Self Help LEGAL Research

“Looks like a Surfer, But is learning to think like a lawyer”

Self help legal research , “Justice for the Poor”.  I have listed free web pages  here for primary and secondary sources of information.

These Web Pages are provided for informational purposes and are not intended as legal advice, nor should it be construed or relied upon as such.

Legislative History and Intent

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/leghist.php

Research on Federal statutes and regulations

U.S. Government Printing Office

www.gpo.gov

 

California Primary Sources

 

Archives/Legislative History

http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/

 

Current Legislation

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

 

Case Law

http://www.courts.ca.gov/

 

Local Los Angeles Case Law

www.lacourt.org

 

 

Federal Primary Sources

 

Legislation

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php

 

Regulatory

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR

 

Federal Case Law

http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx

 

 

Secondary Sources

 

California Courts Self Help

http://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp.htm

 

Los Angeles County Bar Association

http://lacba.org/

 

Los Angeles Public Library

http://www.lapl.org/

 

California State Library

http://www.library.ca.gov/

 

CA Council of County Law Libraries

http://www.publiclawlibrary.org/

 

Cornell Law Library

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Commercial Sources

Find Law

http://www.findlaw.com/

LexisOne

http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/portal/content/lexisonelandingpage.aspx

Public Library of Law

http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx

PACER @ US COURTS

http://www.pacer.gov/

Miscellaneous Sources

 

Wikipedia

http://www.wikipedia.org/

US Government

http://www.usa.gov/

The Blue Letter Bible

(This is the most useful site I have found on Bible Commentary, Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Greek.)

http://www.blueletterbible.org/

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