Law and Government – Minnesota
Constitution
- Minnesota Constitution
- Minnesota's Original Constitution (Minnesota Historical Society)
Legislative branch
- Minnesota Statutes and Session Laws
- Minnesota Statutes Archive
- Minnesota Session Laws Archive
- Legislation and Bill Tracking includes useful guides to the legislative process
- Minnesota State Legislature
- Legislative Reference Library
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Executive Branch
- Minnesota Rules
- See Also Researching Minnesota Rules, a State Law Library publication.
- Minnesota State Register
- SONARs - Statements of Need and Reasonableness (Archive coverage begins in 2006)
- Office of Administrative Hearings
- Attorney General
- Governor
- Secretary of State
- Department of Administration
- Advisory Opinions relating to Minnesota government data practices.
- Minnesota’s Bookstore
- Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education
- Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards includes directions for filing a complaint
- Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board formerly Ethical Practices Board
- Minnesota Client Security Board compensates victims of lawyer theft. Includes rules and information on filing a claim.
- Minnesota Department of Corrections
- Minnesota Department of Human Rights
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Fair Hearings Decision Database (search human services appeals decisions)
- Minnesota Department of Revenue
- Revenue Notices
- Quick Start for Individual Taxpayers, including forms
- Quick Start for Business Taxpayers, including forms
- Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
- Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board includes information on filing a complaint against a lawyer.
- Minnesota Ombudsman Offices
- Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
- Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners
- Minnesota State Board of Legal Certification
- See also, State of Minnesota Yellow Pages Directory, the online version of Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services.
SELECTED Constitutional Offices (See 
for a complete list.)
SELECTED State Agencies (See for a complete list.)
Judicial Branch
- Minnesota Judicial Branch
- Law Library Publications
- Minnesota Court System: Opinions and Orders
- Minnesota Appellate Court Briefs
- Chronological List of Justices and Judges of the Minnesota Appellate Courts
- Appellate Courts
- Opinions of the State Appellate Courts Archive
- Minnesota Lawyer: Appellate Courts Edition (in-library access only, except for subscribers to the Minnesota Lawyer newspaper.)
- Minnesota Appellate Court Briefs Collection.
- Minnesota Supreme Court Oral Arguments
- Public access to the case management system of the Minnesota Appellate Courts
- Minnesota Supreme Court documents:
- Minnesota Court of Appeals documents:
- Standards of Review
- HTML version with hyperlinks Rev. 8/08
- Printable PDF version Rev. 8/08 [Requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe also provides free conversion tools for screen reader access.]
- Special Term Opinion Subject Matter Index: Word Version | PDF Version
- District Courts
- MNCIS: Public Access to Trial Court Records
- Map of the 10 Judicial Districts
- District Court Web Sites
- Rules of Court and Forms
- Minnesota Court Rules including appendices of forms
- Minnesota Court Forms - some forms are statewide, but District specific forms are included
- Supreme Court Administrative Files (petitions, reports and court orders on changes to the rules of procedure)
- CriMNet (Criminal Justice Information)
- Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary
- Statutory Courts
- Tax Court
- Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals
Local Government
- County and Municipal Ordinances
- Minnesota Cities on the Web (North Star)
- Minnesota City Directory (League of Minnesota Cities)
- Minnesota Counties on the Web (North Star)
- Minnesota County Web Sites (Association of Minnesota Counties)
- Minnesota Townships on the Web (North Star)
Law and Government – United States
Constitution
- Constitution of the United States (National Archives)
- Constitution of the U.S. Analysis and Interpretation (GPO) -- A searchable database including analysis of the constitution and Supreme Court decisions interpreting it, prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress and made available through the Government Printing Office.
- The Founders Constitution -- A well-organized web source of historical material on the U.S. Constitution.
Legislative Branch
- United States Code (LII)
- United States Code (GPO)
- Thomas (LOC) Bill tracking and legislative history
- Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access (GPO) Includes the Congressional Record, bills and bill history, calendars, committees and rules.
- Congressional Documents Online (Rutgers - Camden School of Law)
- United States Statutes at Large (GPO)
- United States Statutes at Large (Library of Congress)
- United States Code Classification Tables (Office of the Law Revision Counsel) showing where recently enacted statutes appear in the Code.
- Popular Names of Acts in the US Code (LII)
- Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent (Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.)
- Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet (Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.)
- Legislative Sourcebook (Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.)
- United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources (Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.)
Executive Branch
- United States Government Manual (GPO)
- Code of Federal Regulations (GPO)
- Code of Federal Regulations (LII)
- Federal Register (GPO)
- e-CFR: the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (GPO) Not the official version, but updated on a daily basis.
- A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
- USA.gov: the Federal Government's Official Web Portal
- Federal Administrative Decisions & Other Actions (University of Virginia)
- Reginfo.gov (Regulatory information Service Center) Includes the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Judicial Branch
- United States Supreme Court (the official site) Includes dockets, court calendars, slip opinions, United States Reports from volume 502 (1991) and oral argument transcripts begining in 2000.
- Supreme Court Collection (LII) opinions begin with 1990.
- Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw) Opinions begin with 1893.
- Supreme Court Briefs (FindLaw)
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Courts (Federal Judiciary)
- AltLaw: Search the full text of the U.S. Supreme and Circuit Appeals Courts
- Federal Judicial Opinions (LII)
- Federal District Court Filings (Justia)
- United States District Court, District of Minnesota
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Minnesota
- Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (LII)
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (LII)
- Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (LII)
- Federal Rules of Evidence (LII)
- Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States (LII)
- 2009 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
Other Publications
- Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources (LLRX)
- GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.
- U.S. Federal Government Documents Selected sites on the Web and our suggestions for Exploring GPO Access.
Law and Government –States
- Constitutions, Statutes and Codes (LII) Also includes Uniform Laws.
- Court Rules, Forms and Dockets (LLRX)
- Court Web Sites (National Center for State Courts), includes court structure charts
- Finding Briefs on the Web by Robert J. Ambrogi
- 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- Free and Fee-Based Appellate Court Briefs Online (LLRX)
- Reference from Coast to Coast: Jury Instructions Update (LLRX)
- Law by Source: State (LII) Includes links to constitutions, statutes, uniform laws, administrative rules and court opinions.
- State and Local Government on the Net
- State and Territorial Governments (USA.gov)
- State Blue Books
- State Courts by Jurisdiction (LII)
- State Legislative Web Sits (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- State Legislatures, State Laws and State Regulations: Web Site Links and Telephone Numbers (Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.)
- WashLaw: State, Federal and International Information on the Web (Washburn U. School of Law)
- Topic Index: State Statutes on the Internet (LII)
- Municipal Codes (Seattle Public Library)
- Publishers of municipal codes
- American Legal Publishing Corporation
- Code Publishing Company
- FEIN Group
- General Code Publishers
- LexisNexis Municipal Codes
- Municipal Code Corporation
- Sterling Codifiers
- Pathfinder to American Indian Law
Legal Forms
Secondary Legal Resources
Continuing Legal Education
Dictionaries
- Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary (Nolo Press)
- Glossary of Court-related Terms (Minnesota Courts)
- Glossary of Terms (U.S. Dist. Court Minnesota)
- Housing Court Dictionary (Fourth District Courts, Hennepin County Minnesota)
- Law Dictionaries (from YourDictionary.com)
- Legal Glossaries in other languages (scroll down)
- Legal Terms (Fifth District Courts, serving Southwest Minnesota)
- Lectric Law Lexicon (Lectric Law Library) “A number of the Lexicon's files contain material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.”
- Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (Findlaw)
- The People's Law Dictionary (Law.com)
- Probate Dictionary (Fourth District Courts, Hennepin County Minnesota)
News – Law
- BlawgSearch (Justia.com)
- CNN’s Law Center
- FindLaw News
- Global Legal Monitor (Law Library of Congress)
- Law.com (American Lawyer Media)
- Law Professor Blogs
- Legal News Center (Hieros Gamos)
- Minnesota Lawyer
- Minnesota's Legal Newspapers (Minn. Secretary of State's Office)
- National Law Journal
- Writ: FindLaw’s Legal Commentary
Periodicals and Law Reviews
- ABA Free Full-text Online Law Review/Law Journal Search Engine (ABA Legal Technology Resource Center). Searches the free full-text of over 300 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic papers and related publications such as Congressional Research Service reports.
- ABA Journal
- Academic Law Reviews and Journals (FindLaw)
- Barrister (Ramsey County Bar Association)
- Bench and Bar of Minnesota
- Contents Pages from Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals (Tarlton Law Library) a current awareness service
- Current Law Journal Content (Washington & Lee Law School) Tables of Content from recently published journals
- Empirical Legal Studies Bibliography (UCLA and Cornell) A database of recent articles which contain significant empirical research
- Hennepin Lawyer
- Law Journals (WashLaw) Includes full-text index
- Law Review Home Pages (U of Chicago)
- LitiLaw: Legal Article Research Portal
- Minnesota Legal History Project
- Minnesota Legal Periodical Index
Research Aids and Pathfinders
- Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter Martin (LII)
- University of Chicago Style Sheet (Maroonbook)
- U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
- Law Schools (Hieros Gamos) includes information on law school rankings
- Law Scout (U of Akron) a searchable collection of pathfinders from law schools
- Docket Series pathfinders on various legal topics (MSLL)
- Research Guides (University of Minnesota Law Library)
- Judicial Humor (U of Washington School of Law) This page identifies and describes humorous court opinions and related sources.
- Wex a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia (LII)
Non-legal information
Dictionaries, Thesauri, Quotes
- Acronym Finder
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
- Bible Gateway
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
- One Look Dictionaries
- Shakespeare
News -- Minnesota
- KARE 11 (TV)
- KSTP 5 (TV)
- Minnesota Law and Politics
- Minnesota Newspapers Directory
- Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
- TwinCities.com (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- WCCO 4 (TV)
News – World
Reference
- Reference books from Bartleby.com
- Reference links from the Legislative Reference Library
- Google Maps
- Interactive Map of the Capitol complex
- MapQuest
- Maps on Us
- National Center for Health Statistics (life expectancy/mortality tables)
- National Weather Service
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Ultimate White Pages
- The Weather Channel
- WebMD Health Information
Attorneys and Judges
Directories
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- FindLaw Lawyer Directory
- Minnesota Attorney Registration System - Public Inquiry
- Minnesota Judges Directory (LawMoose)
- Minnesota Lawyers (LawMoose)
- Minnesota State Bar Association Membership Directory
- State Lawyer Licensing Databases
Associations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers - Minnesota Chapter
- American Immigration Lawyers Association - Minnesota/Dakotas Chapter
- Association of Corporate Counsel - Minnesota Chapter
- Association of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Christian Legal Society of Minnesota
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Minnesota American Indian Bar Association
- Minnesota Association for Justice (f/k/a Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association)
- Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
- Minnesota County Attorneys Association
- Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association
- Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Lawyers Guild - Minnesota Chapter
- Ramsey County Bar Association
Indexes and Search Engines
Law and Government
- AltLaw, a free, full-text, searchable database of U.S. case law
- American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!), links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada
- CataLaw, a metaindex of law and government sources
- Cornell U. Law Library Legal Search Engine
- Fee Fie Foe Firm USA, a search engine that focuses on the websites of US law firms
- FindACase Network (from VersusLaw)
- FindLaw (Thompson Reuters)
- FindLaw powered by Vivisimo (clusters the search results)
- Google Scholar (allows searching of legal opinions and journals)
- Google U.S. Government Search
- GovEngine.com, a search engine for federal, state and local government sites
- Hieros Gamos, portal for U.S. and international law sites
- Internet Reference Guide, links page from the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL)
- Justia
- Law.com Quest, searching the "Legal Web"
- LawMoose, covering Minnesota and Wisconsin
- LexisWeb, searching selected legal sites
- Legal Information Institute, a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School.
- PLoL: Public Library of Law (FastCase)
- Public Legal (Internet Legal Research Group)
- USASearch.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal
- WashLaw (Washburn University)
- Zimmerman’s Research Guide (LexisNexis)
General
- Ask.com
- BabelFish translation service from Yahoo!
- Bing
- Complete Planet, the Deep Web Directory
- Google Squared
- Panabee, allows you to search multiple search engines and compare results
- Search 3, searches 3 search engines at once and displays the results on a single, easy-to-read page
- SocialMention. Search user-generated content such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and microblogging services.
- Vivisimo
- Wolfram|Alpha, Enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute the answer.
- Yahoo!
- Keep track of search engines with Search Engine Watch
Courts and Statistics
- American Judges Association
- American Judicature Society
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
- Conference of State Court Administrators
- Criminal Justice Statistics Center (Minnesota)
- Drug Court Clearinghouse (American University and the Bureau of Justice Assistance)
- Federal Court Management Statistics (U.S. Courts)
- Federal Judicial Center
- Judicial Business of the U.S. Courts (U.S. Courts)
- Judicial Facts and Figures (U.S. Courts)
- Justice Research and Statistics Association
- Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
- Minnesota Association for Court Management
- National Association for Court Management
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals/National Drug Court Institute
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (U of Mich.)
- National Center for Juvenile Justice
- National Center for State Courts
- SEARCH: The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
- State Justice Institute
- State of the Judiciary Speeches on the Web (ABA)
- Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University.)
- U.S. Courts: the Federal Judiciary
- U.S. Courts: Statistical Reports
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Annual Reports and Statistical Sourcebooks
Self Help Resources
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Last update: February 4, 2010
Links checked: November 24, 2009