Legal Web Resources

General Legal Information

FindLaw - This is a searchable site with links to federal and state forms, cases and codes. It provides information about labor laws, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, divorce and other topics.
www.findlaw.com
Internet Legal Resource Guide - This index of online information about law and the legal profession provides listings of law firms, legal forms, government documents and the LawRunner legal search engine.
www.ilrg.com
U.S. Legal Forms - You can buy legal forms at this site, including federal, state, business, personal, real estate and general forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Form costs range from approximately $6 to $30 each.
www.uslegalforms.com
Maine Attorney General’s Consumer Law Guide - This guide, created by the Maine Attorney General’s Office, was created to address some of the most-often requested information needs of the public. Here, you can find guidelines to your rights in landlord/renter disputes and in dealing with an auto dealership when you buy a “lemon”, for example.
www.maine.gov/ag/index.php?r=clg
Pine Tree Legal Assistance - This is the website for Pine Tree Legal Assistance, a non-profit organization run by volunteer legal professionals to help low-income Mainers with legal questions.
www.ptla.org/

FedLaw - A clearly organized directory of U.S. codes, federal legislation and Supreme Court and other federal court rulings, this site also includes links to state laws and government materials.
www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm
Maine State Statutes Online - This site is a keyword-searchable listing of the Maine State Statutes.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/search.asp
Maine State Agency Rules - The Maine Secretary of State’s Bureau of Corporations and Elections provides access to the rules and regulations of most state agencies. They are searchable by department/agency.
www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/index.html

DivorceNet - This site provides general divorce law information as well as links to state-specific resources.
www.divorcenet.com
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement - This site contains links to policies, reports, publications, state agencye Web sites and descriptions of state child support programs.
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/
Legal Services for the Elderly - LSE provides persons age 60 and over with free legal advice regarding health care, health insurance, Medicare (including Part D), MaineCare (Medicaid), Social Security and other public benefits, pension and retirement benefits, powers of attorney, consumer matters including creditor and bankruptcy problems, physical and financial abuse, guardianship defense and other issues.
www.mainelse.org/

National Fair Housing Advocate Online - This site delivers free news and information regarding housing discrimination. However, you must subscribe to the site to search the database of fair housing cases.

Law Library Resource Exchange - This is a well-organized directory of labor and employment law information, with links to resources including the National Labor Relations Board and the ACLU Workplace Rights Web sites.
http://www.llrx.com/features/laborlaw.htm
Maine Labor Laws - This site is a part of the Maine Department of Labor Web site and is an index to the labor laws of Maine. It also provides a link to “ask the expert” which will email a question to someone at the Department, and links to collective bargaining and mediation services.
www.maine.gov/labor/labor_laws/index.html

ABA Lawyer Referral Service - This site, from the American Bar Association, lists links to local referral services by state.
http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lris/directory/
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - This site contains more than 900,000 listings of U.S. lawyers and law firms, organized by state and by type of practice.
http://www.martindale.com/Home.aspx

American Civil Liberties Union - This Web site provides information on issues relating to the United States Bill of Rights. This site covers legislative and judicial current events, information on civil rights and other resources.
www.aclu.org
Legal Information Institute: Immigration Law - This site, published by Cornell Law School, offers links to immigration law resources.
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html