Self-Help and Specialized Legal Web Pages

Famous Trials
Information on some of the most famous trials in history, including the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, the Loeb-Leopold trial, the Scottsboro Boys trial, and more.

Guide to Law Online
Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this is an annotated compendium of Internet links to sources of information on the law. Most of the sites provide full-texts of laws, court decisions, and regulations, as well as commentaries from legal experts.

Internet Legal Resource Guide
A categorized index of more than 4000 select legal web sites. Links to law codes and court decisions, to sites containing information about law schools, to ones providing information about lawyers and law firms, to a legal forms archive, and to much more are found here.

Introduction to the United States Legal System
The 'Lectric Law Library presents basic information, the make-up of the United States Legal System and how the Legal System works.

FindLaw Lawyer Directory
This site features detailed profiles of U.S. attorneys.  It allows searching by either legal issue or location.  There is also a helpful article on how to choose and work with an attorney.

Tennessee Bar Association: Legal Resources for the Public
General information, in easy-to-understand language, is found here on over 70 legal topics.

WWW Virtual Library - Law
Legal information from a wide variety of sources is found here. You can browse by topic or kind of information you are looking for, or you can use the search box.

All Law - Forms - Key Sites
Links to sites containing all kinds of legal forms.

Findlaw for the Public
Many articles on a wide variety of legal topics, including finding and hiring lawyers, and resolving a dispute with a lawyer. Also, legal news, and links to many consumer resources.

FreeAdvice.Com
FreeAdvice.com is intended to offer the most useful, comprehensive, balanced legal information for the public. Over 100 areas of law are covered, including insurance law, business law, immigration law, employment law, and more areas. Its advisory board includes distinguished attorneys, law school deans and professors, consumer advocates, and former senior Government officials. 

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
A part of the Cornell School of Law's legal Information Institute, this site offers information about legal citation, provides examples of legal citations, explains how to cite, offers list of abbreviations, and more.

ILRG Legal Forms Archive
This site offers a wide variety of legal forms, including buying and selling agreements, transfers and assignments, leases and tenancies, many different kinds of personal forms, and more. Many useful forms included, but please be sure to read the disclaimer done by the publishers of this page.

Legal Assistance for Older Americans
This site, from the U.S. Administration on Aging, provides legal hotlines for older Americans, directories, a Protecting the Rights of Older Americans fact sheet, and links to other legal assistance and elder law web sites.

Military Law and Legal Links
A collection of links to both general and specific military legal sources, including court-martial procedures, Judge Advocate Generals offices, international law, military courts, military commissions and tribunals, and more.

Nolo Legal Encyclopedia
Much information is found here, in lay language, on different areas of the law, including Debt and Credit, Consumer Law, Tax Problems, Wills and Estate Planning, Spouses and Partners, and more.

Understanding Your Court System: A Guide to the Judicial Branch
Provides an introduction to the Tennessee Judicial System, information on the organization of the Federal Court System, and a legal glossary. (Adobe Acrobat software is required to view this site.)

Videos - Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts
These Videos provide information on three areas of law, and are available in English and six other languages. Your system must have Windows Media Player or RealOne Player installed to view these videos.