US Law: Other Suggested Resources
Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District, and Circuit
Annual data on sentences imposed on convicted criminals in the U.S.
Crime in the United States
Crime data for the nation and individual states. From the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports series.
National Indian Law Library-Tribal Law Gateway
Provides access to over four hundred constitutions and over two hundred and forty codes/ordinances of the federally-recognized tribes and Alaska Native villages in the United States.
Judicial Facts and Figures
Current and historical caseload data for the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. Includes numbers of civil and criminal cases filed.
First Amendment Center
From Vanderbilt University, the site includes a First Amendment Library, glossary of terms, current and archived news of First Amendment related stories, and a small collection of Congressional Research Service reports regarding First Amendment issues.
Justia Blawg Search
Law blog (blawg) directory which allows users to search for blawgs in various categories including types of law, state law blawgs, country blawgs, and law school blawgs.
Federal Judicial Center
Education and research support office for the US courts provides court histories, biographies of federal judges, and access to research produced for the federal judiciary.
ETHXWeb
From the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, this database indexes a selection of journal articles, book chapters, bills, laws, court decisions, reports, books, audiovisuals, and news articles relating to bioethics and professional ethics.
American Bar Association
Although primarily the official site of the Association, it also offers information valuable to students and the general public from immigration to tax tips, and brief publications on broad areas of the law.
Landmark Supreme Court cases
Useful tool for understanding a selection of the US Supreme Court's historically most significant cases. Provides summaries of the cases, excerpts from the opinions and links to the complete text, decision's impact and relevance and much more.