Search Engines and Directories

Catalaw (www.catalaw.com)

FindLaw (www.findlaw.com)

LawGuru (www.lawguru.com)

Google (www.google.com)

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Federal Laws and Courts Laws and Rules

United States Code (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/)
Searchable unannotated version hosted by Cornell Legal Information Institute

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm)
Hosted by Cornell Legal Information Institute

Federal Rules of Evidence (http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html) Hosted by Cornell Legal Information Institute

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.h tml) Searchable federal legislative database from the Library of Congress

Rules of the Supreme Court (http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/overview.html) Hosted by Cornell

Legal Information Institute Code of Federal Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html) Searchable database from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Federal Register (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html)

Federal Courts

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Tennessee Legal Resources

Government and Courts

State of Tennessee (http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/index.html)

Tennessee General Assembly (http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/)

House, Senate, bills and legislation resources. U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee (http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/)

Court locations, contact numbers, rules, forms, and other information for federal courts in East Tennessee U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit (http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/)

Court opinions, calendar, rules, and links to other circuit courts Tennessee Supreme Court (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/)

Court rules, opinions, and certiorari lists City of Knoxville Municipal Court (http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/citycourt/)

Laws and Rules

Tennessee Code (unannotated) (http://www.michie.com/) Hosted by Lexis-Nexis

Tennessee Court Rules (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/RULES/TNRu
lesOf Court/rulesindex.htm)

Tennessee Rules of Evidence (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/RULES
/TNRu lesOfCourt/evidence.htm)

Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/T
SC/RULES/TNRulesOfCourt/crimprocindex.htm)

Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure (http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/OPINIONS/TSC/R
ULES/TNRulesOfCourt/civlproindex.htm)

City of Knoxville Code of Ordinances (http://www.municode.com/Resources/gate
way.asp?pid=11098&sid=42) Searchable database of city codes and ordinances.

Tennessee Municipal Codes (http://mtas-notes.ips.utk.edu/public/municodesweb.
nsf?OpenDatabase)

Codes for Tennessee cities produced by MTAS Tennessee Blue Book (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/blue.htm) Includes information on elected officials, branches of government, historic and statistical data.

Tennessee Rules and Regulations (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/rules/rules.htm)

Public and Private Acts of the Tennessee General Assembly (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/acts.htm)

Tennessee Do Not Call Law (http://www2.state.tn.us/tra/nocall.htm)

Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal) (http://www.tncrimlaw.com/TPI_Crim/index.htm) Sections 1.01 – 43.13 com are listed by tncrimlaw.com.

Tennessee Criminal Law (http://www.tncrimlaw.com) Links to Tennessee criminal law, government, and legal organizations.

Associations

Tennessee Paralegal Association (TPA) (http://www.tnparalegal.org/)

Tennessee Bar Association (http://www.tba.org)

Knoxville Bar Association (http://www.knoxbar.org)

Law Schools

University of Tennessee College of Law (http://www.law.utk.edu)

University of Memphis Law School (http://www.law.memphis.edu )

Vanderbilt University Law School (http://law.vanderbilt.edu/index.aspx)

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Associations

American Bar Association (ABA) (http://www.abanet.org)

Search the ABA’s Legal Assistant page (www.abanet.org/legalservices/legalassis
tants/home.html) page for information on paralegal careers and programs.

American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) (http://www.aafpe.org) Includes information on how to choose a paralegal program (http://www.aafpe.org/p_school/howtoselect.htm) a paralegal program and a directory of paralegal programs (http://www.aafpe.org/m_search/index.asp) throughout the U.S.

National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) (http://www.nala.org)

Includes a link to the NALA Code of Ethics and Professional Standards (http://www.nala.org/code.htm) for paralegals.

National Federation of Paralegal Associations (http://www.paralegals.org)

Tennessee Paralegal Association (TPA) (http://www.tnparalegal.org/)

Tennessee Bar Association (http://www.tba.org)

Knoxville Bar Association (http://www.knoxbar.org)

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Legal Research

Cornell Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu/) Links to federal and state laws, codes, court opinions, and a directory of legal topics

Divorce Source (http://www.divorcesource.com)

Family law and divorce information arranged by state Everybody’s Legal Dictionary (http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordinde
x.cfm)
By Nolo Press

FindLaw Legal News (http://news.findlaw.com/)

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/) Peter W. Martin’s legal citation primer is based on the 17th edition of the Bluebook.

JURIST, the Legal Education Network (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/) Legal news and research

LexisOne (http://www.lexisone.com) Free legal research site from Lexis includes forms, state and federal case law. Registration is required for some features.

Lemon Law Information and Sites (http://www.123car.com/lemon/lemonbystate.ht
ml) Includes links to motor vehicle warranty laws, also known as “lemon laws,” for various states.

Martindale Hubbell Lawyer Locator (http://www.lawyers.com) Find attorneys by name, firm, location, or area of practice.

Washlaw Web (http://www.washlaw.edu) Alphabetical list of links legal subjects by the Washburn University School of Law

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This page last updated on 02/19/2007.