Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Legal Links
We are continually working on this page. For a more complete list of resources contact the library. If you have any suggestions for links that you feel should be added please email your suggestions to librarian@kclawlib.org

Comprehensive Sites

Kern County Law

Federal Resources

California Resources Bakersfield City Law General Legal Resources
Comprehensive legal sites:

All Law
A gateway site to legal resources on the internet.

FindLaw
Offers both Federal & State cases and codes. A list of government agency web pages, along with legal dictionaries, directories, and lots of other legal information.

JURIST
JURIST law is a comprehensive site designed for people who want to learn, research, or teach legal subjects. It guides you to places where more information can be found, either in print or on the web, regarding a particular legal subject.

LLRX Research Guide
A comprehensive research guide which can be searched full-text or browsed by subject. Includes profiles on various state's laws, court systems and how to find just about anything you are looking for. A good place to start if you are having trouble finding the information on a specific topic.

Lawguru.com Legal Research Tool
Allows you to choose from over 500 legal search engines. Good list of databases to search.

Legal Information Institute Cornell's comprehensive legal site with links to information by topic or jurisdiction.

WashLaw WEB
Comprehensive list of web sites by category. Including International law.

California Resources:

Kern County Materials:

Kern County Superior CourtsFind information on the Courts including Case information for both Civil & Criminal Case *NEW* Civil & Criminal Case Information Now Public! fees for filing actions, the criminal system (including the criminal calendar and bail schedule), traffic tickets, jury duty, and much more. Also a helpful list of courtroom locations and parking information.

Kern County Local Rules of Court

Kern County Home Page
Links to County Departments, Board of Supervisors Agenda and summaries, information on permits, ordinances, and County code.

Kern County Code

Kern County Bar Association Information on the local bar association plus a member search.

EZ-Legal Forms

Bakersfield City Materials:

Bakersfield City Home Page Information about each City Department.

Bakersfield Municipal Code

California Resources:

California State Home Page
Links to State Agencies, California County Web sites, and more.

California Code of Regulations Searchable database of California Regulations.

California Legislature
Bills and Legislative History. Goes back to the 1993-94 session. Background information on the Legislature

California Supreme Court & Appellate Court Opinions California Case law 1934-Present. Allows for retrieval by citation, search by party, docket number, judges name, attorney name, and keyword.

California Codes Searchable database of California Codes. A table of sections affected. Access to state statutes.

California Courts - Judicial Council Links to California Courts, Judicial Council Forms, Rules of Court, guides explaining the California Court System, reports on issues dealt within the legal system and recent decisions of the California Supreme court and the California Court of Appeals. Judicial Council Forms are now being offered online in other languages for domestic violence as they are being translated.

California Judicial Council Self-Help Center Offers information on legal issues such as Family Law, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Law, Guardianships, Small Claims, Landlord-Tenant, and more. Also information on the court system, how to prepare your case, and how to file your papers can be found.

California Municipal and County Codes
Links to all municipal and county codes available online.

California Bar Association
Rules, regulations, MCLE credit, member search by name or bar number are only a few of the services offered.

California Department of Social Services
This website includes forms and publications specific to this department, along with each counties CalWorks plan, plus much more.

California Secretary of State
Information on business entities, California corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies. This site provides Secretary of State file number, date of filing, agent for process of service, and status information. Voter and campaign finance information can also be found here.

California Council of County Law Libraries Lists all public county law libraries for California

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Current rules & regulations along with proposed amendments.

Federal Legal Resources

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations searchable by code section or keyword.

Government Printing Office (GPO)
Provides access to government publications including the Federal Register, Congressional Record, US Code

Thomas
Congressional legislative information including bills, committee reports, and retrieval of public laws by number (93rd - 107th sessions).

U.S. Code
The Office of Law Revision Counsel provides a searchable official version of the U.S. Code. This database provides several types of advance searches. It is possible to restrict your keyword search by title, section, subtitle, etc.... Another type of advance search allows you to find cross references for a particular title and section number.

The Federal Court Locator provided by Villanova University School of Law offers information on each court and where available slip opinions. Kern County is in the 9th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals & the Eastern District of the United States Districts Courts and the Bankruptcy Court

General Legal Resources
Dictionaries:

'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon
http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm

Law.com Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com

Findlaw Legal Dictionary
http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/

Nolo Press Shark Talk Dictionary
www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm

International Law Dictionary
http://august1.com/pubs/dict/index.shtml

Attorney Directories:

Marindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator
www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/Lawyer_Locator/Search_Lawyer_Locator/lawyer_search.xml

California State Bar Member Records






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