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is about legal issues, it is not legal advice or legal representation.
Free
Advice
"This legal site
for consumers and small businesses provides general legal information
to help people understand their legal rights on over 125 legal
topics." (Copyright Searcher April 2006: 39)
Law Help
Law Help "helps
low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in
their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights." Legal
Directories
Findlaw
Findlaw has been called the Yahoo of
legal resources. It provides links to U.S. and international case
law and state codes, specialty centers and services (legal job
listings, legal workshops, and other professional development areas),
law schools, legal practice materials, legal forms, and legal subjects.
Findlaw's site has created different sections for lawyers, students,
the public, and for business and arranged the needed topical information
in one place so you don’t have to search around for it.
Guide
to Law Online
"Guide to Law Online is an annotated
compendium of hypertext links and descriptions of certain server
sites accessible through the Internet." It includes
sections of U.S. Federal law (issued by the legislative, executive
and judicial branch) and Miscellaneous law (criminal justice system,
law reviews online, native peoples, states and associated jurisdictions,
and subjects).
Hieros
Gamos
Hieros
Gamos is a comprehensive web site for legal and government information.
It offers links to world governments, legal associations, law firms,
international legal resources, legal directories, etc.
LexisOne Registration is required
LexisOne provides case law from Jan.
1, 1996 to present. Search by citation or use Boolean
searching. The site includes a legal directory to other legal resources
on the Internet broken down by subject. Another nice feature is
the collection of general and specific legal forms available. Adobe
Acrobat is needed to view the legal forms.
U.S.
States and Territories
This site is a collection of legal links
to the states and territories.
Public
Records
Criminal Records
This site is an online guide to finding
state's criminal records.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Inmate Locator
This search tool allows you to find
Federal inmates since 1982 to current.
National Sex Offender Public Registry
"This Web site is provided
as a public service by the U.S. Department of Justice ("the
Department"). Using this Web site, interested members
of the public have access to and may search participating state
Web site public information regarding the presence or location
of offenders, who, in most cases, have been convicted of sexually-violent
offenses against adults and children and certain sexual contact
and other crimes against victims who are minors. The public
can use this Web site to educate themselves about the possible
presence of such offenders in their local communities."
Pac-Info
Pac-Info is the place to find out what
public records are available online for a particular state. The
site indexes all available records and provides direct links to
the corresponding web sites.
People Finder Guide
This site is a guide for finding public
records information and locating people.
Wisconsin
Sex Offender Registry
"This
Web site is designed to enhance public safety by making the
information contained in the Sex Offender Registry easily
accessible to the public. It will also serve to enhance public
awareness about sexual violence in our communities and
provide valuable information about the ways in which individuals
and communities can protect themselves and those they love
from acts of sexual violence."
Wisconsin Record Check
This web site ables you to check on
someone's criminal history. There is a cost associated with the
service.
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