DuPage County Bar Association

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DuPage County
Bar Association

For The Legal Community

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Last updated February 28, 2008

Government

  • Code of Federal Regulations
  • DuPage County Attorney Filing Number Application
  • Department of Professional Regulation (contains statutory guidelines for regulated professions)
  • Link to Cook County Government
  • Link to DuPage County Government with subsequent links to the 18th Judicial Circuit Court and other county government sites
  • DuPage County Government Telephone Directory
  • The 18th Judicial Circuit has frequently used forms available in PDF Format online.
  • Federal Government Agencies
  • Federal Web Locator site provides an index of federal agency home pages
  • Illinois Tax Forms
  • Illinois State Home Page - (contains a number of sites maintained by state agencies)
  • Illinois Constitution
  • Illinois Secretary of State - (contains table of contents of
    the Illinois Administrative Code, Illinois Register;
    search Illinois corporate names here)
  • Illinois Attorney General - (contains recent Illinois
    AG opinions)
  • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
  • Illinois Department of Insurance (contains updates on
    new developments for attorneys in the insurance industry)
  • Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
  • Illinois Department of Human Services - Listing of various services available to the public.
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Illinois Pollution Control Board - (PCB decisions available
    for a fee)
  • Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Illinois Supreme Court Rules
  • Illinois Public Acts
  • Illinois Bills
  • Infomine. Links to a variety of government Web sites
  • IRS
  • IRS site listing Revenue Rulings
  • Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  • Office of the Illinois Appellate Defender - (contains digests
    of pending and recently decided Illinois Supreme Court
    criminal cases)
  • State Board of Education
  • U.S. Constitution
  • U.S. Senate
  • Senate Calendar of Business
  • Senate Democratic Leadership Committee
  • Senate Republican Policy Committee
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • House Calendar of Committee Meetings
  • House Democratic Leadership
  • House Republican Leadership
  • Federal Register (This site provides a full search of the Federal Register)
  • Congress' legislative information site named Thomas. The site includes bills, public laws and legislation; the Congressional Record since 1993; complete committee information; and a library of historical documents.
  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • Uniform Law Commission
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Business Advisor
  • U.S. Census Information
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • U.S. Library of Congress
  • U.S. Security and Exchange Commission
  • U.S. Tax Code
  • Zip Code Information
  • Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
  • Bar Associations and Organizations

  • American Bar Association
  • ABA Locator for Bars outside of Illinois
  • ABA Locator for Referral Services
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • ARDC (Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission)
  • Association of Legal Administrators' Legal Management Resource Center
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Illinois Legal Aid (resources for low-income legal assistance)
  • Illinois Pro Bono (resources to assist pro bono attorneys)
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Kane County Bar Association
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • American Arbitration Association
  • Winnebago County Bar Association
  • Consumer Law Organization
  • Realtor Association of the Western Suburbs
  • Appellate Lawyers Association
  • DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation
  • DuPage Association of Women Lawyers
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Prairienet Community Network (Includes Family Law Case Reviews)
  • Prairie State Legal Services
  • Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association
  • Will County Bar Association
  • Peoria County Bar Association
  • Justinian Society of Lawyers of Illinois
  • Northwest Suburban Bar Association
  • Major Search Engine Web Sites

    Major Meta-Search Engine Web Sites - Meta search engines use more than one search engine when looking for information on the web.

    Specialized Databases

    Sites for Locating Library Catalogs

    • LIBWEB at Berkeley will find all types of libraries
    • Library Index will only find Web based libraries

    Major Directories

    Virtual Libraries

    Legal Research

    Law-Related Directories and Lists

    Illinois Legal Resources

    Expert Witnesses

    • www.JurisPro.com -- Run by practicing attorneys, JurisPro www.JurisPro.com is a free, national directory of expert witnesses in over 4500 areas of expertise. At JurisPro, you can download the expert’s full CV, see and hear the expert, learn their background as an expert, read their articles, research their references, and contact the expert without having to go through any type of agency.

    Miscellaneous

    News Sources