This page is a collection of links that may be of
interest to users of the Douglas County Law Library and is provided
only as an informational service.
Notice: Inclusion on this page does not
necessarily indicate agreement with, or the approval or support of, the
ideas, information, or actions contained in these links by the Douglas
County Law Library, the Douglas County Law Library Board of Trustees,
the District Court of Douglas County, or the governing and
administrative bodies of Douglas County, Kansas. The Law Library does
not intend to give legal advice by including links on this page and the
user should not interpret anything accessed through this page as being
in any way legal advice from the Law Library or its staff.
Suggestions for links to be included in this page are welcome.
Douglas County:
Clerk
of the District Court
District
Court - 7th Judicial District
Douglas
County Code
Douglas County,
Kansas official website
Local
Court Rules
Baldwin City:
Baldwin City
Code
Baldwin City,
Kansas official website
Lawrence:
Lawrence
City Code
Lawrence, Kansas
official website
Kansas Government:
Kansas Attorney General
Opinions
Kansas
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Kansas
Criminal Justice System Resource Directory
Kansas
District Courts
Kansas Judicial
Branch
Kansas
Legislative Committees Archives
Kansas
Legislature - Bills, directories, etc.
Kansas
Sentencing Commission
Kansas
Sentencing Guidelines, Desk Reference Manuals
Kansas
Statutes
Federal Government:
Thomas
United
States Code Search
United
States Congress - Bills, directories, etc.
Bar Associations:
American Bar
Association
Douglas County Bar
Association
Kansas Bar
Association
Law Journals:
Kansas
Journal of Law & Public Policy - Free online access
to full text articles in the Kansas Journal of Law & Public
Policy is available through both their website and the Lexis connection
on the Law Library's three patron work stations.
Kansas
Law Review - Free online access to full text articles in the
Kansas Law Review is available only through the Lexis connection on the
Law Library's three patron work stations.
Legal:
FindLaw.
Global Legal
Information Network (GLIN) - A public database of the Law
Library of Congress providing full text on-line searching of laws,
regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources
contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations.
Lawyers.
LexisONE
Community - A service from LexisNexis that allows registered
users to search case law free of charge. The past ten years of State
and Federal Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court from 1781 to the present
can be searched on-line by keyword and by citation. There is no charge
to register.
Libraries:
Blue Skyways -
On-line services from the Kansas State Library.
Johnson
County Law Library.
KANAnswer
- Real-time on-line information service for Kansas.
Kansas
Supreme Court Law Library.
Lawyers
for Libraries.
Librarians' Internet Index.
Lyon
County Law Library.
Refdesk.com
- Newspapers - USA and Worldwide.
Sedgwick
County Law Library.
University
of Kansas Wheat Law Library.
Washburn
University Law Library.
Resources for Lawyers:
Core
Legal Research Competencies - A compendium of skills and
knowledge lawyers should possess or acquire to perform successful legal
research. From the American Association of Law Libraries’
Research Instruction Caucus.
Handbook on Limited Scope Legal
Assistance - From the Modest Means Task Force of the
Litigation Section of the American Bar Association - Designed to help
lawyers provide more and better forms of limited scope legal assistance
to those, who without this help, likely would receive no assistance at
all - Also available in print in the Douglas County Law Library.
KALAP (Kansas Lawyers
Assistance Program) - Provides Kansas lawyers and law
students with assistance for substance abuse, mental health disorders,
and other disabilities.
Pro Bono Net
- Nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase access to justice
through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer
participation.
Selfhelpsupport.org
- Serves as a network for practitioners of self-help programs and as a
clearinghouse of information relating to self-representation.
Resources for Non-Lawyers:
FindLegalHelp.org
- A consumers' guide to legal help provided by the American Bar
Association.
How
to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers - From
the Legal
Information Services to the Public (LISP) Special Interest Section
of the American Association of Law Libraries.
Kansas
Lawyer Referral Service - A service of the Kansas Bar
Association.
Kansas
Legal Services - A statewide non-profit organization helping
low income Kansans meet their basic needs through providing essential
legal, mediation, and employment training services.
LawHelp.org
- Nonprofit organization for people living on low-incomes and the legal
organizations that serve them. Kansas is not a participating
state.
Limited Scope Approved Attorney List for the
District Court - List of attorneys who have been approved to
perform Limited Scope Representation in the District Court of Douglas
County, Kansas.
Limited Scope Representation in Douglas
County, Kansas, District Court - Information on Limited Scope
Representation (hiring a specially trained attorney to help with
specific tasks rather than taking on full representation of the client)
in Douglas County.
Nolo -
Information on legal matters for non-lawyers.
Pro
se (Self-Represented) Divorce Forms - Basic Kansas divorce
forms and instructions for self-represented parties prepared by the
Kansas Judicial Council's Family Law Advisory Committee. The Kansas
Supreme Court has approved the use of these forms.
SCCLL
Self-Representation Resources - Resources on
self-representation from the State, Court, and County Law Libraries
Special Interest Section, American Association of Law Libraries.
Miscellaneous:
Community Tool Box
HCCI (Housing
& Credit Counseling, Inc.)
This
Month in Legal History
Web Based Resources
- Website containing links to legal and other electronic journals and
selected websites.
For more information, contact the Law Library
at: info@douglascolawlibrary.org.
