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LEGAL LINKS
LEGAL RESEARCH LINKS
ABA Lawlink - legal research selected starting points
http://www.lawtechnology.org/lawlink/home.html
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union - Freedom Network http://www.aclu.org
California Law - Easy site to look up all 29 Codes and Constitution listing of other state and federal sites
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
California State Court Information - Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal Opinions, rules and forms
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
CalLaw - The complete daily briefing on California law and the Courts
http://www.callaw.com
CataLaw - Links to legal subject areas by topic or region. http://www.catalaw.com
Cornell University Legal Information Institute – Daily U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the Constitution of the United States. http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Findlaw – A comprehensive site arranged by subject and incorporates primary federal and state information, including cases and statutes and court forms. http://www.findlaw.com
FIRST GOV - Federal site for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information with links to all federal government sites. http://www.usa.gov
Heiros Gamos - A comprehensive law and government portal
http://www.hg.org/
ILRG - Internet Legal Resource Guide - Categorized index of 3000 legal web pages
http://www.ilrg.com/
Jurist: The Legal Information Network – University of Pittsburgh School of Law site directed to law professors and students.
http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu
LLRX.COM – Launched by librarians, this site offers valuable but obscure information, as well as legal content tied to current events. http://www.llrx.com
RefDesk.com - The single best source for facts on the nethttp://www.refdesk.com
Thomas - U.S. Library of Congress legislative information
http://www.loc.gov/
United States Code
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
Federal Government Agencies
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms – A.T.F. http://www.atf.treas.gov
Drug Enforcement Administration – D.E.A. http://www.dea.gov
Office of National Drug Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
Federal Aviation Administration – F.A.A. http://www.faa.gov
Federal Bureau of Investigation – F.B.I. http://www.fbi.gov
Federal Judicial Center - http://www.fjc.gov
Federal Sentencing Guidelines – http://www.ussc.gov/1998guid/tabcon98.htm
Federal Sentencing Table – http://www.ussc.gov/1998guid/Sentable.htm
Federal Courts – http://www.uscourts.gov/
Food & Drug Administration – F.D.A. http://www.fda.gov
Department of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov
Immigration & Naturalization Services – I.N.S. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
Internal Revenue Service – I.R.S. http://www.irs.ustreas.gov
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – N.H.T.S.A. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Securities Exchange Commission – S.E.C. http://www.sec.gov
Securities Investor Protection Corporation – S.I.P.C. http://www.sipc.org
U.S. Courts – Central District - California/
United States Sentencing Commission
United States and California Courts
Supreme Court of the United States http://www.supremecourtus.gov
The Federal Judiciary - United States Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/
California State Court Information - Supreme Court and Courts Of Appeal opinions, court rules and county court locations
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov
Administrative Office of the Courts Center for Families, Children & the Courts. A new web site that provides information on family and juvenile law and the legal process.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc
California Courts of Appeal
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/about.htm
Appellate Counselor - Judicial Profiles - Capsule biographies of Justices on California and Federal Appellate Courts
http://www.appellate-counsellor.com/judges.htm
Los Angeles County Bar Association - Legal Links
http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm?pageid=33
Kern County (Bakersfield Municipal) Court
http://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/
Los Angeles County Unified Courts
http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/
Orange County Courts - locations and maps
http://www.occourts.org/locations.asp
Riverside County Superior Court
http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/
San Bernardino County Courts
http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/courts/
San Diego County Superior Court
http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=53,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
San Luis Obispo County Court
http://www.slocourts.net/
Ventura County Superior Court
http://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/
California & Local Government Agencies
California Alcoholic Beverages Control Board – A.B.C. - http://www.abc.ca.gov
California Department of Corrections - http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/
California Department of Fish & Game - http://www.dfg.ca.gov/
California Highway Patrol – C.H.P. - http://www.chp.ca.gov
California Department of Justice - http://caag.state.ca.us/
California Department of Justice - DOJ Firearms Division - Assault Weapons Registration Informationhttp://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/regs/sb23indx.htm
California Medical Board - http://www.medbd.ca.gov/
California Department of Motor Vehicles – D.M.V.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/
California Youth & Adult Corrections Agency -
California Youth Authority - www.cyajobs.org/
Kern County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.co.kern.ca.us/sheriff/
LAPD – Los Angeles Police Department - Jail and custody questions - obtaining police information - How to get a copy of a criminal record
http://www.lapdonline.org/faqs
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department - LASD Online Arrestee Booking Information,
http://www.lasd.org
Orange County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.ocsd.org
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.co.riverside.ca.us/sheriff
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/sheriff
San Diego County Sheriff's Department - Who's In Jail - Inmate Log
http://www.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.slosheriff.org/
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.sbsheriff.org/
Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Emergency Contacts http://www.rain.org/~medmall/resources/community/emergency_local/
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department - http://www.vcsd.org/
Associations
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice - http://www.cacjweb.org/public/
California Public Defenders Association - http://www.cpda.org/
California Legal Aid Association - http://www.calegaladvocates.org/
California Bail Agents Association - "How Bail Works" Summary of release options
California State Bar
http://www.calbar.org
Los Angeles County Bar Association
http://www.lacba.org
Orange County Bar Association
http://www.ocbar.org/
Riverside County Bar Association http://riversidecountybar.com/
San Bernardino County Bar Association http://sbcba.org/index.htm
San Diego County Bar Association http://www.sdcba.org
Ventura County Bar Association http://www.vcba.org
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