Legal Resources
KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Full Text of ADA and the ADA Accessibility guidelines, Dept. of Justice publications on ADA and other links.
CENSUS
Census Bureau – TIGER map service provides detailed street grids for entire U.S. Can generate customized data matrices (i.e., percentage change from 1985 to 1992 in building permits). Site not very easy to use and slow.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Law of Software Quality; Cem Kaner; Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B; Consumer Protection.
Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B Revision Home Page From this web site, individuals may view and download current drafts of Article 2B of the U.C.C.
SII: A Guide to the Proposed Law on Software Transactions – The 2BGuide is intended for both lawyers and non-lawyers who are interested in following or commenting on the law as it is being written.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK LAW5
Copyright Clearance Center Online Permissions for owners and users of copyrighted works.
COURTS – OTHER THAN KANSAS
Courts.Net This site has been developed to provide access to web sites maintained by courts nationwide
ELDER LAW
LAW FORUM – Finance, Energy, Liability, Medicaid
FEDERAL LEGAL LINKS
THOMAS – U.S. Congressional Database
White House – Official home page of the White House
GENERAL LEGAL LINKS
Washburn University School of Law
Comprehensive Legal Research Sites
LawWitus Law Search
LITNET is a comprehensive directory of legal & litigation support providers (arbitrators, mediators, court reporters, expert witnesses, bail bondsmen, etc).
REFLAW Virtual Reference
INFORMATION
Cornell Legal Information Institute
FedWorld Information Network Home Page
Martindale-Hubbell – searchable database of lawyers and law firms
KANSAS LAW & COURTS
Statelaw: State & Local Government – Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Information
U.S. state and territorial laws
University of Kansas Kansas Judicial System
Washburn University Connects you to the university and all types of political & law pages for Kansas
KS Supreme Court & Ks Court of Appeals; All decisions & opinions
KANSAS LEGAL LINKS
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Kansas Legistlative Resarch Department – General Research Publications
Federal Court Rules – District Court of Kansas
Kansas Court Rules Relating to Mediation
KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENTS
State Taxation Information Page
LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics – price indexing information of the kind commonly found in real estate contracts, latest consumer price and producer price indices, other economic data
LAW – GENERAL
Findlaw: Forms
LawCrawler: Search Engine
LAW LINKER LIBRARY – A Guide to Legal Research on the Internet
The ‘LECTRIC Law Library’s Legal Forms Room
LAW JOURNALS
Findlaw – searchable database of law journals. Searchable, full text files of the journals. Organized by legal subject.
LAW SCHOOLS
University of Kansas School of Law Home Page
MISCELLANEOUS
LawRunner: A Legal Research Tool
MUNICIPAL LAW
Municipal Codes, Minutes, etc.
Seattle Public Library – Municipal Codes Online
PRIVACY
The Center for Democracy and Technology – Privacy
Electronic Privacy Information Center Home Page
REAL ESTATE
Journals Findlaw – Real Estate law journals
Landlord/Tenant Law:
Legal Information Institute Real Estate Pages – full text copies of statutes from selected states
Mortgage Law Legal Information Institute Real Estate Pages – full text copies of statutes from selected states
State Property Law Statutes Legal Information Institute Real Estate Pages – full text copies of statutes from selected states
Transaction Law Legal Information Institute Real Estate – full text copies of statutes from selected states
SECURITIES
EDGAR Database – the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Death Index Social Security Master Death Index * search for individuals who have deceased
STATISTICS
Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
STATUTES – OTHER THAN KANSAS
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Oyez Oyez Oyez: A Supreme Court WWW Resource
TAXATION
IRS Department – forms and publications
U.S. COURT DECISIONS
Indispensable Website for Lawyers and Their Clients – much other useful information
THOMAS – U. S. Congress on the Internet
ZIP CODES