Connecticut Judicial Branch - Links to law libraries, judicial directories, court opinions, juror information and educational resources for children.

Connecticut Legal Guide - Links to Connecticut Attorneys, courts, state and federal agencies, court forms.

Connecticut General Statutes - Contains codification by subject matter of the permanent laws of Connecticut. Statues can be searched by individual title, chapter, or section and are available in full text format from 1996 to the present. Special and Public Acts are accessible from 1988 forward Connecticut Secretary of the State.

Commercial Recording Forms Division - Search CT non-profit and profit corporations database by name, identification or filing number.

Connecticut State Register and Manual - Electronic version of what is widely known as the "Blue Book" for the State of Connecticut.

Connecticut State Statutes - Search and browse Connecticut state statutes.

Municode.com - Charter and code of City of Stamford.

Official Court Forms - Provides official criminal and civil court forms, including family, housing, supreme/appellate, and victim services. Forms are published in PDF format and can be filled online. Supreme Court and Appellate Court Advanced Released decisions are accessible prior to publication in the Connecticut Law Journal. Full text archived opinions and memorandum decisions begin with the year 2000.

USA Lawyers.net - Access to Executive, judicial and legislative branches of state government. Legal Forms, legal dictionary state bar associations and attorneys are also included.

U.S. District Court - District of Connecticut - Access to court information for the State of Connecticut, including links to court opinions, local procedural rules, legal forms, and federal judges, and state agencies.

Federal Legal Resources

United States Supreme Court. - Provides information on the substantive and procedural business before the court including legal opinions from the 2002 term to slip opinions of the current term, orders denying a petition for certiorari, calendar of oral arguments, and applications for emergency action on a specific case.

United States Code - Contains codification by subject matter of the permanent laws of the United States. Like the CFR, the USC is divided into 50 titles of broad subject areas. Documents are available only as ASCII text files from 1994 to 2000 plus supplements.

Federal Register - Contains Federal agencies’ rules, proposed rules, notices of Federal agencies and organizations executive orders and various other presidential documents from the year 2000 forward. Hypertext links are available to web sites cited in the FR document.

Code of Federal Register - Published once each calendar year, the CFR is divided into 50 titles representing broad subject areas, containing the codification of permanent rules ordered by Federal executive departments and agencies earlier published in the Federal Register. Documents from 1996 forward available online. The List of CFR Sections Affected is also available.

State Jurisdiction Law Sites

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Corporations Division Database - Search MA Secretary of State’s non-profit and profit corporations database by name, identification or filing number, officer or director.

New York Department of State. Division of Corporations - Search NY business and not for profit corporations, including limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and miscellaneous businesses by name or key word.

Legal Search Engines

American Law Sources On-line - Contains links to legal resources for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Chooselaw.com - The legal website of the people, for the people, and by the people, has announced that it will be offering use of its legal content for other websites, via RSS and Javascript based feeds absolutely free of charge. This feature allows a multitude of users such as lawyers, law students, businessman, as well as the general public to have access to an immense wealth of useful and practice information.

Cornell Legal Information Institute - Offers topical and key word search engine for the U.S. Code, United States Supreme Court and individual state and district court decisions from 1990 to the present. Selected historic decisions are also available.

FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Latest legal news, case law, and analytical articles relevant to your research area. FindLaw's online resource also allows you to search a case, research an attorney and find legal forms.

FindLaw LawCrawler - Search tool specifically for legal research.

Internet Legal Forms Archive (ILRG) - Largest collection of legal forms on the web. Personal, business and state specific forms are available.

Lexis Nexis News - News from over 4,000 US and International sources.

Washburn University School of Law Library (WashLaw Web) - Comprehensive listing of links to all known law-related materials on the Internet.

Subject Specific Law Sites

Family Law:

The ABA Family Law Section - Offers a wealth of information on marital and family law issues including links to state bar web sites, a table summarizing the law in the fifty states, ABA Client Handbooks for purchase, and ABA Fact Books that can be viewed as PDF files with Adobe Acrobat.

Findlaw - Links cover adoption, child custody and support, divorce, marriage and living together.

Adoption:

LII (Legal Information Institute at Cornell University School of Law) - features information on adoption within the fifty states and Puerto Rico, including links to state and federal statutes, as well as links to other sources of adoption information.

Health Law:

The American Bar Association Health Law Section - Provides links to a variety of topics including state health statutes, federal agencies, attorney search, and periodicals.

Property/Real Estate:

ABA Law Info - Informative links to issues and laws on home ownership including buying and selling, remodeling a home, renting residential property, liability insurance, and estate planning.

Tax Law:

Internal Revenue Service - Contains links to information for individuals, businesses, charities, and non-profits enterprises government entities, and tax professionals.

TaxMaster.com - This is where you can find links to the mega tax gateway sites. You will also find links to tax information that generally gets little attention.” Links include: Federal Income Tax Forms, State Tax Information, The Internal Revenue Service, Foreign Tax Information, Tax Calculators, and Tax Assistance.

Wills, Estates, and Trusts:

ABA Real Probate & Trust Law - Links provide answers to the most common questions about the estate planning process, probate and administration of estates, transfer taxes and tax planning for your assets, and disability planning.

CataLaw Wills, Trusts & Estates - Features a catalog of links to international and national sites covering estate planning, wills, and trusts.

FindLaw Probate, Trusts, & Estates - Links for the public feature overviews of wills, trusts and estates law, state statutes, and attorney search.

Recommended Print Sources

American Bar Association Family Legal Guide.  R 349.73 A512 A

Best Lawyers in America.  R 340.02573 N

Code of City of Stamford.  RL 352.97469 S783CO

Decisions of the Supreme Court.  R 345.4 L425DC

Federal Register.  R Q348.732U 58F

Martindale-Hubbell Corporate Law Directory.  R 347.03 M354C

Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States.  R 347.73260983

United States Code.  R 345.21 U58U

Code of Federal Regulations.  R 348.732 C669O

Federal Regulations and Index.  Located Side Wall Ref. Area

Guide to Connecticut Lawyers.  R 340G 946

Nutshell Series:

Legal Negotiation in a Nutshell.  347.7309T 314L 2005

Legal Research in a nutshell.  R 340.072073 C678L 2000

Introduction to Estate Planning in a nutshell.  346.73052 L989I 2004

Federal Income taxation of corporations andStockholders in a Nutshell.  343.7305267 B959F 2003

Elder law in a Nutshell.  346.73013 F929E 2003

Personal Property in a Nutshell.  346.73047 B959P 2003

Civil Procedure in a Nutshell.  347.735 K16C 2003