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• Bankruptcy
  Advice from the America Bankruptcy Institute
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  List of copyright resources
• Immigration Resource
  Includes Spanish version of some documents
• Living Wills
  Info on health care declarations
• Legal Forms
  Internet Legal Resouces Guide's menu of legal forms
• LLRX Law and Technology Resources
  Includes numerous resources for common legal research questions
• Wills
  Crash course in wills & trusts

• via National Archives and Records Administration on GPO Access
• via Cornell's Legal Information Institute
• LSA: List of Sections Affected via GPO Access
• Regulatory Information Service Center via GSA
• Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan

• Supreme Court of the United States
  • Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States prepared by the Congressional Research Service via GPO Access
  • Historic Supreme Court Decisions - by Justice via Cornell
  • United States Supreme Court Decisions (1893 to present) via FindLaw
• United States Courts of Appeal
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• State Courts
  • Louisiana Supreme Court
  • State Courts via Capitol Reports

• via White House News Page
• Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders April 13, 1945, through January 20, 1989
• Executive Orders Disposition Tables January 4, 1949 - December 12, 2001 via Office of Federal Register
• Louisiana Executive Orders (1996-present)
• Line Item Vetoes via Thomas
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents via GPO Access

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present via House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk
• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 from the Library of Congress, Law Library
• Bill Summary and Status via Thomas 93rd Session (1973-1974) to the Current Session
• Congressional Record (1995-present) via GPO Access
• Congressional Record Index (1983-present) via GPO Access
• History of Bills (1983-present) via GPO Access
• Public and Private Laws (104th Congress-present) via GPO Access
• Thomas from the Library of Congress
• United States Code via GPO Access or via Cornell

• via GPO Access
• Table of Contents (Graphic) and Daily Table (Text) via the Environmental Protection Agency
• LSA: List of Sections Affected via GPO Access
• OMB Circulars
• Privacy Act Issuances via GPO Access
• Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook (October 1998)
• Plain Language Tools via Office of Federal Register
• Thesaurus of Indexing Terms of the Office of Federal Register

• American Law Sources Online
• via FindLaw
• Full-text state statutes and legislation via Prairienet
• Louisiana Administrative Code
• Louisiana State Legislature
• State and Local Government on the Net via Piper Resources
• State and Local Governments via the Library of Congress
• State Legal Resources on the Web via the University of Michigan Documents Center
• Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans via The Avalon Project
• State Law: Government and Legislative Information via Washburn University School of Law

• Codes listed by State via Municipal Code Corporation
• Municipal Codes Online via Seattle Public Library

• LexisNexis Academic [Limited to LSU Campus]
• Electronic Reference Desk via Emory University Law Library
• FindForms Search Engine
• Findlaw Internet Legal Resources
• Georgetown Legal Explorer via Georgetown Law Library
• Guide to United States Law via Law Library of Congress
• Lawyer Locator via Martindale-Hubbell
• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research via Georgia State University College of Law
• WashLaw WEB via Washburn University School of Law