beSpacific — accurate, focused law and technology reviews. Award-winning news aggregator and feed source on topics ranging from e-commerce to intellectual property, digital rights to ID theft, the Patriot Act and more
Center for Public Integrity — govt. watchdogs dedicated to investigative journalism on significant issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable
Congress.gov — formerly THOMAS. Browse or search for bills, public laws, the Congressional Record, committee reports, presidential nominations, treaties, roll call votes and more
Congress.org — get info on federal, state, and local officials, as well as issue guides and voting records
CrimeSolutions.gov — selective clearinghouse of evaluative info on 150 programs in criminal justice, crime victim services and juvenile justice. By the NIJ, National Institute of Justice
C-SPAN — video archive of U.S. congressional sessions & hearings dating from 1987 to present. Indexed and searchable by subject, speaker names, titles, affiliations, committees, categories, policy groups, keywords & location
CyberCemetery — provides permanent public access to Web sites of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions
Federal Register — The Daily Journal of the U.S. Government. Contains rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive orders and other Presidential documents
FormSwift — create, edit and electronically sign legal documents for free: personal legal forms, small business legal forms, real estate legal forms and tax forms
Government Documents — McDermott Library’s guide to national and state government resources
GovInfo — by the GPO. Free access to legislative histories, congressional hearings, presidential documents, House and Senate calendars, US Codes, the Federal Register and more
Guide to Law Online — branches of government, constitutions and legal sources for U.S. and international points of origin. By the Library of Congress (LoC)
MetaLib.gpo.gov [federated government search engine] — by the GPO. Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online
Migration Policy Institute — independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide
OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Portal — a multimedia archive devoted to making the U.S. Supreme Court accessible to everyone. Search and listen to recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments dating from 1955 onward
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) — allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator via the Internet
PublicLegal — by the Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG). A categorized index of thousands of sites from all over the world for legal forms, downloadable files, sources on law and the legal profession and more
Supreme Court — access recent opinions, reports, oral arguments, case documents and more of the U.S. Supreme Court
Tax Statistics — produced by the Statistics of Income Division and other areas of the IRS
Texas Judicial Branch — the official website of the Texas Courts. A great source for keeping up with new legislation directly impacting the Texas court system, judges, clerks and other judicial actors
Texas Law Help — guide to free and low-cost legal aid, assistance & services in Texas
United Nations: Audiovisual Library of International Law — view film footage, images & audio relating to the negotiation and adoption of legal instruments pertaining to criminal law, disarmament, human rights, environmental law, treaties & more
USA.gov — the U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal – for federal, state and local government info. Your one-stop official search portal for U.S. government info