One-stop sites
Federal
Indiana
Legal Ethics
International Human Rights
Catholic
Local
General
Periodicals / Periodical Indexes

One-stop sites

Findlaw - "Highest trafficked legal Web site" providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet.

GovEngine.com - Comprehensive directory of official federal, state, and local government Web pages. Particularly good source for local executive and judicial branch information.

Jurist: The Legal Education Network - Geared toward the academic side of law with many submissions by law faculty. News and commentary on legal developments and a good source for documents in the news.

LegalEngine - Gateway to state and federal law-related links. Good source for forms, with links to self-help books, law review articles and legal reference sources such as dictionaries and style manuals.

LoisLaw - Notre Dame Law School Only; password required - More affordable alternative to Lexis and Westlaw for state and federal cases, statutes, constitutions and administrative law.

Federal

Constitution of the United States - Text of the Constitution and links to other historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers.

Federal Agencies - Links to agency Web sites for news, directories and agency documents.

Federal Courts of Appeals and District Courts - Contains slip opinions for circuit, district and special federal courts with links to related agencies.

GPO Access - Good source for current Federal Register and CFR text. Includes some administrative agency decisions and many legislative history documents.

House of Representatives - Web pages of individual Representatives for biographical information, press releases and contact information. Descriptions of House committees and subcommittees with links to schedules and hearing transcripts. A good summary of the legislative process.

LexisNexis Congressional - Bills, hearings, reports, committee prints, debates and public laws of the US Congress from 1789-present are indexed by subject, title, personal names, document numbers, and more. Full text of all documents indexed can be found in the law library’s microform collection, and electronic full text may be available for post-1984 documents.
Notre Dame Law School Only

Supreme Court of the United States - Official Supreme Court site. Contains opinions from 1991-present. Brief overview of the Court, a listing of all justices and biographies of the current members, oral argument calendar and transcripts, and information about obtaining briefs.

Thomas - Maintained by the Library of Congress, this is the best source for PDF versions of federal bills and bill status information. Links to the text of legislative documents including bills, hearings, reports, debates and public laws.

United States Senate - Home pages of Senators for biographical information, press releases and contact information. Descriptions of Senate committees and subcommittees with links to schedules and hearing transcripts.

The White House - Video, audio and transcripts of major speeches by the President and members of his cabinet. Press releases, executive orders and proclamations. Links to cabinet member biographies.

Indiana

AccessIndiana - The Official Web Site of the State of Indiana

Indiana Code - Web version - Official compilation of laws passed by the Indiana General Assembly

Indiana Administrative Code (IAC) - Rules and regulations of the administrative agencies

Indiana Self Service Legal Center - Good source of information, court forms, and various resources for those who wish to represent themselves in Indiana courts.

Legal Ethics

ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility - Amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Headnotes of ABA formal ethics opinions with purchase information. Copies of model codes for lawyers and judges.

American Legal Ethics Library - ABA and state rules and ethics opinions governing the professional conduct of lawyers and judges. Narrative information for some states and contact information for state attorney grievance authorities.

Legalethics.com - ABA and state rules governing professional conduct of lawyers. Good for text of state ethics opinions, contact information for state bar associations and attorney grievance authorities. Also lists government ethics sources on lobbyists, election laws and campaign finance.

International Human Rights

AAAS Database of Human Rights Resources on the Internet
Very extensive, searchable database of human rights organizations from around the globe -- with descriptions, directory info, and links to web sites (where available).

European Court of Human Rights
Text of judgments and a list of pending cases.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Country-specific info and statistics on refugees.  Includes  link to REFWORLD, with international and domestic legislation and case law relating to refugees.

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Includes texts of judgements, documents, press releases, etc.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
[Site often has access problems – keep trying.]
Includes texts of judgements, documents, press releases, etc.

Organization of American States
Documents and decisions of Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.  (Select “Human Rights” from pull-down menu at top of home page.)

International Criminal Court
Primary NGO provider of online information about the future International Criminal Court.

United Nations
Starting point for all UN-related info.

Amnesty International
Texts of selected country and annual reports, info on current campaigns, and news releases.

Human Rights Watch Gopher
Briefings, reports, and news releases.

Derechos Human Rights site
Specializes in Latin American human rights info, with texts in English and Spanish.

Catholic

Vatican - Official site of the Holy See. Best source for copies of recent Papal documents.

National Conference of Catholic Bishops - Official site of the USCCB. Best source for copies of statements and speeches from this organization. Directory of bishops. Online Catechism of the Catholic Church. Movie and family video reviews.

RCNet - Links to Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools and organizations.

Catholic.net - Leading Catholic magazines and newspapers, papal encyclicals, church documents and devotional services.

The Congregation of Holy Cross - Indiana Province - Provides information about this religious order so vital to the establishment, mission and character of Notre Dame. Contains a history of Holy Cross, information on other Holy Cross Colleges and Universities, and a virtual tour of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

OriginsOnline.com - Law School Computer User or Wireless & Off-campus Computer User.
This Catholic News Service database includes papal documents, pastoral letters and diocesan policy statements from May 1994 to the present. Full-text searching is available.

Local

Hesburgh Library Reference Department - Main library Reference Department. Serves the entire university community. Good alternative when Law Library Research Department is unable to assist.

St. Joseph County Public Library - Ranked among the top ten public libraries in the U.S. and located approximately two miles from the law school. Their online catalog is similar to ours and easy to search.

South Bend Tribune - Electronic version of the local newspaper. Contains articles from 1994- present. No charge for reading articles published within the last seven days. Good source for area movie listings.

South Bend/Michiana.com – Dining, shopping, area attractions, churches, movie listings, transportation and much more.

South Bend Weather - Weather.com provides current conditions and a 10-day forecast.

General

Mapquest - Popular site for maps, directions and destination information.

Infospace - A person locator with Yellow Pages for a business search and White Pages for a people search. Provides a nifty reverse lookup.

Internet Public Library - Links to electronic dictionaries, encyclopedias and quotation sites. Contains several subject collections, including one for "Law, Politics & Government."

National Jurist - News, advice and fun for law students. "Information about law schools, students, trends in legal education and the job market for lawyers."
 

Periodicals/Periodical Indexes

HeinOnLine - Law School Computer User or Wireless & Off-campus Computer User.
Database of over 600 American legal journals. Contains scanned images, so articles appear just as they do in the printed journals. Perfect for cite-checking. Find articles by citation or browse by title or author. Full-text searching is also available. Notre Dame Law School Only

LegalTrac - Law School Computer User or Wireless & Off-campus Computer User.
Index for Anglo-American legal journal articles published after 1979. Minimal full text availability. Notre Dame Law School Only

Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective 1918-1981- indexing over 500 Anglo-American legal periodicals. It is the only electronic index for pre-1980 articles. - Law School Computer User or Wireless & Off-campus Computer User.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals - Law School Computer User or Wireless & Off-campus Computer User.
Indexes articles published principally in non-Anglo-American law journals, essay collections, yearbooks, etc. Articles are in a number of languages. 1985-present. Notre Dame Law School Only