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| New York State Court Resources |
| NY State Law Reporting Bureau |
Comprehensive and searchable collection of state court decisions and motions dating from 2000 |
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| NY Court of Appeals |
The past and present of New York's high court along with recent decisions |
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| NY State Court of Claims |
Cases against the State of New York |
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| Office of Court Administration |
Court information, rules and publications, featuring E-Courts case searching and tracking |
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| Library and Information Network |
Catalogs of court libraries, records & briefs, trial transcripts |
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| Criminal Jury Instructions & Model Colloquies |
Criminal charges to New York State juries and baseline colloquy scripts |
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| Guide to New York Evidence |
A compilation of New York's existing evidentiary rules. |
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| Historical Society of the Courts of the State of NY |
Large library of NY judiciary historical documents, biographies of Judges, and profiles of state courts |
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| Forms |
Forms for various state actions and proceedings |
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Rules of various state courts |
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| New York State Agency Resources |
| New York Codes, Rules and Regulations |
Complete unofficial NYCRR |
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| New York Codes, Rules and Regulations Digital Archive |
Fully searchable archive of NYCRR dating 1945 through 2001 |
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| NY State Government Information Locator Service |
Access to a variety of state government information including agency publications |
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| Access to State Government |
Links to many state agencies |
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| NY State Library |
Home of Excelsior, an exhaustive catalog of state government documents |
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| New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (19 NYCRR 1219.1) |
Including the 2015 International Codes:
Residential,
Building,
Existing Building,
Plumbing,
Mechanical,
Fuel Gas,
Fire,
Property Maintenance and
Energy Conservation Codes and Additional Uniform Code Provisions (19 NYCRR parts 1220-1228) |
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| NY State Register |
New York administrative rules from 2003 |
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| NY State Department of State Local Laws Search |
Local Laws adopted by the legislative body of a local government (county, city, town or village) are filed with the Department of State pursuant to section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. The NY Department of State maintains an electronic database of local laws and county codes filed after 1998 and 2015, respectively. |
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Selected state agency opinions, decisions, codes and regulations |
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| New York State Legislative Resources |
| New York State Assembly |
Check bill text and status of current state bills |
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| New York State Senate |
Senate information, current legislation, Senate Rules, NY Constitution |
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| Laws of New York |
Browse or search New York laws courtesy of the State Legislature |
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| Bill Jackets/Veto Jackets |
Files, or “jackets,” dating from 1995-present, which document the Governor’s legislative decision-making process on bills that have been signed into law or vetoed by the executive |
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| New York City and Other Local Sites |
| Official NY City Website |
General information on NY City; links to city agencies. |
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| Administrative Code of the City of New York and NY City Charter |
Follow instruction to navigate to searchable Code and Charter. |
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| Rules of the City of New York (RCNY) |
Browse and seach the Rules of the City of New York on the website of the City's official rule publisher. |
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| NY City Local Laws |
Searchable full text of NY City Local Laws, Introductions and Resolutions since 1998 |
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| NY City Zoning Resolution |
Current NY City Zoning Resolution and Maps |
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| NY City Department of Education Chancellor's Regulations |
Regulations covering a wide range of policies including student-related
issues and employee issues |
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| The City Record Online |
Database of notices published in the City Record newspaper which includes: public hearings and meetings, public auctions and sales, solicitations and awards and official rules proposed and adopted by NY City agencies. |
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| NY Municipal Codes |
Extensive collection of Municipal Codes |
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County Websites |
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City, Town and Village Websites |
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| Ethics Resources |
| NY State Bar Assn Ethics Opinions |
Advisory opinions issued by NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics |
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| New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics |
Advisory Opinions from 1988 to date |
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| NYC Bar Assn Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics |
Opinions from 1986 to date |
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| Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics | Browse or search the committee's ethical opinions | |
| AMA Code of Medical Ethics |
Policy positions of the American Medical Association |
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| Federal Legal Resources |
| Congress.gov |
Federal bills, Congressional Record, treaties, committee reports |
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| Table of Popular Names of
Federal Statutes |
The Cornell Law School's convenient table organizes federal statutes
alphabetically by popular name, with entries containing their Public Law
number and relevant links |
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| US Government Printing Office |
Free online access to official publications from all three branches of
the federal government. United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Hon. Gerald Lebovits, A Collection of Works on Legal and Judicial Writing, United States Court Decisions, Compilation of Presidential Documents, Congressional Bills, Congressional Documents, Congressional Hearings, Congressional Record, Congressional Reports, Economic Indicators, Public and Private Laws, Additional Government Publications |
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| US Supreme Court |
Opinions, dockets, argument transcripts, argument audio |
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| GovTrack.us |
Easily track the status of federal legislation, find information about
the activities of Congress generally and specific members, and more |
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| Federal Courts Finder |
Comprehensive listing of federal courts |
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| FedWorld |
US Commerce Department's access point for federal information; 20 searchable databases |
more |
| The White House: Presidential Actions |
Includes Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, and Proclamations (January 2009-present) |
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| National Archives |
Codification of Presidential
Proclamations & Executive Orders (1945-1989), Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index (1937-2012) |
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| Library of Congress |
US Constitution & Bill of Rights; Congressional Bills (House 1799-1873, Senate 1819-1873); Congressional Committee Reports (US Serial Set 1833-1917); Congressional Debates (1789-1877); documents from the Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention;
US Treaties
(1795-1945) and Other International Agreements (1950-1982) |
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| Founder's Constitution |
Provides links to historical documents related to the development of the Constitution |
| Yale Law School's Avalon Project |
Large compilation of historical documents, e.g., Federalist Papers, presidential papers, early state constitutions |
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| US Department of State |
Congressional testimony
transcripts by Department of State officials appearing before Congress,
Treaties in Force,
and Texts of
International Agreements (TIAS) to which the US is a party (1996-2015) |
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US Department of
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Information about many of the major laws administered and enforced by
the US Department of Labor
Free access to the Department of Labor's
Wirtz Labor
Library, providing the general public with a wealth of labor resources |
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| US Patent & Trademark Office Patent Search Tutorial |
Learn how to conduct a preliminary patent search using a video tutorial. |
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| US Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Access to Housing Handbooks, forms, and publications. |
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| Inernational Legal Resources |
| International Legal Research Tutorial |
A collaboration between Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, this tutorial teaches research strategies and methodology for research print and electronic sources of international legal materials. |
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| Comprehensive Legal Resources |
| FindLaw |
Free access to a range of federal and state resources and materials from other countries; also offers forms for purchase. |
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| Justia |
Free access to a range of federal and state resources. |
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| LexisNexis Legal Newsroom |
Sign up for access to legal blogs, top cases and more. |
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| Harvard Law School Free Legal Research Guide |
Collection of some of the best resources for free legal research on the web. Contains links for Primary Federal Law, Primary State Law, U.S. and International Treaties, Foreign and International Law, Secondary Sources, and Empirical Sources. |
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| George Mason University School of Law Free Legal Research Sites |
Organizes free legal research websites, search engines and databases. |
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| DRAGNET: Search of Free Legal Databases |
DRAGNET stands for "Database Retrieval Access using Google's New Electronic Technology," a specialized search engine that enables users to "drag the net" through a group of free law-related Web resources. |
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| Cornell's Legal Information Institute |
Full-service federal and state site with comprehensive Supreme Court collection |
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| WashLaw WEB |
Comprehensive site of national and state material; fine selection of Law Journals |
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| Georgetown Law Library Tutorials |
Free video tutorials for conducting legal research, including Administrative Law, Legislative History and Treaty Research. |
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| Thurgood Marshall Law Library Guide to Legal Research |
Guide to general legal research prepared by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. |
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| ECOLEX |
Information service on environmental law that includes information on treaties, international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical guidance documents, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature. Users have access to the full text of most of the information provided. |
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| American Law Sources On-Line |
Links to freely-accessible online sources of law for the US and Canada. |
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| Miscellaneous Resources |
| State Phone Directory |
Searchable phone directory of state employees (provided by the Office of Information Technology Services) |
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| New York State Bar Association |
Includes Opinions issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics |
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| NY City Green Book |
Official Directory of the City of New York |
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| Medicare/Medicaid Manual |
From the US Department of Health and Human Services |
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| Legal Writing Resources: Clarity, Plain English, Grammar, Punctuation, Diction |
| Practice Law Institute, Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing, The Principles of Super-Clarity |
| Federal Register, Drafting Legal Documents, Principles of Clear Writing |
| Federal Register, Drafting Legal Documents, Preferred Expressions |
| Hon. Gerald Lebovits, A Collection of Works on Legal and Judicial Writing |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Comission, A Plain English Handbook: How to Create Clear SEC Disclosure Documents, Writing in Plain English (Aug. 1998) |
| William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style (1999), portions available on Bartleby.com |
| Capital Community College Foundation, Guide to Grammar and Writing |
| Purdue University, The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) |
| Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |
