Listed here are links to selected web sites which provide valuable additional resources on a variety of topics. Please e-mail me with your suggestions for additional links.
OSCAR: On line search for Santa Clara University Law School Library
Lawyerexpress.com: Portal with many links to legal search engines and other web sites of interest to lawyers.
Findlaw: Vast arrary of primary and secondary legal resources on wide variety of topics, including bankruptcy and commercial law.
Legal Information Institute of Cornell University Law School (LII): Primary legal references sources, including Supreme Court opinions, hypertext versions of the Commecial Code and the United States Code, including the Bankruptcy Code, names and e-mail addresses of faculty and staff at U.S. law schools, and names and links to other people and organizations in the field of law.
California Statutes and Constitution: Entire text of California Codes and Constitution.
Lexis-Nexis (subscription): Lexis-Nexis research and other services on the web.
LexisOne (free): Lexis research and other services on the web
Thomas Legislative Information: Complete text, history, status and other information about pending or enacted legislation in the United States Congress.
California Legislative Information: Complete text, history, status and other information about pending or enacted legislation in the California Legislature
California Judicial Council Forms: Required and approved forms for use in judicial actions and proceedings in California.
Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
Amercian Bankruptcy Institute: News, statistics, commentary and linked resources concerning bankruptcy.
Commercial Law League of America: North American creditors’ rights organization with news and information concerning creditors rights and bankruptcy.s
Bankruptcy nutshell: A nutshell overview bankruptcy in the United States and the major concepts and events in a consumer Chapter 7 proceeding, prepared by Professor Bill Boyd at the University of Arizona College of Law.
United States Bankruptcy Court for the No. District of California: Includes information about each division (San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa), local rules, procedures of individual judges, calendars, recent decisions, and other information.
Directory of United States Bankruptcy Clerks’ Offices: Links to directory information for the offices of the bankruptcy clerk for every bankruptcy court in the United States. Many pages in turn link to the web site of the corresponding bankruptcy court, with links in turn to local rules and other valuable information.
National Bankruptcy Review Commission: Materials relating to and the report of an independent commission established pursuant to the Bankrutpcy Reform Act of 1994 to study issues relating to the operation of the Bankruptcy Code and the bankruptcy system.
Chapter 11 Cases: Empirical data gathered by Professor Lynn M. LoPucki (Cornell) on all Chapter 11 cases filed in the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States from January 1, 1980 through December 31, 1997, in which the debtor was a publicly held company and had more than $100 million in assets, measured in 1980 dollars.
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys: National organization of bankruptcy attorneys interested in the promotion of the rights of consumer debtors in bankruptcy.
Standing Chapter 13 Trustee: Information about the functions and services of a standing Chapter 13 trustee, prepared by the standing trustee for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
International Institute of Commercial Law at Pace University School of Law: Resources and links relating to the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
Uniform Law Commissioners Drafts: Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts promulgated by The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, including pending drafts of revised Articles 2 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Uniform Commercial Code Section of California Secretary of State: Information about UCC filings, forms and fees, frequently asked questions, list of private service providers.
HelpSCC: Information about a variety of community based resources in Santa Clara County providing services to those in need (e.g. shelter, food, health, clothing) maintained by the Community Technology Alliance.
Community SourceWeb: Information about a variety of community based resources in Santa Clara County providing services to those in need (e.g. shelter, food, health, clothing, domestic violence)
Santa Clara County Bar Association
Consumer Protection
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC): Nationally recognized consumer law resource center .
U.S. Consumer Gateway: United States government site with links to federal consumer information and activity.
State of California Department of Consumer Affairs: Links to California licensing, registration and oversight bureaus, boards and agencies, other state and federal government sites, and other consumer resource sites.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission: Federal administrative agency with broad investigatory, rulemaking, and policing authority concerning antitrust matters and unfair or deceptive acts or practices affecting interstate commerce.
Consumer Sentinel: Law enforcement consumer fraud database including statistics and other information on consumer fraud.
Class actions: Law firm website providing extensive information on wide range of class actions nationwide.
The Federal Judiciary: Information about the United States Courts, including organization, statistics, news, publications, and links to web sites of individual courts and other sites related to judicial affairs, prepared by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
United States Senate: Operations, schedule, and news of the Senate, directory of Senators and links to their web sites, links to committees and other Senate organizations, votes, reports, and other information about the legislative process.
United States House of Representatives: Operations, schedule, and news of the House, directory of Representatives and links to their web sites, links to committees and other House organizations, votes, reports, and other information about the legislative process.
California State Legislature: Organization, rules and schedule of the California State Legislature, addresses and home pages of members of Senate and Assembly, and information about the legislative process.
American Law Institute: Established in 1923 “to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal work.” Its work product includes the influential restatements of law (e.g. Restatement 2d, Contracts) and, together with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, the Uniform Commercial Code.
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws: Established in 1892, this organization is comprised of lawyers, judges, and law professors from throughout the country, whose purpose is “draft proposals for uniform and model laws and work toward their enactment in legislatures.” It has promulgated more than 200 model acts, including the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Probate Code, and the Uniform Partnership Act.
Martindate-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
Jurist: The Law Professors’ Network: Superb web site including resource and course pages, examinations, and web sites of faculty throughout the country, a student loungewith information and discussion for law students and faculty lounge for faculty discussion.
Association of American Law Schools (AALS): Non-profit association of 162 law schools. Serves as the principal representative of egal education to the federal government and to other national higher education organizations and learned societies. Includes links to web sites of all member law schools.
American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CCALI): including CD Rom with instructional exercises for students and authoring programs for instructors.
California Continuing Education of the Bar (C.E.B.): Products and programs.
1996 Study of Law Student Use of Laptops and Electronic Casebooks
Tutorial on searching the internet: On line tutorial by U.C. Berkeley library.
Government: Searches all federal and state government sites.
Education: Searches university and other educational sites.
Proteus: Portal to many search engines.
