Legal research for lawyers
Attorneys may wish to begin their research by reviewing the following pages:
- Legal research for non-lawyers
- Dog Bite Litigation Forms for Plaintiffs' Attorneys
- Anatomy of a Dog Bite Case, Kenneth Phillips' "tips and tricks" seminar on video for Plaintiffs' attorneys
Foreign
- American Law Source Online for state, federal, Canadian and Mexican law.
- United Kingdom: "Dangerous Dogs" by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Ontario, Canada: overview of dog bite law
- Puerto Rico
Federal
- US Code, Code of Federal Regulations and other federal laws
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- The Library of Congress ("Thomas")
- US Securities and Exchange Commission
- United States District Court -- Central District of California
- United States Bankruptcy Court -- Central District of California
- Bankruptcy law: Mark J. Markus, Esq.and Moran Law Group.
Law sources - federal and state
- Findlaw (free): state resources (all states) and cases and codes (CA, DEL, FL, IL, NY, TX, federal)
- Versuslaw (best value for subscription service): cases and codes at the lowest monthly price.
- Georgia case law: Lawskills
- Municipal Codes:
- Sterling Codifiers
- Municipal Code Corporation
- General Code Publishers
- California: see the next section
- Legal Information Institute: a topical index of the law
- American Law Source Online: state and US law
- The Law Engine: information, periodicals, laws, etc.
California codes - state, county and municipal
See also Treatises, below.
- California Codes
- California's new laws, including bills and chaptered bills, can be found at the California Senate website.
- California civil discovery laws: PDF containing a convenient chart showing all deadlines and rules
- Municipal Codes:
- County Code of Los Angeles County
California court opinions
California Rules of Court
- Title 1 (Rules Applicable to All Courts)
- Title 2 (Trial Court Rules)
- Title 3 (Civil Rules)
- Title 4 (Criminal Rules)
- Title 5 (Family and Juvenile Rules)
- Title 7 (Probate Rules)
- Title 8 (Appellate Rules)
- Title 9 (Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys and Judges)
- Title 10 (Judicial Council Administration)
California Forms, Jury Instructions and Local Rules of Court
- Judicial Council Forms (including forms you can fill out)
- California Civil Jury Instructions
- Local Rules of Court (all California trial courts)
- All California trial courts and their websites
Bar Associations
Treatises, online law reviews, and other important materials found online
- California Veterinary Medical Board
- California Civil Discovery Law. This is a treatise. For a chart, see the link under California Codes, above.
- USC Law Review
- Detailed discussion of dog bite laws, David S. Favre. An online article about dog bite law throughout the USA.
- California Civil Jury Instructions
- Attorney Gene Kinsey's services to attorneys
- Dog Bite Litigation Forms for Plaintiffs' Attorneys
- Kenneth Phillips' "tips and tricks" seminar on video for Plaintiffs' attorneys
- The American Veterinary Medical Association. This site provides information about issues of interest to veterinary medicine. It also contains information about caring for animals (see the tab for that section on the home page).
- The Law Digest of A.M. Best serves as a summary of the insurance laws for each state and the Canadian Provinces.
- Legal research and citation styles in the US by Ronald B. Standler.
- Books in print:
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