General Web Search
Multi-engine search tools explore virtually all of the search engines (such as Yahoo, Webcrawler, Alta Vista, etc.) concurrently. If it is on the Internet, the multi-engine search tools should find it.
Dogpile: Supports 25 search engines
http://www.dogpile.com
Interference Find: Searches with the best search engines, merges the results & removes the redundancies.
http://m5.inference.com/ifind
Northern Light Search: A comprehensive search engine that divides search results into simpler categories for ease of manipulation.
http://www.nlsearch.com
State of Texas
Search for Texas information, including information regarding service of process, case law research, jury verdict research, statutes, codes, and various fee-based services offered on the Internet.
Links to Texas Government: Access to all Texas government information on the Internet
http://www.state.tx.us
Texas Legal: Link to websites by specific practice area.
http://www.texaslegal.com
Web Texas: Link to many legal websites created in Texas.
http://www.utexas.edu/texas
Texas State Electronic Library: Access to Texas Government, libraries, counties, cities, newspaper, and other legal sources.
http://link.tsl.state.tx.us
Texas Lawyer - Fee based: Texas legal information on the Internet
http://www.texlaw.com
Legislative Reference Library: Link to many Texas and national websites on the Internet.
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us
Administrative Code: Texas Administrative Code
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.html
Secretary of State: Direct access to all corporate information provided to the Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.tx.us
Legislature: Access to Bills and other legislative resources from the 73rd through the most recentLegislatures.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
Attorney General Opinions: Attorney general opinions, general publications, and open government updates.
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/
Agencies: Link to all agencies in Texas.
http://www.state.tx.us/agency/agencies.html
Texas Register: Current and past issues of the Texas Register.
http://www.lamb.sos.state.tx.us/texreg
Texas Rules of Evidence: Texas rules in full text.
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/texas/rcve_toc.htm
Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code: A free online version of the CPRC.
http://www.Capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/cvtoc.html
Department of Public Safety: Drivers license information, crime records service, and a link to the Texas Government page.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us
Texas Ethics Opinions: Texas Rules of Professional Conduct.
http://www.lawlib.uh.edu/
Constitution: Full text of the Texas Constitution.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/txcon/toc.htm
Bills: Access to Texas legislature online.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
Governor: Access the Governor's home page to find out information about the past session or the governor's initiatives.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us
State Bar of Texas CLE Information: State Bar of Texas CLE course schedule.
http://www.texasbarcle.com/
All Counties in Texas: Access to a list of all counties in Texas, and links to those with websites.
http://www.state.tx.us/county/counties.html
Texas Courts
Access information about the Texas Courts on the Internet such as presiding and visiting judges, court clerks with addresses and phone numbers, and municipal court information.
Dallas County Courts: All information dealing with Dallas County, including information about Courts, Judges, and resources.
http://www.dallascourts.com
Harris County Courts: All information dealing with Harris County. Local rules for Harris County Courts.
http://www.co.harris.tx.us
Bexar County Courts: Locate constables for service of process; find phone numbers for various courts.
http://www.co.bexar.tx.us
Travis County Courts: Names and addresses of County Court personnel including clerks and judges.
http://www.co.travis.tx.us
Tarrant County Courts: Names and addresses of County Court personnel including clerks and judges.
http://www.tarrantcounty.com
El Paso County Courts: Commissioners' Court information and agenda.
http://rgfn.epcc.edu/rfgn/projects/county/index.html
Texas Direct: Announcements for appellate justices and practitioners including docketing statements from many state appellate courts, filing fee information, and articles on the new Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
http://www.txdirect.net/users/rrichard/news.htm
5th District Court of Appeals - Dallas: Access the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the submission docket for the 5th District.
http://www.courtstuff.com/5th
8th District Court of Appeals - El Paso: Access information, including the local rules, for the 8th District.
http://www.8thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/
Texas Court Professionals Access: Names, addresses, and phone numbers of all judges, court clerks and other professionals in Texas.
http://www.info.courts.state.tx.us/juddir/juddir.exe
Texas Courts: Texas Supreme Court and all Texas appellate court information including justices, clerks, addresses and phone numbers.
http://www.courts.state.tx.us/
Texas Supreme Court: Online publication of recent Texas Supreme Court Opinions.
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/
Dallas Public Libraries
Search for publication through the online card catalog.
Dallas Public Library: Online card catalog and links to Internet resources
http://www.dallaslibrary.org/
States
Search the various starting points for legal research using the URLs provided in this section. Access state codes, case law, or secondary authority through the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University - an excellent link to legal information on the Internet.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell: The most comprehensive legal link on the Internet.
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Findlaw: Access various legal resources including United States Supreme Court cases dating back to 1906.
http://www.findlaw.com
Seamless Website: One of the largest legal websites with links from thousands of other sites.
http://www.seamless.com
Links to State Codes: Access each state's constitution, statutes, and legislative information.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
Federal Government
Search the United States Congress' home pages to discover current Federal legislation. Look up various United States Codes provisions, Codes of Federal Regulations, and the Federal Registers. Search any of the government agencies' home pages to discover valuable information, for example, 10-K corporate filings through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database.
FirstGov Your First Click to the U.S. Government: Portal to all Federal Government sites.
http://www.firstgov.gov
Legal Information Institute of Cornell: The most comprehensive legal link on the Internet.
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Findlaw: Access various legal resources including United States Supreme Court cases dating back to 1906.
http://www.findlaw.com
Seamless Website: One of the largest legal websites with links from thousands of other sites.
http://www.seamless.com
LectLaw: Electric law library on the Internet.
http://www.lectlaw.com
Thomas: United States Congressional library.
http://thomas.loc.gov
Federal Web Locator: Link to Federal Government information on the Internet by Center for Information Law and Policy, Kent State Univ.
http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
FedWorld: Access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government information.
http://www.fedworld.gov
White House: E-mail the President or Vice-President; search past press releases and presidential addresses.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics: United States economy at a glance.
http://www.stats.bls.gov
Bureau of the Census: Demographic, social and economic information by state and county.
http://www.census.gov
Internal Revenue Service: Access IRS forms and publications. Send comments and receive help.
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov
National Library of Medicine: Link to MEDLINE and many other medical topics on the Internet.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Securities and Exchange Commission: Access EDGAR - the SEC's electronic database which contains corporate filings online.
http://www.sec.gov
Academic
Search various law schools' as well as law libraries' home pages to discover information regarding CLE seminars, admissions information, faculty, and administration. Additionally, the user has access to a number of law reviews and journals published on the Internet.
University of Texas School of Law: Link to Texas legal Internet sites, the 5th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, and University of Texas School of Law Journals.
http://www.law.utexas.edu
Harvard University School of Law: Largest academic law library in the world.
http://www.law.harvard.edu
Southern Methodist University School of Law: Online access to legal information throughout the world.
http://www.law.smu.edu/
Law Reviews: Access a list of legal journals on the Internet.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/law-lib/legal/journals.html
Organizations
The organizations compiled by the www.howardnations.com provide extensive information on CLE seminars, writing, audio, and video courses available, and organizational membership information.
American Law Institute - American Bar Association: CLE Information including: seminar info; writings; audios; videos; and courses.
http://www.ali-aba.org
American Bar Association: Access the ABA's monthly magazine, the ABA Journal.
http://www.abanet.org
State Bar of Texas: State Bar of Texas, serving members of the State Bar and the Public.
http://www.204.65.203.165/
Legal Ethics
The legal ethics websites supply current Texas ethics opinions as well as access to the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct.
American Bar Association: Recent ethics opinions; rules and codes.
http://www.abanet.org/cpr/ home.html
Legal Ethics: Ethics links to government, states, legal, and non-legal sites.
http://www.legalethics.com/ home.html
Texas Ethics Opinions: Access Texas ethics opinions and the Texas Rules of Professional conduct.
http://www.lawlib.uh.edu/ethics
Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism: Resource to enhance legal ethics. Includes online library and materials for purchase.
http://www.txethics.org/
People Locators
The websites in this section help locate anyone including lay witnesses and experts.
Public Data: Drivers license information on over 17,000,000 Texans. Voter registration information for Dallas County, Texas.
http://www.publicdata.com
Know X: Perform background checks; locate people, business and real property records.
http://www.knowx.com
DocuSearch: Comprehensive site for detailed personal information and asset search.
http://www.docusearch.com
USPS Zip Code Lookup and Address Information: Search for change of address or express mail tracking.
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc
Switchboard Find a Person: Locate individuals or businesses.
http://www.switchboard.com
teleconnekt.com: Telephone directories, country codes, city codes, dialing instructions and more.
http://www.teleconnekt.com
WhoWhere E-Mail Addresses: Locate individuals, their e-mail addresses or businesses.
http://www.whowhere.lycos. com
Bigfoot's Global E-Mail Directory: The Internet's largest collection of e-mail addresses and white page listings.
http://www.bigfoot.com
Global Mega People Finder: Directory assistance white pages, and e-mail assistance.
http://www.web-search.com:80/ people.html
Info Space- The Ultimate Directory: Yellow pages, white pages, international directory, city guide and business guide.
http://www.infospace.com
AnyWho Directory: Find telephone number, e-mail, home page URL, toll free number, and address.
http://www.anywho.com/index.html
Attorney Lists
This section gives the user various attorney directories and lists.
World Wide Web Virtual Library- Law Firms: Law firms available through "by information type" search area.
http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/index.html
West's Legal Directory: Search West's online directory to find a lawyer by name, office name, city, state, country or practice area.
http://www.lawoffice.com
Martindale-Hubbell: Lawyer directory.
http://www.martindale.com
The Legal Directory: Official legal directory for 12 states including Texas.
http://www.legaldirectories.com
Attorney Find: Locate an attorney by practice area.
http://www.attorneyfind.com/
Texas Board of Legal Specialization: Provides you with certified specialists by county and provides board certification information about an attorney if you know his or her name.
http://www.tbls.org/search4/ index/htm
Corporate Information
The Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database provides corporate information of companies required to file forms with the Commission. For example, Noram's annual 10-K report is available through EDGAR. Search for a business using BigBook, the yellow pages of business information. BigBook allows researchers to search a company and uncover information such as net income, board of director's names, and officers' names.
EDGAR: Access publicly traded corporation's SEC filings including 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K reports.
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp. htm
Free EDGAR: Free corporate information regarding SEC filings.
http://www.freedgar.com
Company Profiles: Dow Jones and Work.com offer over 11 million profiles in the U.S. There is a lot of private company information here, including company name, address, D-U-N-S number, stock ticker (if any), key personnel, services, years in business, etc.
http://www.dowjones. companyprofiles.work.com/
Invest Quest: Access 10-K, 10-Q, or proxy statements of all publicly traded coporations.
http://invest.quest.columbus.oh.us
Annual Reports of the Fortune 500: Ranked annual reports.
http://www.darden.virginia.edu/ library/fortune.htm
Business Finder: Locate any business in the United States.
http://www.bigbook.com
Investment
Receive investment information from Reuter's home page.
Historical Stock Quotes: Stock Quotes
http://investor.msn.com
NASDAQ: Stock Quotes
http://www.nasdaq.com
Reuters: Investment aid. Stock, bond, and mutual fund quotes.
http://www.reuters.com
Stock Wiz: Stock Quotes
http://www.stockwiz.com
Political Contributors: Determine who gave what to which candidate in last year's elections.
http://www.tray.com/FECInfo/ index.html-ssi
Service Companies
Explore a variety of legal services on the Internet.
United Parcel Service: Track your packages online.
http://www.ups.com
Federal Express: Online accounts and shipping via the Internet.
http://www.fedex.com
Kelley Blue Book: Blue book values of new and used vehicles.
http://www.kbb.com
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