Researching Law

PRIMARY MATERIALS: WASHINGTON

• Washington Courts: http://www.courts.wa.gov
• State of Washington: http://access.wa.gov
• MRSC: http://www.mrsc.org
  
• RCW: Revised Code of WA
  • HTML format
  • FolioView format
• WAC
• Register
  
• Court Rules: State & Local
• Licenses & Certifications
• Municipal Codes
• Admission to Practice
  • Rules (APR)
  • Regulations
• Rules for Lawyer Discipline
• Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC)
  
  Statutes in Development
  
• Bill Information. Bill status, Search by topic, RCWs affected, topical index, etc.
• Legislative Calendar. Includes committee hearings and floor actions.

Opinions

• Attorney General Opinions
• WSBA Ethics Opinions

Case Law

• http://www.legalwa.org (all WA case law)
• http://www.wa.gov/courts/opinpage/recent.htm
• http://www.wa.gov/courts/opinpage/search.htm 

FEDERAL

CFR

• http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
• http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html
• http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/

RCW

• http://leginfo.leg.wa.gov/www/rcw.htm 
• http://www.mrsc.org/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/rcw1996.nfo?

CASE LAW SEARCH

• http://www.legalonline.com/courts.htm
• http://www.lawforum.net/resources/courts.htm
• http://www.ljextra.com/courthouse/statelinks.html 
• http://www.ljx.com/courthouse/staterules.html
• http://www.ljx.com/courthouse/index.html 
• http://www.usalaw.net/courts.htm

CASE LAW

• http://www.uscourts.gov/
• http://www.lawsource.com/
• http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
• http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm   
• http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/topiclist.html
• http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/ca09.html
• http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/sct.html
• http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
• http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal32.htm
• http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/fedcourt.html

BROAD LIBRARIES

• http://http://www.findlaw.com
• http://http://www.hg.org
  
• http://http://www.lawresearch.com
• http://http://www.catalaw.com
• http://http://www.lawresearch.com
• http://http://www.municode.com/database.html
• http://http://www.abanet.org/adminlaw/home.html
• http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/adlaw.htm