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Welcome to our list of selected Web sites for government agencies, legal research and resources, and bar associations. We are not endorsing these sites by listing them here, nor do we control or monitor their content -- visit and rely on them at your own risk.

DuPage County Government	Law-Related Directories & Lists
Cook County Government	Expert Witnesses
Illinois State Government	Specialized Databases
Illinois Legal Resources	Sites for Locating Library Catalogs
Federal Government	Virtual Libraries
Bar Associations & Organizations	Miscellaneous Sources
Law School Resources	News Sources
Legal Research	Blogs

DuPage County

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.
DuPage County Attorney Filing Number Application
18th Judicial Circuit Court Rules
Current Courtroom Assignments
Court Locations
DuPage Law Library Resources
Assistance with E-Filing in DuPage
ACH Authorization Form for e-filing payments

Cook County

Link to Cook County Government

Index of Cook County Agencies

Illinois State Government

Illinois State Home Page - (contains a number of sites maintained by state agencies)
Illinois Attorney General - (contains recent Illinois AG opinions)
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission - (listing of all attorneys currently licensed to practice in Illinois)
Illinois Bills
State Board of Education
Illinois Constitution
Illinois Compiled Statutes
Illinois Supreme Court Rules
Illinois Department of Employment Security, Unemployment Resources
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
Illinois Department of Human Services - Listing of various services available to the public.
Illinois Department of Insurance (contains updates on new developments for attorneys in the insurance industry)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Pollution Control Board - (PCB decisions available for a fee)
Department of Professional Regulation (contains statutory guidelines for regulated professions)
Illinois Public Acts
Illinois Secretary of State - (contains table of contents of the Illinois Administrative Code, Illinois Register; search Illinois corporate names here)
Illinois Tax Forms
Illinois Standardized Forms

Illinois Legal Resources

Office of the Illinois Appellate Defender - (contains digests of pending and recently decided Illinois Supreme Court criminal cases) Expungement Information
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Electronic Discover Pilot Program. Useful resources on handling e-discovery
The Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (contains
studies and authority concerning the criminal justice system)
Illinois Human Rights Commission
Illinois Legal Aid website offers resources to Illinois residents to help them solve their legal problems.
Illinois Legal Aid Online website links to volunteer opportunities and training
Legal Assistance in or around Chicago
Prairienet Community Network (Includes Family Law Case Reviews)
Illinois Pro Bono (resources to assist pro bono attorneys)
Illinois Pro Bono for Corporate Counsel: Information on Pro Bono training and volunteer opportunities for in-house counsel.
Illinois Public Defenders Brief book for the Illinois Office of the State
Appellate Defender.
Illinois Regional Directory. Directory of websites related to Illinois, including links to various government and county sites.
Illinois State Board of Elections
Illinois Supreme Court Opinions
Illinois Appellate Court Opinions
2nd Appellate Court Paper on Demand Form
Illinois Board of Elections
Illinois Rules of Evidence

Federal Government

Federal Government Agency Directory
Federal Register (This site provides a full search of the Federal Register)
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Website Finder provides an index of federal agency home pages
Infomine. Links to a variety of government Web sites
IRS
IRS site listing Revenue Rulings
Taxpayer Advocate Services (IRS)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
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.
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Senate
Senate Calendar of Business
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
House Calendar of Committee Meetings
House Democratic Leadership
House Republican Leadership
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

Bar Associations and Organizations

Law School Resources

Chicago-Kent College of Law
Cornell's Legal Information Institute
DePaul University
Emory University School of Law site contains a map of the U.S. Court of Appeals circuits
Indiana University Law Library
John Marshall Law School
Loyola at Chicago
Marquette University
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University Law Library
Southern Illinois University
University of Chicago Law School
University of Illinois - College of Law
University of Texas: Law and Politics Internet Guide
Valparaiso Law School
Washington University School of Law
Illinois Child Support Calculator

Legal Research

Information about court related ADR in Illinois
Court ADR Resources
Monthly Summaries of all Illinois Supreme, Appellate and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
All U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions
Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Basic Legal Citation (Blue Book)
Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
House of Representatives Law Library
International Parental Child Abduction, U.S. Department of State, Consular Affairs Publication
Law Bulletin
Law Bulletin Jury Verdict
Lawyer Search
Lexisone.com - Case law, forms, statutory guidelines
LexisONE Powerful legal search engine. Over 6,000 legal forms, the Legal Internet Guide, and legal Web sites.
Library of Congress
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
National Institute for Trial Advocacy
National Law Review
Illinois Business Portal
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Data that is available includes court calendars. local rules, jury schedules, press releases, etc.

Law-Related Directories and Lists

ABA LAWlinks(tm)
ABA Practice Management Resource Catalog
BNA's Intellectual Property Professional Information Center
Findlaw
Divorce Source: a legal resource for divorce, custody, alimony, and support
Legal Information Institute
Directory of Virtual Law Libraries
International Association of Legal Administrators
Martindale
LawCrawler (Search engine for law related sites)
West Publication (Searchable information, lists, and law related news information)
Hieros Gamos - Comprehensive law and governmental portal.

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.

Specialized Databases

GovEngine.com - a Comprehensive directory of Official Federal, State, and Local government and court links
MEDLINE - National Library of Medicine
US Newspaper Archives on the Web
SEC EDGAR Archive - Contains the full text of 10-K and other reports that public companies are required by law to submit to the SEC.
Patent Server (formerly IBM) - Index of patent descriptions since 1971

Sites for Locating Library Catalogs

Library Index will only find Web based libraries

Virtual Libraries

Blogs

Illinois Business Litigator Blog, by Mazyar Hedayat
Business Blog by Paul Porvaznik
The Entrepreneur's Legal Resourc e: Employment, corporate transactional and litigation, estate planning and probate issues by Charles Wentworth
Patent and Trademark Law - inventing and creativity by Eric Waltmire
Practice Management blog by Mazyar Hedayat
Trade Competition Disputes and Litigation by Ken Vanko
Understanding the ADA by William Goren
Employment Law Information Network

Miscellaneous

Children's Health and Parenting Information
Child Support Calculator
Divorce Information
DivorceNet
DuPage County has developed a new web site - www.dupagecris.org which gives information and links of various types of services in DuPage County. cris stands for Community Resource Information System.
Estate Planning Links: Answers to the many questions concerning estate planning.
FreeAdvice: Seven days a week (during specified hours) you can have an online dialogue with attorneys.
Men's/Father's Rights Organizations
Kelly Blue Book
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary
Nolo-Press: A California publishing company dedicated to empowering the layperson through access to legal information.
A number of downloadable pamphlets are available from the Southern Illinois University web site.
Special Ed Advocacy Center -- free legal assistance to low-income parents of children with disabilities seeking to obtain appropriate educational services for their children.
Telephone Area Code Finder
Zip Code Information