ARBITRATION/MEDIATION

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)
http://www.clicknsettle.com
One stop shopping for all of your dispute resolution needs.

DIRECTORIES

Any Who Reverse Telephone Number Search - Find Persons
www.anywho.com/rl.html

Ask Jeeves Home
http://www.askjeeves.com/

Directory of Legal Academia-Legal Information Institute
http://lii.law.cornell.edu/
Search engines and ranking systems identify the LII as the most linked to web resource in the field of law. Many sites recommend starting with the LII for law. The site features: the US Code, an organized compilation of current federal laws; and the collections of all recent opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court and New York State Court of Appeals. The site also provides easy-to-understand topical overviews of such areas as banking law and employment discrimination law and organized collections of links to sites offering court decisions, statutes, regulations and other legal materials.

EDGAR Database
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm

Find a Lawyer/Attorney Resources-FindLaw (formerly West Legal Directories)
http://directory.findlaw.com/

FindLaw – Lawcrawler
http://www.lawcrawler.com/
Good search engine powered by Google.com

InfoBeat, Inc.
http://www.infobeat.com/

LawGuru
http://www.lawguru.com/search/lawsearch.html
Another search engine, from a California law firm

LEXIS-NEXIS Home
http://www.lexisnexis.com/

Mapblast
http://www.mapblast.com

MAPQUEST
http://www.mapquest.com/

Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Search/Lawyers.com
http://lawyers.martindale.com/Executable/Location.php3

SEARCH.com
http://search.cnet.com/
This uses a metasearch engine using more than 800 specialized engines from around the Web

Switchboard The Internet Directory - YellowPages – White Pages
http://www.switchboard.com/

The Ultimates
http://www.theultimates.com
Search resources from all over the net like phone books, email directories, and trip planners. But this isn't just another list of links - the form for each resource is integrated into the site, and Javascript copies the information from one blank to another so you can use everything out there with a minimum of time and effort.

Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ziplookup/lookupmenu.htm

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Center for Law and Computers at Chicago-Kent College of Law/IIT (Lawyer Portal)
http://www.kentlaw.edu/portals/lawyers.html
The Center has legal resources/research, online cases and courts, libraries and journals, and professional education including Building Businesses On The Web and Legal Aspects Of E-Commerce.

GPO Gate at University of California
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/index.html
Among the growing list of titles available are the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, United States Code, Economic Indicators and GAO Reports.

Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

WASHLAW WEB -- Washburn University School of Law
http://www.washlaw.edu/
Good research tool

 
ELDER LAW

SeniorLaw Home Page  
http://www.seniorlaw.com/
Information about Elder Law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled. Produced by Elder Law attorneys in New York and White Plains (Goldfarb & Abrandt).

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Employers, Employees & the Family and Medical Leave Act http://www.alcos.com/newsletters/advisor/eefm_act.htm  
This site, from ALCOS (formerly The Allied Companies), produces imformative newsletters including this one.

Jobrights – articles on employment law rights  
www.jobrights.ws

EXPERT WITNESSES

Expert Witness Network  
http://www.witness.net/  
Comprehensive guide linking attorneys and expert witnesses via the World Wide Web by using online technology to reduce the time and costs associated with locating the best expert for a case.

FAMILY LAW

American Academy of Matrimonial Law  
www.aaml.org 
Articles/ monographs on family law issues; issues of the Journal of the American Academy; links to family law resources.

Divorce Online  
http://www.divorceonline.com/  
Provides free articles and information on the financial, legal, psychological, real-estate, and other aspects of divorce. There is also a Professional Referral section to locate professional assistance near you.

GOVERNMENT – STATE OF CT

ConneCT - State of Connecticut Website  
http://www.state.ct.us/index.asp

Connecticut, State of -Judicial Branch  
http://www.jud.state.ct.us

CT Workers' Compensation Commission Home Page  
http://wcc.state.ct.us/

Stamford Home Page  
http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/
City of Stamford Daily

Stamford Tax Data Online  
http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/Tax/main.htm  
Stamford Office of Assessment and Collection maintains this site which includes real estate assessment and tax data and personal property tax billing data.

GOVERNMENT – STATE OF NY

NY STATE  
http://a.www.state.ny.us/

GOVERNMENT – STATE OF TX

Southern District of Texas Home Page  
http://www.txs.uscourts.gov/

GOVERNMENT – UNITED STATES

Consumer Product Safety Commission (U.S.)  
http://www.cpsc.gov/

Declaration of Independence  
http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

Dept. of Energy (DOE) –Office of Environment, Safety & Health - Technical Information Services  
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/portal/home.htm

Federal Courts Finder  
http://serv5.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/  
Great interactive site from Emory Law Library

Federal Depository Library Gateways  
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces004.html  
The Gateway Project provides an interface to the U.S. Gov’t Printing Office (GPO) Access customized databases.

Federal Judicial Center Home Page  
http://www.fjc.gov/
Educational and research agency for the Federal Courts.

Federal Judiciary Homepage News and information about the Federal Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/  
A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

FedWorld Information Network Home Page  
http://www.fedworld.gov/

First Gov – Your First Click to the US Government  
http://www.firstgov.gov/  
The only official U.S. Government portal to 47 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions; offers a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U.S. government document in a quarter of a second or less. FirstGov.gov also features a topical index, online transactions, links to state and local government, options to contact your government, and other tools so you don't have to know the name of the government agency to get the information you want anytime you want it.

Food and Drug Administration Home Page  
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm

IRS - Digital Daily Welcome  
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

IRS - The Digital Daily Income Tax Forms  
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html

IRS - File Manager For Forms  
http://www.irs.treas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html

Supreme and federal court opinions, federal statutes, etc.

www.megalaw.com

National Technical Information Service from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce  
http://www.ntis.gov/

Patent and Trademark Office Home Page  
http://www.uspto.gov/

Presidential Executive Orders Available Electronically  
http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal1geo.htm

Scanned Originals of Early American Documents

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/conpict.html

Social Security Online  
http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html

State and Local Governments (Library of Congress)  
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress Legislative Information  
http://thomas.loc.gov/  
Bill Summary & Status, Bill Text, and Public Laws by Law Number; CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; Summaries of Congressional Historical Documents. Updated periodically.

Trademark Database  
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (formerly the UCC 2B Guide)  
http://www.ucitaonline.com/

U.S. Census Bureau  
http://www.census.gov/

United States Code  
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

U.S. Constitution  
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit  
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/cadc.html

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit  
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Fed-Ct/cafed.html

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit  
http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit  
http://www.law.emory.edu/4circuit/

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit  
http://www.law.utexas.edu/us5th/us5th.html

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit  
http://www.law.emory.edu/6circuit/

U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit  
http://www.kentlaw.edu/7circuit/

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit  
http://www.law.emory.edu/10circuit/

U.S. Department of Commerce  
http://www.doc.gov/

U.S. DEPT OF THE TREASURY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE - Surety Bonds  
http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570/index.html

U.S. Government Printing Office  
http://www.access.gpo.gov/

United States House of Representatives - 106th Congress  
http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission  
http://www.nrc.gov/

U.S. Secret Service Home Page  
http://www.treas.gov/usss/

United States Sentencing Commission  
http://www.ussc.gov/

U.S. Tax Code On-Line
http://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html

White House, Welcome to the  
http://www.whitehouse.gov  
Note: Make sure you type “.gov” NOT “.net” or “.com”

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Delphion Intellectual Property Research  
http://www.delphion.com/  
Web-based IP research services (fee-based/subsricption)

Patent and Trademark Office Home Page  
http://www.uspto.gov/

Trademark Database  
http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu

LEGAL FORMS/DOCUMENTS

FIND FORMS  
http://www.findforms.com/  
Database of thousands of free legal forms

Legal Document Source – both are pay sites  
www.lawcommerce.com  
www.uslegalforms.com

Scanned Originals of Early American Documents  
http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/conpict.html

U.S. Constitution  
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

LEGAL RESEARCH

AllLaw.com  
http://www.alllaw.com/  
Pretty comprehensive legal search tool.

Center for Law and Computers at Chicago-Kent College of Law/IIT (Lawyer Portal)  
http://www.kentlaw.edu/portals/lawyers.html
The Center has legal resources/research, online cases and courts, libraries and journals, and professional education including Building Businesses On The Web and Legal Aspects Of E-Commerce.

Delphion Intellectual Property Research  
http://www.delphion.com/
Web-based IP research services (fee-based/subsricption)

Federal Judiciary Homepage News and information about the Federal Courts  
http://www.uscourts.gov/
A clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.

WASHLAW WEB -- Washburn University School of Law  
http://www.washlaw.edu/
Good research tool

World Wide Web Virtual Library—Law  
http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/
A collection of subject related Websites maintained by institutions throughout the world, each administering a different subject.

MISCELLANEOUS

AIRBORNE-EXPRESS online airbill/shipment tracker  
http://track.airborne.com/

Charities USA  
http://www.charitiesusa.com/  
A listing of charities.

Familiar Quotations  
http://www.bartleby.com/100/  
A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. This tenth edition of 1919 contains over 11,000 searchable quotations and was the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905—the new editor, however, choosing more to supplement than revise the work of the first name in quotations.

HomeStore.com
http://www.homestore.com/  
Comprehensive home-buyer’s website with information about real estate, mortgage loans, relocation, moving, van line, apartments and more.

Office Depot Catalog  
http://www.officedepot.com

Weather.com – Current conditions in Stamford  
http://www.weather.com/common/home/localweather.html

NEWS/MEDIA

Court TV  
http://www.courttv.com/  
In addition to hyping its Cable TV channel, it provides resources and information, including legal search tools, case law (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions back to 1893), legal news, real-time SEC filings, community discussion areas and online continuing legal education.

Fairfield County Weekly  
http://www.fairfieldweekly.com 

Law.com - national legal news daily
http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/

RealNetworks - The Home of Streaming Media  
http://www.real.com/

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Academy of Matrimonial Law  
www.aaml.org 
Articles/ monographs on family law issues; issues of the Journal of the American Academy; links to family law resources.

American Bar Association  
http://www.abanet.org

American Civil Liberties Union  
http://www.aclu.org/

American Medical Association  
http://www.ama-assn.org/

Association of Trial Lawyers of America  
http://www.atlanet.org/

QUI TAM

Qui Tam Information Center  
http://www.quitam.com/  
A place for whistleblowers and attorneys to gain information and help in pursuing qui tam actions –("one who sues on behalf of the king as well as for himself") is a provision of the Federal Civil False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. Government charging fraud by government contractors and other entities who receive or use government funds, and share in any money recovered.

REAL ESTATE

Stamford Tax Data Online  
http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/Tax/main.htm  
Stamford Office of Assessment and Collection maintains this site which includes real estate assessment and tax data and personal proepty tax billing data.

Today's Mortgage Information from HSH Associates  
http://www.hsh.com/

TAX INFORMATION

IRS - Digital Daily Welcome  
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/

IRS - The Digital Daily Income Tax Forms  
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html

IRS - File Manager For Forms  
http://www.irs.treas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/forms.html

Stamford Tax Data Online  
http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/Tax/main.htm  
Stamford Office of Assessment and Collection maintains this site which includes real estate assessment and tax data and personal proepty tax billing data.

Taxpayers Against Fraud  
http://www.taf.org/taf/

U.S. Tax Code On-Line  
http://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html

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