Forms

American LegalNet

http://www.americanlegalnet.com

A commercial service providing free California Judicial Council forms. Subscribers to this service may complete the forms online and then print out the completed documents. The site also provides access to local forms from selected courts.

California Department of Corporations

http://www.corp.ca.gov/forms/
formslist.htm

The most commonly used forms filed with the Department, downloadable as PDF files.

California Franchise Tax Board

http://www.ftb.ca.gov

California tax forms and tax publications can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat.

California Judicial Council forms

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/forms/

Forms are downloadable as PDF files.

California Secretary of State

http://www.ss.ca.gov

Various UCC and business forms available for downloading.

California State Board of Equalization (SBE)

http://www.boe.ca.gov/info/
boelist.htm

Site contains forms and other publications of the SBE.

IRS forms

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/
index.html

Downloadable forms from the IRS, available as PDF, PCL, PostScript, or SGML text files.

‘Lectric Law Library Forms Room

http://www.lectlaw.com/form.html

Contains many boilerplate forms for general, business, and litigation practices.

Legaldocs

http://www.legaldocs.com

A product of USA Law Publications, Inc., this site provides access to a number of legal and business forms. Some forms are provided at no cost while others are provided at a fee based on the complexity of the document. Documents can be selected from categories such as wills and trusts, sales, leases, and real estate. The forms are filled in online and can then be printed as completed documents.

NLRB

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/
shared_files/forms/

Selected forms are provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

San Diego Superior Court

http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov

One of the growing number of trial court sites that currently has some local forms available for downloading in PDF format.

Jury Instructions

NetLaw Libraries, Inc.

http://www.netlawlibraries.com

Subscription-based site providing free access to California civil jury instructions

The Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions and The Manual of Model Criminal Jury Instructions for the Ninth Circuit

http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov

Link out from the Ninth Circuit home page to the text of the federal Manuals of Model Jury Instructions.

California Civil Jury Instructions

http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
reference/4_34juryinst.htm

Complete copy of all civil jury instructions as updated and revised by the AOC.

Briefs and Other Court Records

A Capital Defender’s Toolbox briefs and motions

http://members.aol.com/karlkeys/
briefs.html

Motions, manuals, and briefs bank for capital cases.

AIPLA Selected Amicus Briefs (American Intellectual Property Law Association)

http://www.aipla.org

Selected amicus briefs in cases of interest are available on the AIPLA website.

Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (San Diego Superior Court)

http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov

Links on the Superior Court’s site map page lead to individual home page sites for each coordinated complex litigation case handled by the court. These sites, created and maintained by the trial court, contain document filings, court orders, calendars, minutes, and other up-to-date information on these cases.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Appellate Briefs

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/
pubdocs.html

Selected briefs filed by the DOJ’s antitrust division.

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/briefs.htm

Amicus briefs filed by the FTC.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

http://www.criminaljustice.org/
public.nsf/FreeForm/PublicWelcome?
OpenDocument

Home page. NACDL’s brief bank is available to members; nonmembers may view abstracts of the briefs.

Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)

http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/
briefs/search.html

Briefs filed by the OSG.

Oyez

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

Features audiotapes of oral arguments for selected U.S. Supreme Court cases; developed at Northwestern University.

Supreme Court Briefs (Findlaw)

http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/
supreme_court/briefs/index.html

Findlaw created this site to make available all briefs filed in the United State Supreme Court starting with the October 1999 term. New briefs will be posted weekly. The site is free.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ)

http://www.tlpj.org/
briefs_documents.htm

Copies of briefs filed by TLPJ attorneys in selected cases and areas of the law.

Verdicts and Settlements

CalLaw (The Recorder)

http://www.callaw.com

This site offers the current issue of Trials Digest online to subscribers. It tracks cases in county superior courts and in federal district courts in California. You can view the entire list or select a particular court. Lists types of cases and the verdicts.

Court TV

http://www.courttv.com/trials/
verdicts//

Free.

MoreLaw

http://www.morelaw.com

This site provides free jury verdict and settlement information.

Trials Digest Publishing, Inc.

http://www.trialsdigest.com

Publishes reports on various types of civil trials, including personal injury, real property, employment, malpractice, construction contracts, and business litigation. Although this resource is available by subscription, the site does contain some sample and summarized material at no charge.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov

Statistics and research about the criminal justice system.

Verdict Search

http://www.verdictsearch.com

Fee-based site offering verdict and settlement news and research.

Citators

Shepard’sâ

http://www.lexis-nexis.com

Available as part of subscription or for a small fee.

Keyciteâ

http://www.westlaw.com

Available as part of subscription or for a small fee.

Miscellaneous Information

’Lectric Law Lexicon

http://www.lectlaw.com.//ref.html

Law dictionary, originated by the irreverent ’Lectric Law Library.

California Vital Records

http://www.dhs.ca.gov/
chs/default.htm

The California Department of Health Services Center for Health Statistics provides a wide variety of information, including how to obtain birth, death, and marriage certificates, fee schedules, and various vital statistics tables.

Fedstats

http://www.fedstats.gov

More than 70 federal agencies compile statistics of interest to the public. Links to various federal statistics are available, including those from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of the Census, and the National Center for Health Statistics. Full-text searching is available. Some links to regional statistics are offered.

MapQuest

http://www.mapquest.com

Online maps and directions.

Online Legal Dictionary (Law.com)

http://dictionary.law.com

Online legal dictionary with over 3000 legal terms defined.

Pacific Information Resources, Inc., DBA Search Systems

http://www.searchsystems.net

This site provides an interface for searching over 1000 public record databases free of charge. Databases are available for all states and Canada and include state, county, and city records (e.g., DMV, state licenses), depending on digital availability.

U.S. Postal Service Customer Information

http://www.usps.gov/

This site contains much useful information such as zip codes, postage rate calculators, post office locators, etc.

Virtual Reference Desk

http://www.refdesk.com

Site for locating information on just about anything.