Useful Websites
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Higher Education News
American Council on Education Legal Issues and Policy Briefs: Includes the latest papers reports of interest to attorneys, legal briefs and comments to government agencies.
Chronicle of Higher Education
College Administration Publications (Gary Pavela site) Password required but has index to back issues. 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.
Federal Register Online back through 1994.
FedWorld
Legal Information Institute (LII), U.S. Code
Hosted at Cornell Law School
Code of Federal Regulations:
-Cornell Law
-GPO Access: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
THOMAS: A service of the Library of Congress providing federal legislative information. Has new laws, sometimes quicker than LEXIS.
Information for Financial Aid Professionals: Dear Colleague letters are online at this site.
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders.
This is the National Archives site.
Fedlaw
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Federal Agencies
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
Family Policy Compliance Office
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
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
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 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 (archives)
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
White House
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DC Law
Council of the District of Columbia
DC Law by topic
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University Law Libraries
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute (LII)
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Courts & Court Rules
U.S. Supreme Court
-Where to find briefs to the Supreme Court
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
US Courts
Legal Information Institute (LII) Supreme Court Collection
LII Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
LII Federal Rules of Evidence
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Higher Education Organizations
***** Means this is a very helfpul site for higher ed attorney and also tends to indicate there is helpful information on the site that can be accessed without a password.
American Association of Community Colleges
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
See the
Compliance page.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Association of University Professors
American College Personnel Association
*****American Council on Education See ACE Legal Issues and Policy Briefs
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Association of American Universities
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Association of Higher Education Facility Officers
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
Association of Research Libraries (see Copyright and IP)
The Association of College and University Auditors
College and University Personnel Association
***** Council on Government Relations
Council for Advancement and Support of Education
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council of Independent Colleges
*****Educause
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
*****National Association of College and University Business Officers
(see Business & Policy Areas)
National Assocation of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
National Collegiate Athletic Association
*****National Association of College and University Attorneys
*****NAFSA: Association of International Educators
See Regulatory Information page for updates on the law
*****National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
See the HEA 101 Web page for assistance in complying with the new Higher Education Act (summer 08)
National Council of University Research Administrators
National Education Association
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
United Educators
Women's College Coalition
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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
Law Dictionary by John Bouvier
Google Customized Search Engine for Higher Ed attorneys: (couresty of Bill Woodward, Legal Counsel, University of Alabama)
Peter Martin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation 2007 edition
ABA Legal Technology Resource Center
State Related Information
State Legislative Presence on the Internet
American Council on Gift Annuities
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Last Revised 22-Jun-09 01:31 PM.
