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Alabama State Bar Association Official site of the Alabama State Bar Association. Use this site for information about the Bar, or locate members of the Bar, find CLE programs matching your subject, time, and location requirements, and to perform keyword searches of formal opinions of the Office of General Counsel.
http://www.alabar.org/

Alalinc A service of the Alabama Supreme Court and State Law Library. Visitors are provided with a wealth of information on Alabama's judicial system.
http://www.alalinc.net/

Birmingham Bar Association  The Birmingham Bar Association is an organization comprised of approximately 3200 attorneys practicing in Jefferson, Shelby and surrounding counties. Search for lawyers belonging to the Birmingham Bar and follow links to local, state and federal trial and appellate courts. Legal forms are also provided.
http://www.birminghambar.org/

Code of Alabama  The forty-four-volume edition of the Alabama code, online, and fully searchable.
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm

Findlaw is actually several sites in one, offering everything from legal research to continuing legal education to career counseling. At its core is The FindLaw Guide, a comprehensive index of links to resources in more than 30 practice areas as well as to case law, state codes, legal associations, law reviews, statistics on court cases and more. Incorporated into the site is LawCrawler, an innovative search engine that provides greater precision than general search engines by limiting itself to legal sites. FindLaw offers a growing array of court opinions and statutory codes, featuring one of the most extensive libraries of Supreme Court decisions on the Internet. The cases date back to 1893.
http://www.findlaw.com/

Legal Information Institute  Operated by the Cornell University School of Law, this site offers a plethora of information regarding federal and state laws, rules of evidence, the United States Code, Supreme Court rules, glossary of legal terms, Code of Federal Regulations, the United States Constitution and Supreme Court decisions. The section entitled "Laws About" provides links to laws pertaining to a particular entity and is extremely comprehensive and, most important, easy to use. Links to federal and state statutes are provided as well as links to recent Supreme Court rulings. Cornell’s Supreme Court Collection is superior to any other collection found on the web. The Supreme Court Collection provides data on the Court’s decisions for the current session as well as the court calendar, oral argument schedule and questions presented in cases to be heard. The site contains over 600 of the Court’s most historic decisions through the period of its existence. The decisions are easily accessible via party name, topic and opinion author. Once a particular case has been chosen, the site responds with a syllabus and the full decision reached by the Court. In addition, the site provides a biographical gallery of current and former Supreme Court justices.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Martindale-Hubbell Since 1868, generations of lawyers and clients have relied on Martindale-Hubbell as the authoritative guide to the American legal profession. The site’s "Lawyer Locator" is exceptional in organization and function. Visitors are able to search for lawyers by name, law school attended, firm, and geographic location. What’s even more impressive is the ability to limit a search for lawyers or firms specializing in a certain practice area. The site also contains categories pertaining to the profession, including associations and a listing of law schools, links provided.
http://martindale.com/

U.S. Code Text files of all U.S. federal laws and codes are contained on this site which is operated by the Office of the Law Revision Council. Visitors may search via keyword or Boolean/proximity locators as well as limit queries to particular titles, sections, divisions, and chapters of the Code.
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm

U.S. Courts The official site of the United States court system. What makes this site valuable is its detailed explanation of the Federal Court system. From the homepage, select "About the Courts" and then "Understanding the Courts" to access a wealth of information regarding the Federal Courts. This site will prove beneficial to students compiling research on the courts’ operation and structure.
http://www.uscourts.gov/rts.gov/