Useful Websites
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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.
Fedlaw
U.S. Senate
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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
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
State Legislative Presence on the Internet
American Council on Gift Annuities
Citing to Electronic Sources
Peter Martin, Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2000 - 2001 ed.) A guide to the 17th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
Candace Elliott Person, Citation of Legal and Non-Legal Electronic Database Information
Ruth Bohill, The Electronic Citation Guide for Legal Materials
ABA Uniform Citation Standards
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Last Revised 27-May-08 12:57 PM.