Public Resources

The following links go to some legal and general sites that may be of interest. We are not endorsing the messages, products or content of these links and are providing them for general information only. Some links include a brief explanation; others are self-evident.

www.vwc.state.va.us
The Virginia Workers Compensation web site.

www.afj.org
Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.

www.adr.org
American Arbitration Association. The American Arbitration Association is available to resolve a wide range of disputes through mediation, arbitration, elections and other out-of-court settlement procedures.

www.aclu.org
American Civil Liberties Union.

www.healthlawyers.org
American Health Lawyer Association, is the nation's largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field.

www.atlanet.org
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

www.cir-usa.org
Center for Individual Rights, provides free legal representation to deserving clients who cannot otherwise afford or obtain legal counsel and whose individual rights are threatened

www.clasp.org
Center for Law and Social Policy, is a non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor.

www.halt.org
HALT - An Organization of Americans for Legal Reform. Americans should be able to handle their legal affairs simply, affordably and equitably. HALT's Reform Projects challenge the legal establishment to improve access and reduce costs in our civil justice system at both the state and federal levels.

www.halt.org
Justice Information Center (NCJRS) -NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control

fatty.law.cornell.edu
Legal Information Institute provides web resource in the field of law.

www.nlada.org/ NLADA
National Legal Aid and Defender Association is the nation's leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals - those who make a difference in the lives of low-income clients and their families and communities. Representing legal aid and defender programs, as well as individual advocates, NLADA is proud to be the oldest and largest national, nonprofit membership association devoting 100 percent of it's resources to serving the broad equal justice community.

www.nlada.org
The National Legal Center for the Public Interest (NLCPI) is a nonpartisan, educational and public service foundation concerned with issues of public policy which relate to law or to the administration of justice.

www.nationalpartnership.org
National Partnership for Women and Families includes information on family leave benefits, patient bill of rights, etc.

www.citizen.org
Public Citizen Litigation Group-Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded by Ralph Nader.

www.streetlaw.org
Street Law, Inc. Street Law is practical, participatory education about law, democracy and human rights

www.vsb.or
Virginia State Bar Home Page

www.vba.org
Virginia Bar Asocociation

www.abanet.org
American Bar Association

www.fedbar.org
Federal Bar Association

www.nlm.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine

www.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

content.nejm.org
New England Journal of Medicine On-line

www.jama.ama-assn.org
JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association

www.jointcommission.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. To continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations.

www.fjc.gov
The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the federal judicial system.

www.fedstats.gov
Fedstats - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

www.fedworld.gov
FedWorld.gov is a comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information.

www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
IRS Forms Retrieve all current IRS forms from U.S. Treasury department.

thomas.loc.gov
THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet

www.usdoj.gov
U.S. Department of Justice

www.eeoc.gov
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

www.findlaw.com
Findlaw, research cases, cites and various state court information.

www.vipnet.org
Virginia Government

legis.state.va.us
Virginia General Assembly

www.knowx.com
Search Public Records

www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks
The Federal Judiciary Homepage provides news and information about the Federal Courts

www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml
Martindale-Hubbell is a leading source of information for the legal profession

memory.loc.gov
American Memory - American History in Words, Sound and Pictures

www.loc.gov
Library of Congress

www.courts.state.va.us
Virginia Judicial System

www.cnn.com
CNN Interactive, see CNN's new online media.

www.washingtonpost.com
The Washington Post

www.nytimes.com
New York Times

www.usatoday.com
USA Today

online.wsj.com/public/us
Wall Street Journal

espn.go.com
ESPN

www.expedia.com
Maps, flights, vacations, guides--Expedia is the first of the established online travel retailers

www.consumerreports.org
Consumer Reports Online

www.ncbar.org
North Carolina Bar Association

www.ncbar.com
North Carolina State Bar

www.vwc.state.va.us
Virginia Workers Compensation

www.ncatl.org
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers

www.hamptonroads.com
Local news and happenings in the Hampton Roads area.