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Major Legal Portals

• ABA Legal Technology Resource Center - Quick access to Web sites that have important legal information.  Many of these sites are not on the ABA's Web servers.  Each site has been selected and evaluated by a member of the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center staff to ensure this remains a high quality resource. 
  
• Institute of Continuing Legal Information (ICLE) -  mission is to provide Michigan lawyers with accessible, high-quality, continuing legal education and resource materials that enable them to practice law more effectively.
   
• ECOLEX: A Gateway to Environmental Law  is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing the most comprehensive possible global source of information on environmental law.
  
• Lawoffice.com - Pragmatic, thorough, in-depth information for dealing with legal affairs. All legal information on Lawoffice.com is provided to users without charge.
  
• Law.com - Where legal professionals and law students come for news, legal information and e-law services.  Fast, detailed access to a wide range of resources-and law.com delivers.
  
  
• Law.com Michigan Site - From the producers of Law.com, state sites contain local and state-wide news and court decisions as well as a robust collection of resource and law practice guide links. The sites are updated Monday-thru-Friday.
  
  
• LawGuru.com - Owned and operated by The Law Offices of Eslamboly & Barlavi. LawGuru.com is one of the most popular legal web sites on the Internet and is offered as a free service to the entire Internet Community.
   
• Legal Engine.com - Internet legal search portal.
   
• QuizLaw - Simple answers to complex legal questions
   
• Virtual Chase Environmental Law -Information on laws and legal issues pertaining to the environment including hazardous waste, pollution, wildlife and related subjects. From Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP.
  
  
• FindLaw.com - Comprehensive web portal focused on law and government, provides access to a comprehensive and fast-growing online library of legal resources for use by legal professionals, consumers and small businesses.
  
• 'Lectric Law Library - A somewhat lighter look at the law. A central hub where you'll find various hallways leading to its extensive resources, attractions & oddities.
  
• Hieros-Gomos - Comprehensive legal resources.
  
• WWW Virtual Library-Law - Legal search engine by keyword, by topic, by type of information from   Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington 
  
• United States Legal Information Center - World Wide Legal Information Association, are a non-profit legal information organization web site, dedicated to making legal information available through the World Wide Web
  
• Environmental LawNet - A comprehensive, interactive resource for corporate counsel and environmental compliance managers
  
• LegalTrek - One-stop source for attorneys, law librarians, law students, legal assistants, and everyone else wishing to find legal information on the Internet.  Including state by state information and resources (Select a State).
  
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice - A national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more  just society.  The site includes a database to help you connect with more than 2,000 lawyers' associations, law schools, online legal resources and public interest groups throughout the U.S.
  
• Big Class Action - A free service to the public. Online Legal Services Ltd. receives its income from fees charged to law firms using its services. Online Legal Services Ltd. is an independent company, and is not owned by a law firm or group of law firms.
  
  

• FindLaw Legal Dictionary
• 'Lectric Law Legal Lexicon's
• Legal-Explanations.com

• Thomson Legal Record - Find and compare attorneys or law firms by name. Find and compare attorneys and law firms based on their experience in particular areas of law.
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - Searchable database by name, firm, law school, state/province, country, county, city, practice and more.
• Lawyers.com - Also from Martindale-Hubbell. A trusted source for identifying qualified legal counsel.
• Lawoffice.com Lawyer Search - Searchable database by name, firm, law school, state/province, country, county, city, practice and more.
• FindLaw - Important links to finding attorneys including law firms on-line by practice areas and many other links to firms and attorneys.
• Environmental Lawyers.com - Find environmental lawyers in your area by your zip code also has environmental related news and legal topics.

 

Michigan Environmental Firms On The Internet

• Beier Howlett, P.C.
• Bodman, Longley & Dahling LLP
• Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner PLC
• Buckner Law Group
• Butzel Long
• Dean & Fulkerson
• Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Dykema Gossett PLLC
• Fink, Zausmer & Kaufman, P.C.
• Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
• Frank, Stefani & Haron
• Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn
  
• Hopkins, Curran & Smith, PLLC
• Howard & Howard
• Kelley, Casey & Clarke P.C.
• Kitch Drutchas Wagner Denardis & Valitutti, P.C.
• Klute Miller, PLC
• Kohler & Black, PLC
• Law Weathers and Richardson PC
• Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone
• Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C.
• Pear Sperling Eggan & Muskovitz, P.C.
• Pedersen, Keenan, King, Wachsberg, and Andzrejak, P.C
• Plunkett & Cooney, PC
• Rhoades McKee
• John L. Tatum, PC
• Tolley Vandenbosch Walton Korolewicz & Brengle, P.C.
• Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett 
  
• Warner, Norcross & Judd
  
  *If you want your firm listed here, send an Email: law@ecobizport.com

 

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
• American Bar Association  
• American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy & Resources
• Links To Individual State Bar Environmental Sections
• American Judges Association
• Environmental Law Institute
• The American Judicature Society
• National Center for State Courts
• National Association of Attorneys General
• National Association of College & University Attorneys (NACUA)
• NACUA Environmental Law Section
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• State Bar of Michigan
• Grand Rapids Bar Association
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.
• Michigan District Judges Association
• Oakland County Bar Association
• A List Of Legal Associations From the Alabama State Bar
• State Bar Associations - Environmental Law Sections

   

   

   

• United States Supreme Court - Official Site
• United States Supreme Court - Cornell Legal Information Institute Site
• Supreme Court Decisions By Topics - From Cornell Legal Information Institute Site
  • S. Ct. docket
  • S. Ct. transcripts
  • Solicitor General
  • FLITE Info - Decisions (1937-1975)
  • Associated Press - Recent Opinions
  • SCOTUSblog
  • Medill Case Summaries
• The OYEZ Project - Northwestern University - 
• Federal Courts Links/Search
• Federal Courts Links - Click on the Circuit and get links to all Federal courts within that Circuit (i.e. Appeals, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, Probation)
• U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (MI, OH, KY, TN) Emory Law Site
• U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (MI, OH, KY, TN) Pacer Site
• Search all Circuit Courts of Appeal (one, combinations or all)
• Circuit Court Jurisdictions - map of the states covered by each circuit with links
• Federal Judiciary Homepage 
• Understanding the Federal Courts (PDF document) This document provides an overview of the organization, operation, and administration of the entire federal court system.
• Tribal Courts.com - Native American Tribal Court Database
• Michigan Eastern Bankruptcy Court
• Michigan Eastern District Court
• Michigan Western Bankruptcy Court
• Michigan Western District Court
  

• Michigan Courts Homepage
• Supreme & Appeals Opinion Search
• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals
• All Trial Courts by County
• Local Trial Court Links
• Tribal Courts.com - Native American Tribal Court Database

   

  
  
  

• National Association of Manufacturers "Legal Beagle" Database - Search for name of litigating party, the topic including "environmental", the jurisdiction, or the year the case was decided for business litigation. Links to related documents including briefs are provided where available.
  The Internet Law Library - From LawResearch.com
• NARA Law and Legal Resources - National Archives and Records Administration links to laws and legal information including Federal law, court opinions, treaties, legal dictionaries and journals, and copyright information.
• Internet Legal Resources Guide - 
• The Internet for Legal Professionals - A Tutorial from the Social Law Library
• CataLaw - is the catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet. It aids legal research by arranging all indexes of law and government into a uniform, universal and unique metaindex.
• CataLaw - Environmental Search
• Law Search Engine
• LawGuru Legal Research - From here you can search on more than 500 legal search engines and tools.
• LLRX.com - A unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet legal research and technology-related issues
• JurisPro Expert Witness Directory - A free online directory of expert witnesses. View the expert's qualifications, read their articles, see their photo, and contact the expert directly, hear the expert witness, and download their actual CV
• JURIST - Environmental Law, The legal education network
• WWW Virtual Library—Law
• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - Searchable legal indexes on the World Wide Web. Only specifically legal indexes in the U.S. are included
• Law Journal Extra! - Environmental Law
• NASIRE StateSearch--National Association of State Information Resource Executives
• Michigan Law & Government From LawResearch.com
• Legal Resource Links - U.S. EPA Region 5
• Legal Resouces by State
• Legal Institute of the Great Lakes - From the University of Toledo, College of Law
• Endangered Species - From Juris-Doctorate.com.
• Environmental Law - Research by various environmental issue categories.  From Juris-Doctorate.com.
• Toxic Torts - Research by various environmental issue categories. From Juris-Doctorate.com
• Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - From Georgia State University
• Environmental Litigation Files - Site maintained by attorney Roger Beers. It contains articles written by him and other papers developed as part of the preparation of environmental cases.
• Schnapf Environmental Law Center - A comprehensive website devoted to Environmental Law issues maintained by attorney Lawerence P. Schnapf.
• U.S. Law Schools Directory - From Cornell's Legal Information Institute.  Schools are listed alphabetically by location
• MyEasyForms.com - Do It Yourself Legal Forms including Real Estate Contracts
  

   

  legal search engines

   

• American Bar Association Search Engine
• LawCrawler - From FindLaw, search legal information
• Law Links Search - search LawResearch's "Just The Law Links" with an index of over 500,000 hyper-linked legal resources.
• LawRunner - A Legal Research Tool™.  LawRunner provides for the use of pre-defined intelligent agents in conjunction with the world's leading Web index, AltaVista™, as well as select legal databases.
• Legal Engine Master Search - Law search megapage of govenment & legal directories and search engines