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Washington Government Resources

Laws & Rules

• Washington Case Law
• Washington Rules of Evidence
• WA State Law Library
• Court Rules: State & Local
• Licenses & Certifications
• Municipal Codes
• RCW: Revised Code of WA
• WAC (Washington Administrative Code)
• Washington State Bar Association
• Admission to Practice Rule (APR)
• Lawyer Ethics & Conduct
  • Rules for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct (ELC)
  • Rules of Professional Conduct (the “RPC”s)

Statutes in Development

• Bill Information. Bill status, Search by topic, RCWs affected, topical index, etc.
• Legislative Calendar. Includes committee hearings and floor actions.

Opinions

• Attorney General Opinions
• WSBA Ethics Opinions

Washington State Government Bodies

• Access Washington (State Government & much more)
• Find-It! Washington (search WA gov document)
• WA Courts (Links to Courts at all levels, Judiciary information, brochures)
  …forms
  …Supreme Court
  …Slip Opinions at all levels (last 90 days)
• Legislature
• Licensing, Dept Of
• Public Defense, Office of
• WA Small Business
• Tax Appeals, Board of (decisions, forms, etc.)
• Telephone directory (WA gov.)
• Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington
• Counties
• Cities and Towns
  
• U.S. Courts
  • Court of Appeals
  • Bankruptcy
  • District Court

Washington State & Pacific Northwest Resources

Local Bar Associations

• County Bar Associations

Specialty Bar Associations

• Asian Bar Association of Washington
• Loren Miller Bar Association
• Lawyer Pilot Bar Association
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Washington State Latina/o Bar Association of Washington
• Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys
• Washington State Association for Justice
• Washington Women Lawyers
• Guide to Specialty Bar Associations
• Washington Lawyers Serving the Public Good

Other Washington Associations

• University of Washington Office of Research
• WA State Paralegal Association

LAW SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON STATE

• Gonzaga Law School – http://www.law.gonzaga.edu/
• Seattle University School of Law – http://www.law.seattleu.edu/
• University of Washington School of Law – http://www.law.washington.edu/

Other Washington Resources – General

• Landlord-Tenant law guide, from the Washington Attorney General
• Municipal Research Services Center
• Association of Washington Cities
• Washington Association of County Officials
• Washington State Association of Counties
• Columbia Legal Services
• Contractors in Washington State
• Corporations of Washington State
• Equal Justice Coalition
• Lawyer Referral Services
• Legal Foundation of Washington
• NW Justice Project
• NW Women’s Law Center
• TVW-WA State Public Affairs Network
• Washington Defender Association

Federal Government

EXECUTIVE

• The White House
• FedLaw (GSA legal research, linking CFRs, Executive Orders, Fed. Register, OMB Circulars, USC & more.)
• Note: Most agencies use URL http://www.???.gov/, e.g. FDA uses http://www.fda.gov/.

LEGISLATIVE

• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Law Library of Congress
• Thomas – Legislation, Congressional Record, Committees, etc. sponsored by the Library of Congress

JUDICIAL

• All Federal Courts
• Court Web Locator
• PACER – Access to U.S. Dist.Ct.
  • Western WA
  • Pacer Contact
• U.S. Federal Courts
• U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.)
• U. S. Court of Appeals (Fed. Circuit)
• U.S. Supreme Court
  • Docket
• FRE (Cornell)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court
  • East. Dist. WA
  • West. Dist. WA
• U.S. District Court
  • East. Dist. WA
  • West. Dist. WA

Law Libraries

Pacific Northwest

• County law libraries in Washington
• Gallagher Law Library, UW Law School
• Gonzaga Law School Library
• King County Law Library
• McEnerney Law Library, Boalt Hall School of Law
• Montana State Law Library
• Northwestern Law School (Lewis and Clark College)
• Seattle University Law Library
• U. of British Columbia Law Research
• U. of California, Berkeley, Libraries
• U. of Idaho, Moscow, ID
• U. of Oregon Law School
• U. of Oregon Law School Library
• U. of Montana Law School
• U. of Washington Law School
• Washington State Law Library
• Willamette Law School
  
• Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS)

Nationwide

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALNET)
• Biddle Law Library at the U. of Pennsylvania
• Columbia University Libraries
• D’Angelo Law Library at University of Chicago
• Library of Congress
• U of Colorado List of Legal Journals
• UC Berkeley Card Catalog
• U.S. House Internet Law Library
• USC Law Library Home Page
• USC – Law School Web & Gopher servers
• U. of Montreal Law Faculty
• WashLaw – List of Law Schools & Legal Ass’ns
• Yale Law Library

Bars and Associations – Other Jurisdictions

• ABA’s list of State & Local Bar Associations on the Internet
• Lawsonline: a different list of state bars
• American Bar Association
• Canadian Law Societies
• WA & Pac NW Local Bars & Ass’ns
• Puget Sound Association of Legal Administrators

Subject Matter Bar Associations

• American Corporate Counsel Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Ass’n
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American Judicature Society
• Ass’n of Federal Defense Attorneys
• Ass’n of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
• Computer Law Association
• CyberSpace Bar Association
• Education Law Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Fed. of Insurance & Corporate Counsel
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• International Association of Constitutional Law
• Judge Advocates Association
• Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• National Ass’n of Association of Bond Lawyers
• National Ass’n of Consumer Bankruptcy Attys
• National Ass’n of College & University Attys
• National Ass’n for Public Interest Law
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Assn
• National Bar Association
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• National Lawyers Association
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association
• National Organization of Bar Counsel
• Native American Bar Association

Researching Websites

• Who owns that website? http://www.allwhois.com
• What’s that website running? http://www.netcraft.com
• What did that website look like last year? http://www.archive.org/
  [the Internet Archive]