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Law-related Internet links
WisBar - http://www.wisbar.org/<br> The legal resources area of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Web site includes valuable links to case law, judicial homepages, Wisconsin government sites, and more. Current Wisconsin Legislation - http://www.legis.state.wi.us/billtext.html This link on the Wisconsin State Legislature site provides full text of Bills and Resolutions. Wisconsin State Legislation - http://www.wisconsin.gov/ This site contains a wealth of information on the legislature itself, legislative activity by session, Wisconsin Law, joint legislative committees, Wisconsin Blue Book, Legislative Service Agencies and links to other legislative sites. The Wisconsin Constitution and Statutes are found under the heading Wisconsin Law.
Federal Judiciary's site - http://www.uscourts.gov The purpose of this site is to function as a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. The Oyez Project of Northwestern University - http://www.oyez.org/ This site includes brief biographies and portraits of all 108 U.S. Supreme Court justices, summaries of historic cases, the Court's opinions, and a "Virtual Tour" of the Supreme Court building. Wisconsin Court System site - http://www.wicourts.gov This site contains information on various courts, as well as reports on court offices, initiatives, primary documents, on-line law library and links to government and law-related resources. Three publications on Wisconsin legal history are available in their entirely. Famous Cases of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin's Legal History and Portraits of Justice. Landmark Cases - http://www.landmarkcases.org This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case. Dumb Laws - http://www.dumblaws.com This is an entertainment site containing information on dumb laws, criminals, facts and warnings. Many of the laws on this site have been verified, but many have been copied from sources which do not include law citations. The laws have been taken from newsgroups, other websites, mayors, and visitors to the site. Famous American Trials - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm This University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School's faculty project site links to Prof. Linder's Famous Trials project. Among the trials are the Salem Witchcraft, Amistad, Dakota Conflict, My Lai Courts Martial and the Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Famous American Trials - http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/index.html Courts to Classes offers useful, accessible, educational materials via the Internet that will assist in teaching students about the purpose, structure, and function of the federal courts.
WisBar - http://www.wisbar.org/legalres/ The legal resources area of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Web site includes valuable links to case law, judicial homepages, Wisconsin government sites, and more. Cornell's site - http://www.law.cornell.edu The Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute site provides 50,000 links to primary source material and other internet resources and useful offnet references. FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com The FindLaw Library focus is on law and government. The site provides access to a comprehensive and fast-growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, teachers, students, consumers and businesses. In Search of "Good" Law on the Net - http://www.llrx.com LLRX is a unique Web journal, continuously published since 1996, with a special focus on a range of research and technology-related issues for legal professionals. American Association of Law Libraries - http://www.aallnet.org/research/ This site provides web links to law and law-related information and legal research sites.
National Youth Court Center - http://www.youthcourt.net The National Youth Court Center offers a central point of contact for youth court resource materials on a national level. The database provides extensive information on youth court programs covering a variety of topic areas including programs in the development stage. Teen Court Web site - http://tqd.advanced.org This site is part of the Thinkquest Library of Educational sites. The Teen Court link is designed for communities interested in beginning a Teen Court and also for existing teen courts to communicate and share resources with one another.
American Bar Association - http://www.abanet.org/publiced/ The ABA Division for Public Education provides services and resources for students and educators at all levels and ages: elementary/secondary, college & university, and adult. Center for Civics Education - http://www.civiced.org This site provides support and assistance to teachers, students, and members of the Center's network. Resources include online curricular materials, event and institute calendars, e-mail directories, and links to various government and research sites. Constitutional Rights Foundation - http://crfc.org Links to other law-related and civic education organizations and sites on the web; law and government sites including the national Youth for Justice project, LRE centers in each state, and K-12 schools who work with CRFC. National Council for Social Studies - http://www.ncss.org/home.html The link pages lists sites of interest to educators, categorized by the 10 themes of the social studies standards. In addition there are links to resources across themes and links to professional organizations and subject matter associations. Street Law - http://www.streetlaw.org Street Law provides information about law, democracy and human rights. Services include curriculum development, teacher training and technical assistance. Examples include the Supreme Court Summer Institute for High School Teachers, Youth for Justice and We Can Work It Out. US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov This government website provides links to a wide variety of educational tools and resources With hundreds of links to learning resources, the site serves student, parent and teacher audiences.
Library of Congress list of official government Web sites - http://Icweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html Official list of government sites. One of the most visited sites on the web. National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) - http://www.nara.gov NARA's goal is to build a nationwide, integrated online information-delivery system to educate citizens about NARA and its facilities, services, and holdings. Two interesting links of interest to teachers, students and parents are NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL), a pilot database of descriptions of various NARA holdings nationwide and the Digital Classroom that encourages the use of archival documents in the classroom. U.S. Constitution - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html This link on Cornell's Law School's Legal Information Institute site provides information on the U.S. Constitution.
Jurist - http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu A legal research site that provides search engines, web authorizing guides and tools, web-based instruction, software downloads and browser plug-ins. |
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