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COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LEGAL SITES:

Findlaw
Search engine/directory that provides links to legal subjects, legal practice materials, law cases and codes (federal and state), legal news, etc.

The Law Engine
Search engine/directory that provides links to legal subjects, legal practice materials, law cases and codes (federal and state), legal news, etc.

Courts.net
Directory listings for federal and state courts, and links to judicial opinions, etc.

America's Law Links
Search engine/directory that provides links to legal subjects, legal practice materials, law cases and codes (federal and state), legal news, etc.

Legal Search Engines
A search engine tool that offers the user the ability to easily search multiple sites.

AllLaw.com
A comprehensive search engine/resource page.

Internet Legal Resource Group

Lawoffice.com
FindLaw (West Legal Directory)

DIRECT LINK TO FEDERAL AND LOUISIANA STATE COURT:

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The Federal Judiciary
Information regarding the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government,

United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana

United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana

United States Bankruptcy Court, Westerm District of Louisiana

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Rapides Parish Clerk of Court
Contains a listing and connects you to the clerk of court in each Parish of Louisiana, as well as each of the state district courts in Louisiana.

Pelican Politics - Louisiana's Premier Political Website
Access to information regarding the State of Louisiana (through "The Nest").

FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CODES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS:

I.  Federal

Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet
Current activity of the United States Congress.  Search public laws by public law number, etc.

Office of the Law Revision Counsel (U.S. Code)
Search by keywords.

GPO Access
Govt. Publishing Office.  Provides access to the CFR, Federal Register, Budgets, and Congressional Documents.

American Law Sources On-line
Links to U.S. states and territories.

II.  State

Louisiana State Legislature
The Louisiana legislature.  Search Louisiana laws

Louisiana Administrative Code

Louisiana Secretary of State
Overview of this government office, facts about Louisiana, and access to the commercial database to look up corporate information and download corporate forms.

Louisiana Secretary of State - Commerical Division

Louisiana Register

Executive Orders, Governor of Louisiana

Louisiana Department of Revenue

III.  Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish Police Jury
Rapides Parish Police Jury site, linking to other parish departments such as Sales & Use Tax, Parish ordinances, and the Rapides Parish Planning Commission.

IV.  Local

City of Alexandria
City of Alexandria site.

City of Pineville
City of Pineville site.

SPECIALTY LEGAL SITES:

I.  Antitrust

Federal Trade Commission

Anti-trust Policy
Information regarding antitrust law, etc.

II.  Bankruptcy

Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)

III.  Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Law

United States Patent and Trademark Office
The official source for patent and trademark information.

IV.  Medical

American Medical Association

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Home of the Health Care Financing Administration, administrator of Medicare, Medicaid, and Child Health insurance.

Health Hippo
Source of informaton regarding policy and regulatory materials related to healthcare.

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Links to vital records, nursing home information andmedicaid/medicare information, etc.

V.  Tax

Internal Revenue Service
Access to forms, tax regulations and other pertinent tax information.

1040.com
Federal Tax Forms, Instructions, & Publications.

TaxLinks.com
Search of the entire IRS Revenue Ruling library from 1954 to present.

GENERAL BUSINESS SITES:

Free Edgar
Download financial information in an Excel spreadsheet.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Official site for securities information, and access to the Edgar database.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Martindale-Hubble
Biographies and practice areas of lawyers and law firms.

American Bar Association
Information on sections of the ABA, access latest publications, etc.

American Arbitration Association
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques, information about ADR, download forms and ADR rules and procedures, and obtain contact information for the American Arbitration Association.

Louisiana State Bar Association
CLE information and information on membership benefits and programs.

Fedlaw
General legal research site, with links to Professional Associations and Organizations.

Dictionary.com
Roget’s Thesaurus and other writing tools.