As a public service, Miller, Devlin & McLean, P.S. offers the following links to legal resources likely to be accessed by attorneys, individuals and businesses with legal concerns in Washington and Idaho.
Legal:
Washington State Courts
Idaho Courts
Federal Courts
Spokane County Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
Idaho State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute
American Immigration Lawyers Association
State/Local:
State of Washington
Washington State Attorney General
Washington Secretary of State
Washington State Department of Transportation
Washington State Department of Revenue
Washington State Legislature
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Spokane Community College
Gonzaga University
State of Idaho
Idaho Legislature
Idaho Department of Commerce
Idaho Department of Insurance
General:
FindLaw
WestLaw
Immigration:
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)
BCIS Forms, Fees, and Fingerprints
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. – Visit
United States Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review
U.S. Department of State
United States Visas.gov
Foreign Consular Offices in the U.S.
U.S. Embassies and Consulates
Visa Services
U.S. Department of Labor
Federal Courts
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Employment - Military:
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights (USERRA) - explanation of benefits and rights for members of the military returning to civilian employment
Miscellanous Links:
American Bankruptcy Institute Court decisions, headlines, ABI Journal online, and more.
A.M. Best - online insurance company information
American Law Sources Online
AnyWho Com Use the reverse directory to take a known phone number and see the name and address of the owner.
ATLA - the Assoc. of Trial Lawyers of America
Center for Democracy and Technology
City of Spokane Municipal Code
Claims Magazine - insurance company publication
Copyleft Primer on freeware and modified copyright that allows redistribution and derivative work rights.
Cornell's Legal Information Institute
County Courthouses from a genealogy provider, but with addresses and phone numbers for all county courthouses in every state.
Court TV Latest legal information from the cable legal network.
Copyright Act of 1996 Got a question about copyright? Here's the place!
DRI (The Defense Research Institute) A leading organization of defense attorneys.
Electronic Frontier Foundation Everything from encryption to decency - lots of other links,too!
Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk.
Evidence Technologies, Inc.
Environmental Protection Agency Searchable EPA rules, regulations legislation, etc.
Equal Justice Coalition The homepage for the Washington Access to Justice Network.
FBI Files statistics and other information available througth the FOIA
FDA Food and Drug Administration website.
Federal Case Disposition You can search thousands of federal cases for all sorts of statistical information (length of trial, average jury award by district, etc).
Federal appellate courts from FindLaw.
Federal Circuit Courts
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Federal Internet Guide - really good site from the Washington Post
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - These are kept current (from LII).
Federal Rules of Evidence - complete text of the current federal rules (from LII).
FedWorld - searchable gateway to all kinds of federal government sites.
FICC - Federation of Insurance and Corporation Counsel
FindForms.com - a free site
FedLaw A federal site.
FedWorld Information Network
FindLaw Great research site.
FirstGov.gov - government web portal
Foreign Court Sites
--- Australian High Court
--- International Court of Justice - the Court of Justice of the European Communities
--- University of Auckland (New Zealand) School of Law
--- Supreme Court of Canada
--- UK House of Lords
GAO General Accounting Office.
General Accounting Office U.S. Government website.
Gonzaga University School of Law Homepage
GPOAccess Governmental access site.
Hieros Gamos Unbelievable! Links EVERYWHERE! (Careful, this is a huge site and it may take quite awhile to load)
House of Representatives (U.S. Congress) The BEST site for full text search of the House law library.
House Calendar U.S. House of Representatives daily schedule and meetings.
Idaho State Website
Information About Companies Online
--- SuperPages
--- Companies Online - from Lycos
--- Yahoo! Business and corporate reports and information
InsurCentral - lotsa links to just about every insurer you can name
Interactive Federal Case Disposition You can search thousands of federal cases for all sorts of information (length of trial, average jury award by district, etc).
Internet Legal Resource Guide - forms
Indiana University - searchable virtual Law Library.
JURIST Links to law professor pages (course pages, online articles, faculty homepages, etc.)
King County Bar Association Seattle, WA.
Law Crawler Search tool.
Law Guru Legal Research
Law Info
Law Library Catalog Telnet Information.
Law Library of Congress
LawLinks
LAWS.COM
Law Office
Lawyer's Home Page
Lawyers Weekly Information updated constantly.
Legal Brief Com commercial site with references to both state and federal links.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell Probably the best site on the internet for legal research.
'Lectric Law Library
Legal dot Net
Legal Foundation of Washington
Legislative Histories for federal laws, posted at the University of Michigan Documents Center.
Lemon Aid Stand consumer links
Library of Congress Guide to Law Online Annotated guide with hypertext links.
Martindale-Hubbel A comprehensive listing of attorneys throughout the country.
Meta-Index For Legal Research Georgia State Univ. College of Law -- run full text searches.
National Archives and Records Administration Congressional records.
National Federation of Paralegals Legal resources
National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) vehicle standards and specifications
Netwatchers E-zine Monthly magazine of legal developments in cyberspace.
Nexis Express Not free, but you might want to check it out.
Ninth (9th) Circuit Court of Appeals - Model Jury Instructions Free
Oppedahl and Larson Patent Law Web Server This is an effective site.
Outerspace Law - Archimedes. An extensive library of space law, policy documents, international agreements, U.S. legislation, and more.
Patent Database Software Patent Institute's site providing excerpts that allow technology tracking
Phone Stuff
Addresses.com - great direct and reverse directories
AnyWho Com - the other great directory from AT&T
Big Yellow - good one
infobel.com - worldwide (www.phonenumbers.net)
infospace.com - lots of options
nerdworld - various ways to search
polk directory - initial search is free (lower left corner), but more indepth requires payment
qwest.dex - Yellow Pages
reverse phone directory - different search sources
superpages - from Verizon
teldir.com - world wide search by name, address, phone number, etc
whowhere - from Lycos
Property and Casualty Magazine - insurance industry information
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Search Another search site - use this one to search by key words.
Satellite Photos by the USGS
SBA Small Business Administration.
Securities Class Action Clearinghouse Designated internet site for information on pending securities fraud litigation.
Security and Exchange Commission SEC files. You can get just about any information, and even file online!
Senate Schedule U.S. Senate daily calendar and meeting schedules.
Spokane Municipal Code
Thomas Full text of bills from the U.S. Congress....and often House committee transcripts!
Town Hall The headquarters for (very) conservative thought.
University of Michigan Documents Center A great central location for research, especially for legislative items.
University of Washington School of Law - library resources
U.S. Attorney's Office - Western District of Washington (Seattle)
U.S. Bankruptcy Code - Ch. 11 Complete text of Chapter 11 statutes.
U.S. Code (by Keyword) Use this when you want the broadest search base.
U.S. Code (by Title) Use this when you know the correct citation.
U.S. Code (Popular Name Table) When you know the name of the law (i.e. The Mann Act).
U.S. Courts Supreme Court, Circuits, etc.
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington (Spokane) Homepage for the Spokane court.
U.S. District Court - Eastern Dist. of Washington - Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Supreme Court Cases Decisions filed since 1990.
U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act Searchable text of the Act
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Tax Code Complete text of the tax code. Searchable by citation, keyword, and phrases.
U.S. Census Your tax dollars at work
Virtual Law Library from the Indiana University School of Law.
Washington State Bar Association This is interesting for attorneys.
Washington State Department of Revenue The state tax home page.
Washington OICState of Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Washington State Ecology Dept. General stuff.
Washington State Constitution
Washington State Corporations - Secretary of State
Washington State Courts
Washington State Court Decisions - Official
Washington State Government Homepage Your tax dollars doing something useful.
Washington State Home Page
Washington State laws
Washlaw WEB (Washburn University) ... a great place to do serious legal research!
WDTL Washington Defense Trial Lawyers website -- and links to other other sites
Web Law web boards
The White House Don't forget to sign in.
WWW Virtual Law Library at Indiana University
