admin. Federal and U.S. Courts, Downloadable files include evidence manuals, sentencing studies.

Federal Law Library
Searchable Federal Internet Law Library. Searchable U.S. Code. USCA statutes without annotations. Statutes and regulations.

Federal Legislative History of Bills
Search for federal legislative history of bills on GPO Access.

National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). NARA is the Federal government agency with HUGE amount of federal records, thousands of historic photos and documents, Genealogy and Individuals. Valuable records of the three branches of federal government: executive (including the President), legislative, and judicial.

National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)
Legal Issues / computer crime, etc.

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.

PACER
Public Access to Court Electronic Records. Federal decisions online.

Federal Sentencing Guideline Resource Center

United States Sentencing Commission
Federal Prisons, manuals.

Fedstats
More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. Here they are.

FORENSICS

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American Toxicology Institute, Inc.
Statistics on how long drugs: heroin, cocaine, marijuana etc can be tested.

Forensic: Anthropology experts. ABFA.
American Board of Forensic Anthropology, site kept by Dr. Murad at Chico State University.

Forensic Archaeology

American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD). Lab Accreditation.

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. ATSA
Sexual Violent Predator Evaluators + others attend these seminars.

Autopsies: how they are done.
Dr. Ed Uthman, M.D. wrote an overview.

Forensic Autopsy Resources
Forensic Autopsy Resources via Johns Hopkins Medical School. Search on autopsy findings.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Glossary

Biometric Consortium
Forensic ID by DNA, photos, iris, other body markings.

Blood Types Tutorial

Bloodstain Analysis
Forensic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction.

California 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 California.

California Bureau of Forensic Services Toxicology Lab
California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Physical Evidence Analysis.

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.

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
World's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information.

Computer Seizure manual
From Federal DOJ: C Y B E R C R I M E.

Computer file searches
NIST National Institute Standards and Technology (NSRL) methods for computer file searches.

Computer seizure memos, US DOJ, FBI, CCIPS

Computer seizure best practices, by United States Secret Service

ENCASW
Computer crime, white paper, links Encase software from Guidance Software Inc.

Computer Discovery Labs
Computer file recovery.

TUCOFS--Forensic Software
Computer file retrieval, analysis.

CRC Press - forensic books.
CRC press publishes huge numbers of forensic books, guides, etc.. Read this to get some ideas, at least.

Crime Scene Investigation - UC Riverside Police

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.

DNA Applied Biosystems - PE Biosystems DNA test equipt.

DNA Consulting Dr. Norah Rudin PhD

DNA FBI's crime lab - what can they do?
FBI's Crime Lab services explained.

DNA FBI misconduct: Tainting Evidence
Inside the scandals at the FBI Crime Lab by John Kelly and Phillip K. Wearne.

DNA Files / NPR / Public Radio series
Using Real Audio software, learn about DNA.

DNA Human Genome Project Information / Government site

DNA Learning Center
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA LEARNING CENTER. Download training movies of DNA test procedures, etc.

DNA Dr. Laurence Mueller
University California Irvine. Statistics, lab error rates, STR Profile Finder calculator for frequencies of alleles.

DNA Mathematics
By Charles H. Brenner, Ph.D., Oakland.

DNA Primer
Online, animated genetics primer uses RealPlayer, Shockwave, Javascript, from the Human Genome Project.

DNA papers / Promega / DA FBI DOJ experts
Promega Laboratories: Profiles in DNA - major symposium and papers site for FBI and DOJ experts.

DNA test kits: Perkin-Elmer, RFLP, PCR, etc.
Manfucturer of most DNA testing kits, including ABI PRISM(tm) STR Primer Set AmpliType® PM and DQA1 PCR Amplification and Typing Kit, QuantiBlot(tm) Human DNA Quantitation System, and more. California DOJ uses these kits.

DNA National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence 10th meeting, papers online

DNA: PBS program: Frontline:
What Jennifer saw / the Ronald Cotton ID case.

Scientific Testimony - An Online Journal
Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine. DNA articles, Expert Witness law. The editor is William C. Thompson. Contributors include Kim Kruglick, Laurence Mueller, others.

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.

DNA, The Science of Crime
Very simple explanation from the University of Wisconsin.

Understanding DNA Evidence
A Guide for Victim Service Providers, by DOJ.

Drug Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA)

Drug Metabolism and Disposition journal.

KRUGLICK FORENSIC SITES
Start here. DOJ lab reports, etc. EXCELLENT! Many DNA, forensic, criminal law links and materials. California Department of Justice Laboratories are "uniformly deplorable" per this 4/97 report.

Forensic Enterprises, Inc.
- photo composites, crime scenes, etc.

Forensic Entomology - American Board Forensic Entomology
American Board of Forensic Entomology. Bugs, insects explained by experts.

Forensic Entomology Insects on the Web

Expert Witnesses (advertisments)
Free source of experts, expert witnesses.

Forensic Expert Witness Directory
Expert Witness Directory on Law.com, may be expensive.

FBI's journal Forensic Science Communications
DNA, crime scene, trace evidence, and more.

FBI's Handbook of Forensic Services
Crime scene processing etc.

FBI Laboratory Misconduct / Tennesee Criminal Law site.
The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory Practices, Misconduct from Tennessee Criminal Law site.

Firearms AmmoGuide
Ammunition description for guns explained.

Journal of Forensic Sciences ASTM index

Junk Science Home Page

Forensic Latent FingerPrints / identification
Many sites by Ed German, Army, Police expert.

Microscopic Evidence photo sampler.
Molecular Expressions: The Crime Collection: pretty but simplistic examples of microscopic photos of DNA, chemicals, knives, etc.

National Academy Press science books on line.
More than 1,000 health, science, and technology books on-line.

Nature Genetics Journal
DNA research. Nature Gentics Journal was founded in April 1992 as a sister journal to Nature, and posts a couple dozen DNA related articles monthly.

Physics of Everyday Stuff
By Sam Hokin - here: firearms and bullets.

Knowledge Solutions
Online forensic courses and materials, including Norah Rudin, Ph.D., DNA course and criminal profiling.

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.

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
VERY simple.

Statistics - population studies, etc. SPSS Inc.
Statistics on the Web hotlinks, journals, numbers, graphs, impressive stuff.

Statistics Homepage - BIG site.

Zeno's Forensic Page
Hundreds of cross links to forensic sciences: police sources, psychiatry, chemistry, criminalistics, medicine, etc.

FORMS

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AccessLaw
Free Fill - in - blanks Judicial Council forms. California Resources, including Local Rules of Court, California Administrative Code [California Code of Regulations], California Civil Jury Instructions, Expert Witnesses, U.S. Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, etc.

Lawca.com.
Free California Judicial Council, Legal Forms, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Divorce, law, Eviction, word processor law forms.

Capsoft
Development Hot Docs court forms.

FREE FindLaw Forms
Many States and Federal forms.

LegalDocs.
Some free civil boilerplate, some to buy.

LLRX.COM
Court Rules, Forms, Dockets.

Microsoft Office Template Gallery Home
Print calendars, legal forms and other legal documents using MS products.

FORECITE
Criminal Jury Instructions, new cases, CACJ articles and more.

Free Legal Advice
Pick a legal subject. Click on it and get something for nothing.

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.

Grace Suarez - ElectricLawyer - legal monographs.

International Criminal Court
Genocide, war crimes, etc.

The Internet Lawyer
The Internet Lawyer is a monthly trade journal focusing on the PRACTICAL use of the Internet by the legal industry. Each issue contains articles about legal communications, research, and marketing, dozens of new law-related resources and profiles of law firm home pages.

Internet Law
By University of San Diego Law Proffessor Tom Bell.

Internet Legal Resource Guide - BIG site.
Over 3100 legal sites, 240 nations. Also free Legal FORMS. Law School subject outlines. BIG site.

INTERPRETERS

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NCTA Northern California Translators Association

INVESTIGATORS

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Black Book Online
Hundreds of investigative databases, free.

Crime Scene and Evidence Photography

Digital Photography hints and reviews

Directory: Email Addresses and Reverse Lookup / Freality - GREAT!
Reverse lookup Email, street addresses, directories, area codes, toll free numbers, much more. Find People, etc.

Jeff Flax
Jeff Flax, Colorado attorney, links many legal and investigative sites.

InfoGuys
Word search Government and other databases.

California Defense Investigator's Association CDIA

Investigators Guide to Sources of Information
Federal Government Guide.

Military Records Official Personnel Files (OMPF)
Including Active Duty Health Records.

NDIA - National Defender Investigator Association

Polygraph Testing
A Research Review and Evaluation.

PublicRecordSources.com
The Source For Your Public Record Needs.

Public Records from KnowX.com

Search Systems
Largest Free Public Records Database Collection.

Telephone Fone Finder
Where's that phone from?

U.S. Department of Defense
Publications on military records, weapons, and more. Freedom of Information Act and more.

IMMIGRATION

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American Immigration Lawyers Association: AILA
Immigration Consequences
Crimes of Moral Turpitude, by Norton Tooby law firm.
Immigration Forms
Federal Forms Free to Download and Print. Law Offices of Carl Shusterman.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Immigration Naturalization Service

INS Form I-360 for Amerasian, Widower, special immigrant status

Immigration Law
Law Offices of Norton Tooby.

Immigration Lawyers on the Web
Immigration Law collection at FindLaw

Norton Tooby's Criminal and Immigration Law - Start here.
Excellent Immigration law resource: includes crimes of moral turpitude lists, and more.

Vienna Convention: Cops to notify counsel when noncitizen arrested.

Violence Against Women Act: VAWA

VAWA Benefits for Battered Spouse or Child

INTERNATIONAL LAW

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Library of Congress Guide to (World) Law Online

LEXicon site in U.K.

JUDICIAL

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American Judge's Association
Downloadable articles on juvenile justice, domestic violence, federal justice system, law related education, legal education, AJA/AJF, American judicial system.

Judicial Council Legal Forms - Official FREE forms.

AOC California Court News

JUVENILE LAW

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ABA American Bar Association JV justice website

Building Blocks for Youth Site
Building Blocks for Youth / Color of Justice report / Racism in California Justice.

California Youth Authority

Child Welfare Home Page
Gateway to Juvenile Law and Agencies, Services, public and 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.

Lawguru.com
Free Legal Research page. From here you can search on more than 160 legal search engines and tools. Subscribe / Unsubscribe to DWI-Lawyers and other mailing lists.

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 Library of Congress.
Federal, State, International laws.

Law Links.com- Legal Resource Center

University Law Review Project
FindLaw SEARCH engine to search hundreds of law reviews.

WashLaw WEB -- Law Journals
SEARCH many journals via WashLaw Web.

Law Review Search--Tarlton Law School
Over 750 Law Reviews table of contents. Order an article for a fee.

Yahoo! - Law Journal search engine.
Fast Word searches many law journals.

LawRunner
LawRunner: A Legal Research Tool with more than 1,100 advanced LAW SITE queries using the AltaVista Software. Fast and Law specific.

'Lectric Law Library Rotunda
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S ROTUNDA. Like a swarm of famished great whites swooping from the azure Gobi sky upon the unsuspecting gaggle of grazing weasel, the 156 legal information experts at our Isles of Langerhans' Command Complex -- each a Nobel Laureate in Law.... Legal forms, discussion, research.

InstaCase.com
Legal Case summaries U.S. Supreme Court, some States.

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

MarinLaw.NET
Legal Research: free links to US and California Law.

WordPerfect LAW OFFICE 2000: Home Page

Katsuey Kat's legal links
BIG and valuable site: pick a topic, and be lead to many other sites.

LOIS
Law Office Information System / cases and statutes. National coverage by subscription to cases and statutes. Some free stuff.

LTCOLA
Los Angeles Attorney's Portal to the Internet. Helpful front end index to California, Federal, other legal research.

MegaLaw
Legal Research, Case Law, Supreme Court.

California Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
Patient's rights explained. LPS: Lanterman Petris Short Act: 5150 WI, SSI and other laws and resources for the mentally disabled.

NLADA
National Legal Aid and Defender Association.

NACDL
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Champion magazine, and more. Defense lawyer's association.

Nolo Press Legal Self Help books
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.

National Federation of Paralegal Associations
Ethics, Training, standards, organizations, etc.

LAW ENFORCEMENT / POLICE

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Chicago Community Policing

CHP Computer Aided Dispatch Media System
CHP: California Highway Patrol Dispatch Centers - LIVE links to traffic, weather, dispatches.

CHP Drug Recognition Evaluator DRE - Eye Gallery
Droopy eyes photographed. Drugs or late night TV?

CHP - SWITRS Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System
When and where traffic accidents occur in California.

Community Policing Consortium
The Community Policing Consortium: training policies of 5 major police organizations in the U.S. - funded by COPS.

COPS Home Page
U.S. Dept. of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) page, lots of stuff on gangs.

Drug ONDCP High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) / Narcs on-line
Click on map and reveiw narcotics law enforcement efforts in your area.

Center for Court Innovation site.
Drug Court information sharing from Center for Court Innovation. Integrated Civil and Criminal justice in New York City - now a model for Drug Courts, Community Courts, therapeutic justice, and more.

Illegal / Street Drugs by Category
The Center for Substance Abuse/Treatment index to street / illegal drugs. Lots of info.

Gangs in Los Angeles County, California Prisons.

National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations

Gang info from Florida Dept. of Corrections

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.

Los Angeles Police Department - search the LAPD Manual online

Law Enforcement Sites on Web / wanted posters, hotlinks.
Like "Law and Order" TV: police make their own America's Most Wanted posters on this site.

Los Angeles Police Board Inquiry into Ramparts scandal
LA PD police planted evidence, perjured themselves, killed unarmed people.

WWW.OFFICER.COM
Almost every police agency, Web site, resource available to you.

POST training and certification

Police Resource List - forensic links
Many police forensic links.

Sexual Assault Response Team Sane-Sart materials.

POLICY

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Three Strikes: Families to Amend California's Three-Strikes

Three Strikes horror stories.
Three Strikes; by Sussman, Schiraldi, and Hyland.

Three strikes amend law efforts, Citizens against violent crime.

Amnesty International

ARJIS - Automated Regional Justice Information System San Diego Area

BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance
Huge Federal justice site.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics. Statistics: crimes, offenders, courts, money, much more.

California 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.

California Association Drug Court Professionals CADCP

California First Amendment Coalition
Freedom of Press, access to government, Brown Act, and more discussed here.

CCHI - Policy Matters: California health legislation studies.
California Center for Health Improvement (CCHI) is an independent, impartial, not-for-profit, prevention-focused health policy center that often deals with prevention and justice issues.

Center for Court Innovation.
Midtown Community Court New York and others. Integrated Civil and Criminal justice in New York City - now a model for Drug Courts, Community Courts, therapeutic justice, and more.

CJCJ Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Many studies on alternatives to prison, juvenile justice, and more.
 
Civil Rights.org
Invididual rights, Diversity, Justice for all. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - major Washington D.C. organization.

Court Futures CFNET

Center for Study and Prevention of Violence

Deschutes County Department of Community Justice, Bend, Oregon
Restorative Justice, competency development, victim offender mediation, employment programs, and more.


Department of Justice Strategic Plan for Justice Yr. 2000 - 2005
Yes, Federal law enforcement, but also contains some remarkable ideas about social justice, collaboration with community and health providers, and more.

Drug courts and similar innovations by American University.

Drugs - ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy
President's "Drug Czar": treatment, law enforcement, research, more.

Drug Court Professionals, National Association: NADCP
Drug Court publications, grants, official reports, much more. Sometimes it's better to help than to harm.

Drug / Alcohol: CSAP: Center Substance Abuse Prevention / Federal.

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse Mental Health / Federal site.

Drug Reform, California Campaign for New Drug Policies

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.

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.

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.

DrugSense
Drug Policy Reform / California Medical MJ laws.

The Federalization of Criminal Law / ABA study
American Bar Association study chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III finds that the majority of federal crime laws are passed by Congress for political reasons and may actually undermine state and local law enforcement.

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
Federal Datasets on criminal justice.

Homelessness
Programs and People They Serve: HUD report 12/99.

JRSA Justice Research and Statistics Association
Alternatives to Incarceration, reports, members.

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.

Integrated Systems: Center for Technology in Government, University Albany, NY.

Information Technology Initiatives, Office of Justice Programs

National Center for State Courts links to Criminal Justice Integrated Systems

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.

NASA - National Association of Sentencing Advocates
Sentencing Mitigation reports - associated with The Sentencing Project in Washington, D.C.

National Center for Youth Law
San Francisco Nonprofit / studies, seminars.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

NCJRS National Criminal Justice Reference Service
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.

NCJRS Online Ordering new VIDEOS, CDs and other reports

NCSC National Center for State Courts
NCSC National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is an independent, nonprofit organization of courts. Technology. Links to Legal Research.

National Institute of Justice of US DOJ
Searchable research branch of U.S. Department of Justice. Funding and studies.

Office of Criminal Justice Planning
California Office of Criminal Justice Planning. Federal money passes through the State Governor's office thru this agency.

Organized Crime; Criminal Statistics commentary

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.

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.

PrivacyRightsNow!
Ralph Nader site on privacy laws and rights.

Problem Solving Courts
Domestic Violence Courts, Mental Illness Courts, DUI/Drug Courts, Re-entry Courts, as well as Adult, Juvenile, and Family. Drug Courts, DV courts, mental courts, more.

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.

Restorative Justice | REAL JUSTICE Conferencing

Restorative Justice Online

Restorative Justice Project at FPU
Fresno Pacific University maintains this site.

The Sentencing Project - Alternative Sentencing studies.
Washington D.C. Independent studies since 1986, alternative sentencing programs and the reform of criminal justice policy.

S.E.A.R.C.H. Group, Inc.
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.

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.

Southern Poverty Law Center

U.S. Department of Justice Programs / Grant Funds / Drug Courts
U.S. Department of Justice Home Page. Federal Grant funding. Criminal Justice studies and programs. Drug Courts.

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network, or UNCJIN.

www.health.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) Information and Resource Center
Articles and information on Restorative Justice.

PRISONS

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Other Side of the Wall Prison Law Page by Arnold Erickson

California Department of Corrections / Prisons
Photos, programs, staff, contacts, etc.

CDC Statisics
Offenders, Parole, types of offenses, etc.

California Board of Corrections
State of California - Board of Corrections - regulations, jail and prison and parole studies, grants, personnel, much more.

California Board of Prison Terms

California Prison Focus
Links to many prisoner's rights groups.

The Corrections Connection
Links to multiple State prisons.

Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative

Jail.Net
Public / Private Jail and prison links.

MotherJones.com
National studies, state by state numbers.

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.

360degrees
NPR series on prisons.

Prison Law Office
California CDC prisoner legal representation, with offices near San Quentin.

Restorative Justice in Australia

Sentencing National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
Sentencing Issues: National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. Studies show sex offenders are rarely recidivist, etc.

BLACK BOOK online
Inmate records many states.

PSYCHIATRIC

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American Academy of  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry