Best’s legal bookmarks
Aboriginal law
- Aboriginal Law and Legislation Online
- Aboriginal Practice Points (CLE Society of BC)
- First Nations Gazette
- Legal Services Society of BC Aboriginal Services
- LegalTree.ca
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Australia
- Australasian Legal Information Institute (AUSTLII)
- Comlaw (legislation)
- Foolkit: The free legal toolkit
- Guide to Online Research Sources for the Australian Federal System
- LexisNexis Butterworths
- Researching Australian Law
Blogs
British Columbia
- Administrative Justice Office
- AdminLawBC.ca
- British Columbia Reports (1867-1948)
- British Columbia Securities Commission
- British Columbia Law Institute Home Page
- British Columbia Superior Courts Home Page
- Clicklaw
- Continuing Legal Education Society of BC
- Courthouse Libraries BC
- Dispute Resolution Office
- Law Society of British Columbia
- Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Property Assessment Appeal Board
- Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996
- Supreme Court Civil Rules and Smart Forms
Canada
Courts, Judges and Tribunals
- Alberta Courts
- British Columbia Superior Courts Home Page
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
- Canadian Judicial Council
- Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
- Competition Tribunal Home Page
- Copyright Board of Canada
- Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
- CRTC
- Employment Insurance Jurisprudence Library
- Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
- Ontario Courts
- Prince Edward Island Supreme Court Decisions
- The Federal Court of Canada
- Supreme Court of Canada Decisions
- Supreme Court of Canada Library
Government
- Canadian Information By Subject
- Canadian Parliamentary Publications: A Research Guide (Univ. of Toronto)
- Custom search for Canadian Government Information (Carleton University)
- Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal
- Legisinfo
- Parliamentary Internet
- Weekly Checklist: Federal Government Databases (4th ed.)
Law Faculties
Legislation
- CanLII (all jurisdictions)
- Justice Canada – Statutes and Regulations
- openparliament.ca
- Orders in Council Database
- Orders in Council (1867-1910)
Other Resources
- ACJNet
- Alberta Law Reform Institute
- Canadian Bar Association Home Page/Page d’origine de l’ABC
- Canadian Forum on Civil Justice – Clearinghouse
- Canadian Forum on Civil Justice – Inventory of Reforms
- CIPO Canadian Patent Database
- Jurist Canada
- Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
- Law Reform Database
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- Legal Tree
- LexUM
- LSUC, The Great Library
- Maritime Law Page
- National Library of Canada
- Ontario Law Reform Commission Reports (1964-1996)
- Raw Law
- Uniform Law Conference of Canada
- York University Law Library Links
Directories
- AnyWho
- Canada 411
- Canada Post – Postal Code Lookup
- The Canadian Law List
- Directory of Law Teachers (US – AALS)
- Findlaw West Legal Directory
- Martindale.com Lawyer Locator
European Union
- Europa: Treaties and Law
- European Court of Human Rights Home Page
- European Court of Justice
- ECJ Blog
- European Environment Agency
- European Union Law: An Integrated Guide to Electronic and Print Research
- RAVE Homepage (English)
General legal resources
- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
- Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia
- DRAGNET: Search of Free Legal Databases
- FindLaw for Legal Professionals
- InSITE
- Legal Information Institute – Cornell University
- WashLaw WEB — Washburn University School of Law
Law journals
- Database of Law Journals Available Electronically
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- FindLaw: Academic Law Reviews and Journals
- Legal Scholarship Network
- SCC Library Journal Titles A-Z
- Scott Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature (via CAIJ)
- The Legal Workshop
- Washburn full text index for law journals
Legal publishers
- A Legal Publishers’ List
- Butterworths (Canada)
- Canada Law Book
- Captus Press
- Carswell Product Catalogue
- CCH Canadian Limited
- CLE Society of BC Publications
- Irwin Law
- Lancaster House
- LexisNexis Canada
- LexisNexis UK
- LexisNexis US
- Maritime Law Book
- Micromedia ProQuest
- Practising Law Institute
- Quickscribe
- Sweet & Maxwell
- Thomson Reuters Legal Solutions
- WorldCat
Legal research and writing
American Guides
- Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia
- Free & Low Cost Legal Research Guide (Georgetown)
- Free and Low Cost Resources for Legal Research (Pace)
- Harvard Law School Research Guides
- Law Library Research Guides & Resource Links (Boston College)
- Online Legal Research: Beyond LexisNexis & Westlaw (UCLA)
Canadian Guides
- Courthouse Libraries BC Legal Research Resources
- Doing Legal Research in Canada
- Bora Laskin Law Library Finding …
- Legal Research Guides (University of Calgary)
- Legal Research Materials (Queen’s University)
- Principles of Legal Research Learning Modules (uOttawa)
- Supreme Advocacy (Eugene Meehan QC)
Courses
- Advanced Legal Research Courses: A Survey
- Jurist Canada
- JURIST: The Law Professors’ Network
- Law Lessons: Teachers and Students (for Grades 5-12 in British Columbia)
International and European Guides
- European Union Law: an Integrated Guide
- Harvard Law School Research Guides
- Peters and Cane, Researching Foreign Law
Internet Research
- Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide
- Evaluation Criteria for Internet Research
- Google: Search Education
- InSITE
- Intute: virtual training suite
- The Law Library Resource Xchange
- Virtual Chase Legal Research Guides
Organisations
- Association of Legal Writing Directors
- Canadian Association of Law Libraries
- Law Reform Commissions
- Legal Writing Institute
- Supreme Court Advocacy Institute
Writing and Citation
- Acronym Finder
- Bartleby.com
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
- Gender-free Legal Writing
- Glossary of Maritime Law Terms
- Grammar and Style Notes
- Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
- Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing
- Reference Shelf
- SEARCH FORMS – DICTIONARY
- yourDictionary.com
Litigation
- American Association for Justice (Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- CJC National Model Practice Direction for the use of Technology in Civil Litigation
- CJC National Generic Protocol for the use of Technology in Civil Litigation
- Comparative Civil Procedure: A Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources
- Defense Research Institute
- Findlaw – Product Liability
- Findlaw eDiscovery Guide
- LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets (US)
- Ontario Bar Association E-Discovery Guidelines and Resources
- Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
Medical resources
- Anatomy-Histology Tutorials
- Medscape
- The Merck Manual
- Researching Medical Literature on the Internet
- U.S. Pharmacopeia
New Zealand
- An Introduction to New Zealand Law and Legal Information 2002
- New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII)
- LINX (subscription-based)
- The GP Pages – New Zealand Legislation
- New Zealand Legislation
Treaties, International and Comparative Law
- Canada Treaty Information
- Comparative Civil Procedure: A Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources
- Electronic Information System for International Law
- Flare Index to Treaties
- Foreign and International Law
- GlobaLex
- Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
- Global Legal Monitor
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
- Guide to International Trade Law Resources on the Internet
- Hague Conference on Private International Law
- Hague Justice Portal
- Harvard Law School Research Guides
- International Court of Justice Homepage
- International Law Video Library
- International Parliaments
- JuriGlobe – World Legal Systems
- Law by Source – Law from around the Globe
- Legal Research System for International Law in U.S. Courts
- Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet
- Preferential Trade Agreements Database
- RAVE Homepage (English)
- Rulers.org (heads of state)
- SICE – Foreign Trade Information System
- TRANS-LEX.org (transnational commercial law)
- UN Data
- UN Documentation Centre
- UN Legal Publications Global Search
- UN Treaty Collection
- UN Treaty Reference Guide
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Home Page
- United Nations Home Page
- U.S. Department of State International Agreements Collection
- World Bank Doing Business Law Library
- World Court Digest
- WorldLII International Law Library
- WorldLII International Treaties Collection
- WTO/GATT Research
United Kingdom
- Acts of Parliament
- British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII)
- COPAC – UK university library catalogues
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
- English Reports
- FreeLegalWeb (legislation, cases linked to Lawcite citator)
- A Guide to the UK Legal System
- Hansard 1803-2005
- House of Lords Decisions (since 1997)
- Houses of Parliament – UK
- InfoLaw
- LawCite
- Inner Temple Library – Current Awareness
- Law Links
- Law Society Legal Research Guides
- legislation.gov.uk
- Scottish Courts
- UK Government Information
- UK Hansard (1803-2005)
- UK Law Commission
- UK Statutory Instruments
- UK Statute Law Database
- Westlaw UK
United States
Federal
- DocLaw WWW (U.S. Federal Government Information Sources)
- Federal Agency Directory
- Federal Court Locator
- Federal Rules Ebooks
- FedLaw (U.S. Federal Law)
- Government Domain: GovTrack and OpenCongress go beyond THOMAS
- Government Information Resources (Federal Administrative Agencies)
- GovTrack US
- Justia
- Law Library of Congress
- Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
- Supreme Court Decisions – Legal Information Institute
- The Law Review of The Federal Courts (US)
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- United States Code – Cornell
- United States Code – Office of the Law Revision Counsel
- US Supreme Court Official Site
State
- Government Domain: State Government Fundamentals
- StateLaw: State & Local Government – Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Information
- Thomas: State Legislature Websites
- USA.gov State Government links
Other Resources
- AALLNET : The American Association of Law Libraries Online Information Service
- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
- FindLaw for Legal Professionals
- Government Information Online (GIO): Ask a Librarian
- LAW SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES “BY STATE”
- Public.Resource.Org
- Uniform Law Commission: Archived Drafts
- Uniform Law Commission: Final Acts & Legislation