Law Links

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Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP) Resources

• Low-cost Research Links
• Internet Practice Reference Guide

Washington Government Resources

Laws and Rules

• Washington Caselaw (LegalWA.org)
• Cases From Last 90 Days
• Historical Cases
• Washington State Constitution 
• Washington State Law Library
• Court Rules: State and Local
• Licenses and Certifications
• Municipal Codes
• RCW: Revised Code of WA
  • Webpage format
  • Search 
• WAC
• WSBA Bylaws
• Admission to Practice Rule (APR)
• Lawyer Ethics and Conduct
  • Rules for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct (ELC)
  • Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCs)
  • Cross-reference between ELCs and RLDs
  • See also the Ethics Page

• Other Court Rules in WA

Statutes in Development

• Bill Information. Bill status, search by topic, RCWs affected, topical index, etc.
• Legislative Calendar. Includes committee hearings and floor actions.

Opinions

• Attorney General Opinions
• WSBA Ethics Opinions

Washington State Government Bodies

• Access Washington
  (State government and much more)
• Attorney General's Office
• Find-It! Washington (search Washington gov. documents)
• Find-It! Consumer Washington state (search consumer information)
• Washington Courts
  (Links to courts at all levels, judiciary information, brochures, etc.)
  • Fax filing
  • Forms
  • Seattle Municipal Court
  • Appellate and Trial Courts 
  • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions From Last 90 Days
• Legislature
• Licensing, Dept of
• Public Defense, Office of
• Washington Secretary of State
• Washington State Governor's Office 
• Washington Small Business
• Tax Appeals, Board of (decisions, forms, etc.)
• Telephone directory (Washington government)
• Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC)
• Counties
• Cities and towns
• U.S. Courts
  • Court Web Locator
  • Bankruptcy
  • District

Washington State and Pacific Northwest Resources

County Bar Associations

• Adams County
• Clallam County
• Clark County
• East King County
• Island
• King
• Skagit
• Snohomish
• Spokane
• Tacoma/Pierce
• Thurston
• Whatcom
• Guide to County Bar Associations
  (if your bar has a site, please tell the webmaster.)

Specialty and Minority Bar Associations

• Asian Bar Association of Washington
• Korean American Bar Association of Washington 
• Latina/o Bar Association of Washington
• Loren Miller Bar Association
• Minority Bar Associations 
• Northwest Indian Bar Association
• QLaw: the GLBT Bar Association of Washington
• South Asian Bar Association
• Specialty Bar Associations
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers 

• Washington State Ass'n of Municipal Attorneys
• Washington State Trial Lawyers' Association
• Washington Women Lawyers 
• Volunteer Attorney Programs

Other Washington Associations

• Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP)
• Washington State Court Reporters Association
• Washington State Paralegal Association
• Guide to Law-Related Organizations

Law Schools in Washington 

• Gonzaga Law School
• Seattle University School of Law
• University of Washington School of Law

Other Washington Resources—General

• Alliance for Equal Justice
• American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
• Association of Washington Cities
• Columbia Legal Services
• Consumer Counseling Northwest
• Contractors in Washington State
• Corporations of Washington State
• Equal Justice Coalition
• Law for Washington - Your Gateway to Washington State Law and Government 
• Lawyer Referral Services
• Legal Foundation of Washington
• Municipal Research Services Center
• Northwest Justice Project
• Northwest Women's Law Center
• Resolution Washington
• TVW-WA State Public Affairs Network
• Washington Alliance of Polygraph Examiners
• Washington Association of County Officials
• Washington Defender Association
  • Washington Defender Association Standards for Public Defense Services
• Washington LawHelp
• Washington State Association of Counties
• Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Federal Government

Executive

• The White House
• Offices and Agencies
• FedLaw (GSA legal research, linking CFRs, Executive Orders, Fed. Register, OMB Circulars, USC and more.)
• U.S. Attorney's Office - Western District of WA
• U.S. Attorney's Office - Eastern District of WA

Note: Most agencies use the following URL format: www.???.gov/ (e.g., the FDA is at www.fda.gov/.

Legislative

• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Law Library of Congress
• Thomas - Legislation, Congressional Record, Committees, etc. sponsored by the Library of Congress

Judicial

• All Federal Courts
• Court Web Locator
• PACER - Access to U.S. District Court
  • Western Washington
  • Directory of Public Access Services
• U.S. Federal Courts
• U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) 
• U. S. Court of Appeals (Fed. Circuit)
• U.S. Supreme Court
  • Docket
• FRE (Cornell)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court
• East. Dist. WA
• West. Dist. WA
• U.S. District Court
  • East. Dist. WA
  • West. Dist. WA

Law Libraries

Pacific Northwest

• County law libraries in Washington
• Gallagher Law Library, UW Law School
• Gonzaga Law School Library
• King County Law Library
• McEnerney Law Library, Boalt Hall School of Law
• Montana State Law Library
• Northwestern Law School (Lewis and Clark College)
• Seattle University Law Library
• U. of British Columbia Law Faculty
• U. of California, Berkeley, Libraries
• U. of Idaho, Moscow
• U. of Oregon Law School
• U. of Oregon Law School Library
• U. of Montana Law School
• U. of Washington Law School
• Washington State Law Library
• Willamette Law School
• Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS)

Nationwide

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALNET)
• Biddle Law Library at the U. of Pennsylvania
• Capital University Law School
• Columbia University Libraries
• D'Angelo Law Library at University of Chicago
• Library of Congress
• U of Colorado List of Legal Journals
• UC Berkeley Card Catalog
• U.S. House Internet Law Library
• USC Law Library Home Page
• USC - Law School Web and Gopher servers
• U. of Montreal Law Faculty
• WashLaw - List of Law Schools and Legal Ass'ns
• Yale Law Library

Bars and Associations - Other Jurisdictions

• ABA's list of State and Local Bar Associations on the Internet
• Lawsonline: a different list of state bar associations
• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• Canadian Law Societies
• WA and Pac NW Local Bars and Ass'ns
• Puget Sound Association of Legal Administrators

Subject Matter Bar Associations

• American Corporate Counsel Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Ass'n
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American Judicature Society
• Ass'n of Federal Defense Attorneys
• Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
• Computer Law Association
• CyberSpace Bar Association
• Education Law Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Fed. of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• International Association of Constitutional Law
• Judge Advocates Association
• Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• National Ass'n of Association of Bond Lawyers
• National Ass'n of Consumer Bankruptcy Attys
• National Ass'n of College and University Attys
• National Ass'n for Public Interest Law
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Assn
• National Bar Association
• National Council of Lawyer Disciplinary Boards
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• National Lawyers Association
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Legal Aid and Defender Association
• National Organization of Bar Counsel
• Native American Bar Association

Researching Web Sites

• Who owns that website? http://www.allwhois.com
• What's that website running? http://www.netcraft.com
• What did that website look like last year? (Internet archive)