Federal Legal Resources
Laws
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- United States Code via LII/Legal Institute, Cornell University Law School
United States Code via United States House of Representatives
- THOMAS -- United States Congress on the Internet. Legislative Information from the Library of Congress.
- Provides roll call votes and bill status tracking. Includes the Congressional Record from the 101st Congress-110th Congress.
- Historic Statutes of the United States
- Includes Volumes 1-18 of the Statutes at Large, 1789-1875.
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Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations via the Government Printing Office, 1996-2008.
Federal Register via Government Printing Office, 1994-2008.
Courts
United States Supreme Court
- United States Supreme Court
- Provides access to the Court's slip opinions, orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information.
- Decisions of the United States Supreme Court:
- via the LII/Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School
- via FindLaw. Includes cases back to 1893.
- FindLaw:
United States Supreme Court Center
- An educational resource site dedicated to the
United States Supreme
Court.
- Fedworld.gov/FLITE
Database - US Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 (US
Department of Commerce)
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United State Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit:
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- via FindLaw - also provides access back to 1996, with more searching options.
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United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
- Decisions of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey via Rutgers School of Law - Camden
- Coverage starts with October 1998 opinions.
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United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
- Useful information on this site includes local bankruptcy rules, bankruptcy statistics, a guide to personal bankruptcy, filing fees and telephone listings.
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United States Attorney, District of New Jersey
- United States Attorney, District of New Jersey
- Includes archived press releases.
Executive Branch
- Official
United States Executive Branch Web Sites via Library
of Congress.
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New Jersey Legal Resources
State Constitution
- New Jersey State
Constitution
- Searchable by keyword or table of articles. The New Jersey Constitutional Convention Proceedings 1947 is also available.
- New Jersey Constitutional Documents Online via Rutgers School of Law - Camden.
New Jersey Charters via the Avalon Project, Yale University.
- New Jersey Charters
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Court Opinions
- Court
Opinions: Supreme Court, Appellate Division,
Tax Court
- Maintained by Rutgers Law School - Camden.
Complete text. Coverage since March 1994 for
Supreme Court, since September 1995 for Appellate
Division. Searchable by keyword.
- Supreme Court of New Jersey Oral Arguments Archive via the New Jersey Digital Legal Library.
- An archive of the oral arguments of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
- Recent
Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions
via New Jersey Judiciary.
- Full text of opinions issued by the New Jersey
Supreme Court and Appellate Division for the
current week.
- Unpublished Appellate Opinions via New Jersey Judiciary.
- Recent Trial Court Decisions
via New Jersey Judiciary.
- Some trial court decisions issued by the New Jersey Superior Court. Decisions are made available for six weeks.
Laws
- New Jersey Statutes via New Jersey State Legislature's web site.
- Includes the complete text of the statutes. Searchable by keyword, by citation or by table of contents.
- New Jersey Chapter Laws via New Jersey State Legislature's web site.
- Includes Chapter Laws from 1996-2008
- Library Laws of New Jersey
- A compilation of New Jersey statutes and regulations relating to libraries, compiled by the State Library's Library Development Bureau.
Historic Laws
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Researching Older New Jersey Laws Research Guide Historic Statues of New Jersey
Statutes Available Online:
Index of Colonial and State Laws of New Jersey between the years 1663 and 1903 Inclusive by John Hood (1905) via Google Books
Laws of the State of New Jersey by Joseph Bloomfield, 1811 via Google Books
Laws of the State of New-Jersey by William Pennington, 1821 via Google Books
Revised Statues of the State of New Jersey passed 1874 via Google Books
Revisions of the Statutes of New Jersey 1877 via New Jersey Digital Legal Library.
- General Statutes of New Jersey 1895 via New Jersey Digital Legal Library.
Compiled Statues of New Jersey, Volume I, 1910 via Google Books
Compiled Statues of New Jersey, Volume II, 1910 via Google Books
Compiled Statues of New Jersey, Volume IV, 1910 via Google Books
Compiled Statues of New Jersey, Volume V, 1910 via Google Books
New Jersey Session Laws Online via Rutgers University School of Law - Camden.
Includes New Jersey Provincial Statutes (1703-1776) and New Jersey Session Laws (1776-1999).
- Some Sessions have also been scanned by Google Books, including the years: 1823, 1833, 1842, 1847, 1854, 1856, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922.
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Legislative Branch
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- New Jersey Legislature Homepage
- Information on legislators, bills from the 1996-2007 Legislature, New Jersey Statutes and Constitution, Legislative Calendar and Legislative Digest.
- Last
Date of Action
- Issued the day after a legislative session,
lists each bill that received some action in
that session with its legislative action history
to date.
- New Jersey Legislative
Histories on the Web
- Documents of the Legislature, plus some secondary
sources, showing Legislative intent for enacted
laws.
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Executive Branch
- Executive Orders
- Access to full text of executive orders issued from Governors Hughes to Corzine.
- Executive Orders 1941-1990 via New Jersey Digital Legal Library.
- Searchable collection of executive orders from Governor Edison to Governor Kean.
- Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey
- New Jersey Attorney General Opinions, 1949-1998
- Includes the Formal Opinions from 1949 through 1984 (and Memorandum Opinions from 1954 through 1966) that were published in volumes by the office of the Attorney General, as well as the Formal Opinions that were issued from 1985 through 1998.
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Judiciary Branch
- New Jersey Judiciary Homepage
- Includes an overview of the New Jersey court system, recent court opinions and notices to the bar. A useful section of this web site is the Legal Resource Room, which provides a wealth of resources, including:
Court Rules
- New
Jersey Court Rules available from the State
Judiciary web site.
New Jersey Court Rules available from Gann Law Books.
Administrative Law
- New Jersey Administrative Code
- Michie's New Jersey Administrative Code database.
- New Jersey Register via LexisNexis.
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- Administrative
Law Decisions
dating from October 1997.
- Full text opinions issued by the Office of Administrative Law.
- New Jersey Administrative Reports (First Series), 1979-1991
- Includes a selection of cases from 1979-1991.
- New Jersey Worker's Compensation Forms and Publications
Administrative Agency Decisions:
- Board of Medical Examiners:
- Public Disciplinary Notices (2007)
- Public Disciplinary Notices (2002-2006)
- Commissioner of Education: School Law Decisions
- Commissioner of Education: Commissioner Decisions
- Counsel on Local Mandates: Written Decisions
Department of Banking & Insurance: Acquisition Orders
Department of Banking & Insurance: Insurance Enforcement Activity of the (2004-2008)
Department of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standard: Formal Technical Opinions
Department of Personnel, Merit System Board:
Latest Notable Decisions of the Merit System Board and the Commissioner of Personnel
Notable Decisions (chronological order, 2004-2007)
Digests of Notable Decisions (digests of notable decisions with links to full Merit System Board decisions)
Merit System Reporter (a digest of notable Merit System decisions)
Election Law Enforcement Commission: Advisory Opinions (1998-2008)
Government Records Council: Advisory Opinions
Government Records Council: Decisions
New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission:
PERC Decisions (1979-2008)
Synopses of Recent Decisions (1997-2008)
Appeals Board (ABD) Decisions (1984-2007)
Director Decisions (1981-2008)
Executive Director (ED) decisions (1970-1976)
Hearing Examiner (HE)/Hearing Officer(HO) (1976-2008)
Interim Relief (IR) decisions (1981-2008)
Litigation Alternative Program (LD) decisions (1985-2006)
Payroll Deduction Determinations (PDD) (2003-2008)
Office of the Attorney General, Division of Civil Rights: Director's Orders (2002-2007)
Workers Compensation: Decisions
Local Ordinances
Many New Jersey Municipal Codes can be found on the E-codes and Coded Systems Corporation web sites.
Forms
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- Appellate
Forms provided by the New Jersey State
Judiciary.
Forms and Kits for Self Represented Litigants (Pro Se) Includes materials on civil and family practice, small claims, probate, landlord-tenant, name change and expungement and the Appellate and Supreme Court
New
Jersey Tax Forms provided by the New Jersey Division
of Taxation.
- FindLaw/Forms
- Legal forms for many state and Federal jurisdictions are available.
- Public Legal: A Product of the Internet Legal Resource Guide
- A comprehensive source of legal information. Links are arranged by state and country. It is a very good source for legal forms.
- LexisOne
- Provides free case, free forms, and a legal internet guide. Registration required.
- All State Legal provides New Jersey and nationwide legal forms, and other legal products and services. Products are available to both attorneys and the general public
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Web Pages
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- Legal Services
of New Jersey
- LSNJ is an independent, non-profit organization,
which provides free legal assistance to low-income
people in civil matters
- New
Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics Disciplinary
Histories
- Contains disciplinary histories of New Jersey
attorneys, beginning in 1990.
- New
Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- This Institute sponsors seminars and skills
and methods courses for New Jersey lawyers
and judges. The web site provides online application
for courses and seminars, and online ordering
of publications.
- New Jersey Law
Network
- Links to various web sites on New Jersey law
and government. Includes a topical listing of
web sites and link to a New Jersey
attorney's discussion list.
- New
Jersey Law Revision Commission
- The Commission has the responsibility to review
the New Jersey statutes and to recommend changes
to improve and modernize the statutory law. This
site includes Commission reports on current and
completed projects, and bills and laws based
on Commission reports.
- Rutgers-Newark
Law Library - Internet Law Guide
- Includes federal law, New Jersey law, foreign
and international law and law of other states.
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New Jersey Legal Blogs
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Employer's Law Blog (Day Pitney LLP)
GLBT Couples Law (Stephen J. Hyland, Esq.)
- Hoboken Law Blog (Frank Marciano, Attorney at Law)
New Jersey Attorney Law Review Blog (LoFaro & Reiser) New Jersey Criminal Defense and DWI Blog (The Law Offices of John F. Marshall)
New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog (Lependorf & Silverstein)
- New Jersey Divorce & Family Law (Medina, Martinez & Castroll, LLC)
New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog (William J. Ward, Esq.)
New Jersey Employment Law Blog (Steinberg Law Offices)
New Jersey Family Law (Charles C. Abut, Esq.)
New Jersey Family Law Blog (The Rotolo Law Firm)
New Jersey Family Legal Blog (Fox Rothschild)
New Jersey Law Blog (Stark & Stark)
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog (Arpaia & Crivelli)
New Jersey Zoning Watch (Saul Ewing)
The Property Tax Blog (Jonathan M. Bernstein, Esq.)
Sanns Mediation World of ADR (Mediation, Arbitration and Family/Divorce Law in N.J.)
Third Circuit Blog
Third Circuit Immigration Blog
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog (Bruce H. Stern, Stark & Stark)
You and Yours Blawg (Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss, Esq.)
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Legal Finding Tools
General Purpose Directories and
Subject Indexes
- American Association of Law Libraries
- Includes links to specialized
web sites that are useful to law librarians and
legal researchers.
- American Bar Association's Lawlink: The Legal Research Jumpstation
- Good starting point for legal research, with
federal sites, legal associations, law schools
and other internet research points.
- CataLaw:
Metaindex of Law and Government
- A metaindex of indexes of law on
the internet. CataLaw arranges the contents of
these indexes by Topic,
by Region,
and by "Extras" of
law-related resources such as continuing legal
education, lawyer lists, law school lists and
legal periodicals.
- e-Justice Blog 100 Free DIY Legal Resources on the Web
- FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
- This is a comprehensive web site, which includes a Legal Subject Index of 44 broad practice areas, and the LawCrawler legal search engine with Boolean searching. Also includes guides to:
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- Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress)
- This is a highly selective index of web sites, which attempts to direct users to the most useful and reliable law sites online. Each link is briefly annotated, enabling the user to compare web sites on a given topic without having to browse the sites themselves.
- LexisOne
- Provides free case, free forms, and a legal internet guide. Registration required.
- Public Legal: A Product of the Internet Legal Resource Guide
- A comprehensive source of legal information. Links are arranged by state and country. It is a very good source for legal forms.
- Tax Master
- Includes links to tax web sites.
- Villanova University's Federal Court Locator
- Includes links to Supreme Court and Circuit Court of Appeals decisions, and District Court web sites
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Specialized and Jurisdictional
Directories
- American
Law Sources On-line
- A well-designed catalog of legal sources arranged
by jurisdiction (Federal, all fifty states, Canada
and Mexico), and then by type of document (court
decisions, codes, commentary, practice aids). The user can choose to browse a document,
or use keyword searching.
- Court
Web Sites (National Center for State Courts)
- Many web sites linked, from municipal to federal
and international. Includes some sites with court
opinions.
- Internet
Sites of the State Legislatures (National
Conference of State Legislatures)
- "Searchable Database provides links to Web sites of State Legislatures, Legislators and other select content areas including Bills, Constitution, Issue Reports, Kids Pages, Program Evaluations and Statutes."
- State
Law (Washburn University School of Law)
- A good state-by-state guide to official government
information, with links to the main home page
of each state, state legislative web sites, statutes,
court web sites, and the home pages of elected
officials.
- Uniform and Model Acts
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Search Engines
- Legal Research Engine
- Cornell University.
- FindLaw's LawCrawler
- Searches law sites worldwide, within specific countries, or within specific sites of the United States.
- Virtual
Legal Search Engines
- A list of legal search engines.
- AltLaw
- "The free legal search engine - over 700,000 documents."
- preCYdent
- "Open law source."
- Public Library of Law
- "The Web's largest free law library."
- Justia
- Legal search engine. Includes practice areas, blogs and podcasts.
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Legal Reference
- Martindale-Hubbell
Lawyer Locator
- Online access to the Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory
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- Nolo's
Legal Encyclopedia
- An online legal encyclopedia for laymen. Includes
information on small business, employment matters,
wills and estates, consumer rights. Also includes
a legal dictionary, which gives plain-English
definitions of legal terms.
- FindLaw
- Contains some good general explanations of
various areas of law
and a directory of lawyers and law firms.
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Legal Periodicals
New Jersey Legal Periodicals
- New Jersey
Lawyer
- Includes, from the current issue, top news
stories, court opinions, legislative and bar
association news, and other information normally
found in this weekly legal newspaper.
- New Jersey Law Journal
- Current issue coverage as with New Jersey Lawyer.
Includes a daily decision service and archival
searching of the journal. Also includes, through
the nationwide law.com,
links to similar sites of other states.
- Rutgers
Computer & Technology Law Journal
- Rutgers
Law Journal
- Rutgers
Law Record
- Seton
Hall Law Review
- Mercer-Beasley Law Review (1932-1935)
- University of Newark Law Review (1936-1942)
Links to Other Legal Periodicals
- American Law Sources Online
- A comprehensive list of university law reviews
and subject-specific law journals. The site also
includes bar association journals and a few commercial
law journals.
- WashLaw
Legal Research on the Web-- Law Journals
- A good source for little known journals. Has the added
feature of a full text, keyword index for listed
journals.
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Attorney Search
- Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
- Online access to the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- FindLaw's Lawyer Directory
- Contains some good general explanations of various areas of law and a directory of lawyers and law firms.
- New Jersey State Bar Association Lawyer Referral Services
- Includes a list "of county bar associations that offer lawyer referral services."
- New Jersey Law Network Lawyers Directory
- Provides a listing of local law firms. Searchable by practice and county.
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Video Tutorials
New Jersey Statutes Database
- Introduction: Using the New Jersey Statutes Database on the New Jersey Legislature's Web Site
- This video is an Introduction to Using the New Jersey Statutes Database on the New Jersey Legislature's web site at www.nj.leg.state.nj. It will show you how to find and browse the database and how to search by keywords and citation.
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Legal Materials in Spanish
- Legal
Services of New Jersey's Publications in
Spanish
- Power
of Attorney Form in Spanish
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