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Law & Legal Research

Basic Alaska Legal Resources
prepared by the Alaska Court Law Library
http://www.state.ak.us/courts/aklegal.htm
Alaska State Court Law Library is an excellent source of information and research tips pertaining to laws of the State of Alaska. This web site includes online access to Alaska Statutes, Alaska Administrative Code, Alaska Law Review and other useful links.

Alaska Law Help Organization
provides information on various free and low-cost legal programs
http://www.alaskalawhelp.org/AK/

Alaska Court System
http://www.state.ak.us/courts
Alaska Court System's
Family Law Self-Help Center
http://www.state.ak.us/courts/selfhelp.htm
A statewide public service provided by the Alaska Court System to help people who want to represent themselves in family law matters. Self-Help Center provides information about divorce, dissolution, custody, paternity, child support and referral information about adoption, change of name, emancipation, grandparent rights, legal separation and powers of attorney and guardianship.

Kenai Municipal Code
http://www.qcode.us/codes/kenai/

Laws for the City of Kenai
Kenai Peninsula Borough Code of Ordinances A codification of the General Ordinances of Kenai Peninsula Borough

Law Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com

Easy to read, user-friendly guide to legal terms.

United States Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode

The United States Code contains the general and permanent laws of the United States. It is divided by broad subjects into 50 titles and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1926, the United States Code has been published every six years.

Immigration resources http://www.law.yale.edu/library/research/immigration/index.html

Immigration laws and resources prepared by the Yale Law School Library (some of the databases e.g. Westlaw are available at the Kenai Community Library)
Women's Law Initiative
http://www.womenslaw.org
Founded in February 2000 by a group of lawyers, teachers, activists, and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet work for more disadvantaged people and specifically for survivors of domestic violence.

Federal Employment Laws
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/

Employment laws assistance for workers & small businesses from the U.S. Department of Labor
Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov

An official source of United States Federal Legislative information. Contains full-text of U.S. public bills and laws, Congressional Record & Index, and committee reports.

Lawyers' Directories

Lawyer Locator
http://www.martindale.com

Find a lawyer by name, by location or by the area of practice, by firm or corporation, agencies of the US government or law school faculty.
FindLaw Lawyers Directory
http://lawyers.findlaw.com
Search this free directory to find lawyers or attorneys in your city or state.

Alaska Bar Association
http://www.alaskabar.org/

This web site contains members directory, addresses and telephone numbers of local Alaskan bar associations, Alaska Bar Association rules and Bylaws, Alaska Rules of Professional Conducts and many other links.

WWW Law Related Search Tools @ Directories

Nolo Law for All www.nolo.com

WWW Virtual Library
www.vlib.org/Law.html

Legal Information Institute from Cornell Law School
www.law.cornell.edu

Index of law resources
www.findlaw.com

Articles from legal magazines, local laws & news
www.law.com
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