The Catholic University of America - Campus Legal Clearinghouse

Useful Websites

Courts & Court Rules	DC Law	State Related Information
Federal Agencies	Federal Law	Reference
Higher Education Organizations	Electronic Sources Citation	University Law Libraries

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Higher Education News

American Council on Education

Chronicle of Higher Education

Practical advice and thoughtful commentary on higher education issues.

Federal Law

Most federal law is now available through the web. Use these sites or go through the university law libraries for access to federal and state codes and regulations.

This page allows advanced search options such as all of the words, any of the words and exact phrase along with limiters such as must include, must not include and should include, coupled with the option of limiting a search to a specific federal governement agency site or to a particular state.

Federal Register (Fed. Reg.) with word search and other functions.

FedWorld

Legal Information Institute (LII), U.S. Code

Search the U.S. Code: Office of the Law Revision Counsel

Code of Federal Regulations:
-Cornell Law
-GPO Access: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
-GPO Access: Code of Federal Regulations

A service of the Library of Congress providing federal legislative information. Has new laws, sometimes quicker than LEXIS.

U.S. Department of Education Financial Aid. Dear Colleague letters are online at this site.

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders.

Compliance Contacts for Federal Agencies: This is a list of compliance contacts at both cabinet and non-cabinet agencies. The liaisons were set up specifically for small businesses but will act as liaisons for the higher education community as well. The page includes a liaison's name, phone number, and email for each agency.

See also www.business.gov for other compliance links for both federal and local laws.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Internal Revenue Service

National Center for Education Statistics

National Institutes of Health

National Labor Relations Board

National Science Foundation

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education (DOE)

-U.S. Department of Education Employee Locator System

(you must know the name of the employee)

U.S. DOE Information for Financial Aid Professionals

U.S. DOE Office for Civil Rights

U.S. DOE Family Compliance Policy Office

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

-See also the DOL Compliance Page

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Printing Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Information Agency

U.S. International Trade Commission

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. State Department

U.S. State Department visa page

U.S. Social Security Administration

U.S. State Department with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

White House

Family Policy Compliance Office

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DC Law

DC web page for laws, etc.

DC Law by topic

D.C. Community Web Pages

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University Law Libraries

Stetson College of Law Legal Resources:

Comprehensive links to international law, laws from all states, municipal codes, law reviews, vital records, legal search engines, laws by subject and more.

Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute (LII)

Indiana University School of Law

Legal Links for College and University Attorneys: Compiled and maintained by Bill Woodward. Office of Counsel, University of Alabama System

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Courts & Court Rules

U.S. Supreme Court

-Where to find briefs to the Supreme Court

The premiere U.S. court site on the internet

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Federal Courts

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Legal Information Institute (LII) Supreme Court Collection

Links to over 700 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find the resource you need, or search by keyword.

LII Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

LII Federal Rules of Evidence

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Higher Education Organizations

The Association of College and University Auditors
-Business Officers

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Association of College and University Attorneys
-Click here for NACUA Notes and NACUA Alerts

NAFSA: Association of International Educators

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

National Education Association

Association of American Universities

American Association of Community Colleges

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

American Association of State Colleges and Universities
-American Association of University Professors

American Council on Education

ACE Legal Issues and Policy Briefs

College and University Personnel Association

Management & use of computational, network, & information resources

National Association of College and University Attorneys

United Educators

Middle States Commission on Higher Education: Eligibility Requirements and Standards for Accreditation

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Reference Materials

CyberCemetery: The University of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office, as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a partnership to provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions. This collection was named the "CyberCemetery" by early users of the site.

Access to LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe by members of the CUA community and other DC Consortium Schools-Go to Alphabetical list, then LEXIS-NEXIS

Merriam-Webster

www.dictionary.com

Law Dictionary by John Bouvier

Bartlett’s Quotations

College View Online

Roget’s Thesaurus

‘Lectronic Law Library

Campus Alternative Dispute Resolution site

Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions

Google Customized Search Engine for Higher Ed attorneys: (couresty of Bill Woodward, Legal Counsel, University of Alabama)

State Related Information