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Law and Government - Minnesota
Constitution
- Minnesota Constitution
- Minnesota's Original Constitution (Minnesota Historical Society)
- State Constitutional Amendments Considered, from the Legislative Reference Library
Legislative branch
- Minnesota Statutes and Session Laws
- Minnesota Statutes Archive
- Uncontitutional Statutes, from the Revisor of Statutes
- Minnesota Session Laws Archive
- Legislation and Bill Tracking includes useful guides to the legislative process
- Legislative Time Capsule, consolidates important statistics and materials for each biennial session of the Legislature back to territorial times.
- Minnesota State Legislature
- Historical Information About the Minnesota Legislature
- Legislative Reference Library
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Executive Branch
- Minnesota Rules
- Minnesota Rules Archive
- See Also Researching Minnesota Agency Regulations, a State Law Library publication.
- Minnesota State Register
- SONARs - Statements of Need and Reasonableness (Archive coverage begins in 2006)
- Executive Branch Reorganization Orders
- Office of Administrative Hearings
SELECTED Constitutional Offices (See
for a complete list.)
- Attorney General
- Governor
- Executive Orders 1968 to current
- Bills Vetoed in Minnesota 1939 - Present, from the Legislative Reference Library
- Secretary of State
SELECTED State Agencies (See
- 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
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 in the Minnesota State Law Library.
- Minnesota Supreme Court Oral Arguments--Video. Video archiving began September 2005.
- Public access to the case management system of the Minnesota Appellate Courts
- Minnesota Supreme Court documents:
- Minnesota Court of Appeals documents:
- Standards of Review, Rev. 8/11
- Special Term Opinion Subject Matter Index, Rev. 8/10
- District Courts
- 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, from the Judiciary's website. Available in MSWord or PDF. This site includes the most recent orders modifying rules.
- Minnesota Court Rules, including appendices of forms, from the Revisor of Statutes' website
- Cumulative Court Rules Index, from the Revisor of Statutes' website
- Minnesota Court Forms, state-approved forms from the courts.
- Supreme Court Administrative Files (petitions, reports and court orders on changes to the rules of procedure.)
- 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 United States, with annotations by the Congressional Research Service (LII)
- 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, legislative information from the Library of Congress.
- GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.
- 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 History Research: A Basic Guide (Congressional Research Service)
- 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); Federal Register 2.0
- 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.
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (GPO)
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.
- US Supreme Court Center (Justia)
- Supreme Court Collection (LII) opinions begin with 1990.
- Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw) Opinions begin with 1893.
- Where to Find Briefs of the Supreme Court of the U.S., from the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Supreme Court Briefs (FindLaw)
- The Supreme Court Database
- Federal Court Locator (U.S. Courts)
- Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Courts (Federal Judiciary)
- 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)
- 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.
Law and Government -States
- Constitutions, Statutes and Codes (LII) Also includes Uniform Laws.
- Court Rules, Forms and Dockets (LLRX)
- Finding Briefs on the Web by Robert J. Ambrogi
- 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)
- Publishers of municipal codes
Legal Forms
Secondary Legal Resources
Continuing Legal Education
Dictionaries
- 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 Terminology Glossaries in other languages (scroll down)
- Legal Terms (Fifth District Courts, serving Southwest Minnesota)
- 'Lectric Law Library's Legal 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)
- Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary (Nolo Press)
- The People's Law Dictionary (Law.com)
- Probate Dictionary (Fourth District Courts, Hennepin County Minnesota)
- Traffic and Fines: Definitions (Fourth District Courts, Hennepin County Minnesota)
News - Law
- BlawgSearch (Justia.com)
- CNN's Law Center
- Legal Pulse, News from FindLaw
- Global Legal Monitor (Law Library of Congress)
- Law.com (American Lawyer Media)
- Law Professor Blogs
- Legal News Center (HG.org)
- 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 Journal
- Academic Law Reviews and Journals (FindLaw)
- Barrister (Ramsey County Bar Association)
- Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles (M.G. Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington)
- 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
- 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 Worldwide (HG.org.)
- Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
- Issues and Research (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- Law Scout (U of Akron) a searchable collection of pathfinders from law schools
- Legal Topics (MSLL)
- Research Guides (University of Minnesota Law Library)
- Subject Guides (Hamline University School of 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)
- CBS Minnesota (WCCO)
News - World
Reference
- Reference books from Bartleby.com
- Reference links from the Legislative Reference Library
- Google Maps
- Interactive Map of the Capitol complex
- MapQuest
- Life Tables (National Center for Health Statistics)
- National Weather Service
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Ultimate White Pages
- The Weather Channel
- Weather Underground
- WebMD Health Information
Attorneys and Judges
Directories
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- FindLaw Lawyer Directory
- Minnesota Attorney Registration System - Public Inquiry
- Minnesota Lawyers (LawMoose)
- Minnesota State Bar Association Membership Directory
- State Lawyer Licensing Databases (LLRX)
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
- American Law Sources On-line (ALSO!), links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for the United States and Canada
- 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)
- Google Scholar (allows searching of legal opinions and journals)
- GovEngine.com, a search engine for federal, state and local government sites
- 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.
- MetaLib, U.S. government database searching.
- PLoL: Public Library of Law (FastCase)
- Public Legal (Internet Legal Research Group)
- SearchUSA.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
- 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.
- Wayback Machine, Internet Archive
- 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
- Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center, from the Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Directors' Annual Reports (U.S. Courts)
- Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver.
- Judicial Facts and Figures (U.S. Courts)
- Justice Research and Statistics Association
- Minnesota Association for Court Management
- National Association for Court Management
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals/National Drug Court Institute
- National Association of Drug Court Professionals/Veterans Treatment Courts
- 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
- 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: Statistics
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
Self Help Resources
Minnesota State Law Library: Internet Legal Resources
http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/mnlr.html
Last updated on February 2, 2012.
Links checked on July 6, 2011.
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