Updated August 25, 2008

These research links take you to useful sites for legal and other research on the World Wide Web. While the ease of Internet researching is attractive, be cautious. Remember that few online sources of law are official.

	Arkansas
	Other states
	Federal
	General
	International
	Internet key word search (Google)

	UALR Bowen School of Law Library -- check our card catalog and links to many useful research sites
	Arkansas Constitution -- full text of the Constitution of 1874 (yes, that's the current one)
	Arkansas Court Rules -- civil procedure, criminal procedure, evidence, appeals -- all rules, full-text
	Arkansas Code -- online searching of Arkansas statutory law
	Arkansas Legislation -- search bills, acts of the Arkansas General Assembly
	Opinions of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals -- searchable by keyword, 1994-present
	Opinions of the Arkansas Attorney General, plus other info from the AG's office
	Arkansas Secretary of State -- Home of the Arkansas Register and search page for administrative agency rules and regulations

National Center for State Courts links you to every state court on the Internet

	Administrative Office of the Courts
	Code of Federal Regulations
	Federal Rules of Evidence
	Interactive map of federal courts, with links
	United States Code
	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (links to judicial opinions, court rules, oral argument recordings)
	Bankruptcy Court for Eastern & Western Districts of Arkansas (links to general orders, opinions, local rules)
	Eastern District of Arkansas (links to general orders of the court, local rules, model jury instructions, 8th Circuit sentencing guidelines)
	Western District of Arkansas (links to local rules, civil discovery guidelines, forms)

	Visit LLRX.com's Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets page for links to over 700 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets
	FindLaw (uses LawCrawler legal search engine)
	Internet Legal Resource Group (ILRG) has links to over 3000 legal web sites
	Legal Research Using the Internet -- good advice from U of Chicago's law librarian
	LEXIS (requires password)
	LOIS (requires password)
	Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research -- directory of legal research web sites
	Martindale.com Directory -- find lawyers and law firms throughout the U.S.
	THOMAS - U.S. Congress -- keep track of pending legislation
	VersusLaw (requires password)
	Westlaw (requires password)

	Internet Chinese Legal Research Center has legal resources and legal research links to mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
	Links to legal research web pages for nations all around the globe, from ILRG
	Lex Mercatoria provides links for international trade law, plus treaties, conventions, model laws
	Portal to Legal Resource Links in the United Kingdom and Ireland