Indiana and Federal Legal Resources
Indiana
AccessIndiana – The Official Web Site of the State of Indiana
Indiana Code – Web version – Official compilation of laws passed by the Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Administrative Code – Rules and regulations of the administrative agencies
Indiana Self-Service Legal Center – Good source of information, court forms, and various resources for those who wish to represent themselves in Indiana courts.
Indiana Court Forms – Access court forms many of which are available in MS Word, Corel WordPerfect, and Adobe PDF formats including civil, criminal, protection order, and appeals forms.
Federal
Constitution of the United States – Text of the Constitution and links to other historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers.
Federal Agencies – Links to agency Web sites for news, directories and agency documents.
Federal Courts of Appeals and District Courts – Contains slip opinions for circuit, district and special federal courts with links to related agencies.
GPO Access – Good source for current Federal Register and CFR text. Includes some administrative agency decisions and many legislative history documents.
House of Representatives – Web pages of individual Representatives for biographical information, press releases and contact information. Descriptions of House committees and subcommittees with links to schedules and hearing transcripts. A good summary of the legislative process.
LexisNexis Congressional – Bills, hearings, reports, committee prints, debates and public laws of the US Congress from 1789-present are indexed by subject, title, personal names, document numbers, and more. Full text of all documents indexed can be found in the law library’s microform collection, and electronic full text may be available for post-1984 documents.
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Senate – Home pages of Senators for biographical information, press releases and contact information. Descriptions of Senate committees and subcommittees with links to schedules and hearing transcripts.
Supreme Court of the United States – Official Supreme Court site. Contains opinions from 1991-present. Brief overview of the Court, a listing of all justices and biographies of the current members, oral argument calendar and transcripts, and information about obtaining briefs.
Thomas – Maintained by the Library of Congress, this is the best source for PDF versions of federal bills and bill status information. Links to the text of legislative documents including bills, hearings, reports, debates and public laws.
United States Code—Web version – Consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States as maintained by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 – Includes nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court during the final years of Chief Justice John Marshall’s Court through the first ten years of the Warren Court. It contains scanned images, so documents appear just as they do in the printed sources. Full-text searching is available.
The White House – Video, audio and transcripts of major speeches by the President and members of his cabinet. Press releases, executive orders and proclamations. Links to cabinet member biographies.
