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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association — The national professional association for the legal profession. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about
the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and
initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
Oklahoma Bar Association — Oklahoma's organization created by the Oklahoma Supreme Court "to
advance the administration of justice and to foster and maintain
learning, integrity, competence, public service and high standards of
conduct among Oklahoma's legal community."
Oklahoma County Bar Association
Tulsa County Bar Association
National Association of Legal Assistants — Professional association for legal assistants and paralegals, providing continuing education and professional development programs.
Central Oklahoma Association of Legal Assistants
Tulsa Association of Legal Assistants
Oklahoma Paralegal Association
American Association of Law Libraries
American Health Lawyers Association
Association of Corporate Counsel
Association of Legal Administrators
Legal Marketing Association
Minority Corporate Counsel Association
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
NALS — Association for Legal Professionals
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
ABA Journal — Official magazine of the American Bar Association.
Legal Assistant Today — Trade magazine for the paralegal profession.
Law.com — Leading legal news and information network, including more than 20 national and regional legal publications online.
The Legal Intelligencer — "The oldest law journal in the United States."
The American Lawyer — Magazine focused on attorneys and the legal profession, including the most important legal news and legal business topics.
Law Technology News — Publication about products, systems and services for legal professionals.
Counsel to Counsel Magazine — Publication dedicated to information about corporate legal services and work between corporate counsel and law firms.
GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES
ABA's Guides to Everyday Law — Books, booklets, brochures and other resources on law as it affects us as we go about our daily business—as consumers, drivers, home buyers, and workers.
Martindale-Hubbell — Published resource for the legal profession, with a comprehensive database of lawyers and law firms in over 160 countries.
— Firm Profile
The American Bar
— Selective directory of law firms, listed by invitation only after a
screening process, that is utilized by business, corporate counsel and
other professional seeking access to the most reputable firms.
— Firm Profile
Chambers USA — Published guides to the legal profession, ranking firms and attorneys considered leaders in their field
— Firm Profile
Best Lawyers — Listings
of outstanding attorneys compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys
in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their
professional peers.
— Firm Profile
Super Lawyers — Listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
— Firm Profile
LAW RESEARCH RESOURCES
ABA's Public Resources
— Index of public education resources about the law, legal topics and publications about legal issues and law matters.
ABA's Legal Information for Consumers
— Topical information about legal rights and how the law affects everyday situations.
Legal Information Institute — One of the preeminent legal resources on the Web, including one of the best arrangements of the Code of Federal Regulations and many substantive resources. (Hosted by Cornell University's School of Law)
Findlaw — Free online index of legal materials, with links to off-site resources as well as a great deal of hosted material and tools, including hosted e-mail and the Lawcrawler search engine. The state-specific collections of resources are particularly useful.
The Law Review Project — The Coalition of Online Journals provides free full text search of online law journals (check the site for a list of included journals) and an e-mail notification of new articles
The OYEZ Project — A collection of transcripts and, in some cases, audio files of leading US Supreme Court cases. (Hosted by Northwestern University School of Law)
LexisONE — A free (requires registration) service of LexisNexis, the online legal research service. Includes free US supreme court (1790-present) and selected federal and state court (since 1996) searching, forms, and other services. Can pay as you go to use premium options including Shepards©.
The Law and Policy Institutions Guide — A collection of annotated resources ranging from legal research to law school tools and CLE sites.
AcqWeb — Collection of information about legal publishers. (Hosted by Appalachian State University)
Virtual Law Library — Online law library that can be searched by keyword or browsed by legal subject. (Hosted by the University of Indiana's School of Law)
Oklahoma County Law Library
Tulsa County Law Library
University of Oklahoma College of Law — Law Library
Oklahoma City University — Law Library
University of Tulsa — Mabee Legal Information Center