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LawforWA.org Web Site
http://www.lawforwa.org/
The mission of the lawforwa website is to give the people of Washington easy access to information on the law, the courts, the government, and civic rights and responsibilities.

Washington State Law Library's Legal Research on the Web
http://www.courts.wa.gov/library/?fa=library.display&fileID=netsrch
Great list of links to legal research web sites.

King County Legal Research and Training Center
http://www.kcll.org/learnhow/lrtc/index.html
The LRTC helps individuals conduct legal research. The Center has 6 computers equipped with Internet Explorer and MS Word. All computers have dedicated connections to legal research databases. A staff member is available to assist with legal research and using the computer. Classes are also offered.

LegalWa.org
http://www.legalwa.org/
This web site houses Washington State Supreme Court and Appellate Court Decisions as well as the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and county and city municipal codes.

Catalaw
http://www.catalaw.com/index.shtml
CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of law on the Internet. It helps speed research by arranging all legal and government indexes into a unique, uniform and universal metaindex.

American Pro Se Association
http://www.legalhelp.org
A free service providing general legal information to the pro se client and enable people to organize and save large legal costs by using their lawyer efficiently - or even to use the attorney only for certain guidance and to otherwise do much of the work themselves.

The Internet Law Library
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/index.html
A great place to begin your legal research.

Municipal Research and Services Center
http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/legal/legal.aspx?r=1
The Municipal Research & Services Center (MRSC) is a non-profit, independent organization created in 1969 to continue programs established in 1934 under the Bureau of Governmental Research at the University of Washington. Our information-packed site includes the Revised Code of Washington, Washington Administrative Code, municipal and county codes, ordinances, and a wealth of information relevant to local governments in Washington State.

National Center on Poverty Law
http://www.povertylaw.org/
The Clearinghouse is the nation's only comprehensive research and library service devoted to poverty law.

Nolo.com - Self-Help Law Center
http://www.nolo.com/
Nolo Press, a publisher of legal self-help materials, provides general information and articles on many different legal issues.

Revised Code of Washington
http://www.leg.wa.gov/rcw/
The Revised Code of Washington has been converted to HTML. Click the desired title to see the list of chapters, then click the desired chapter to see the list of sections. The HTML version provides an easier to read format and links to RCW and WAC citation references within the documents.

Search - by the WA State Legislature
http://search.leg.wa.gov/
Search the RCWs, WACs, Bill Information, and the State Register.

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Research Links
http://www.wstla.org/links.asp#4
WSTLA provides you with access to research resources on numerous areas of the law.

World-wide Legal Information Association
http://wwlia.org:80/wwlia.htm
Our primary focus is providing a good basis of legal advice for the average, lay citizen. These pages which can be found for each country. The information shall not be in technical legalese, such as typical law review material, but rather legal information of use to, and in language understandable by the non-lawyer.

WWW Resources for Social Workers
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/
A searchable database of over 50 thousand links to helpful web sites for social workers.

Libraries

Cornell Law Library
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/default.html
The Library is a major academic research law library, designed for the educational needs of law students and scholarly pursuits of faculty and other legal researchers.

King County Law Library
http://www.kcll.org/
The King County Law Library serves the legal and law related information needs of the county, including the judges, county officials, members of the Bar and other county residents. The Library cooperates with the community to enhance knowledge of the law and to facilitate access to the justice system.

King County Library System
http://www.kcls.org
KCLS is the third largest circulating library in the United States. Located in the Seattle area, the Library System includes 40 libraries, and a Traveling Library Center which serve over one million residents.

Library of Congress Catalogs
http://catalog.loc.gov/
The Library of Congress mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

University of Washington's Gallagher Law Library
http://lib.law.washington.edu/

Washington Association of County Law Libraries
http://www.nas.com/~whatcll/wacll.htm
A well-organized compilation of links to other major law libraries in Washington State, online sources for Washington state laws, and search engines to help you find law-related information. A directory of county law libraries in Washington state is also provided.

Search Engines

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/
FindLaw is dedicated to making legal information on the Internet easy to find. We have developed several features with this goal in mind, including, the FindLaw Guide to Internet legal resources. This comprehensive guide includes links to resources in over 30 practice areas, case law and codes, legal associations, law schools, law reviews, and more!

Find It!
http://find-it.wa.gov/
Search engine for locating government information in Washington state.

LawCrawler
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com
Legal search engine.

Legal News & Publications

Disability Law Publications and Resources
http://www.abanet.org/disability/pubs.html
The Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law has been fulfilling the ABA's commitment to justice and the rule of law for persons with mental and physical disabilities since 1973.

Law.com
http://www.law.com/index.shtml
Great source of legal news.

SEVERE.net - SSD law information source
http://www.severe.net/
SEVEREnet is an online newsletter providing information and resources for social security disability benefits law.

Washington Family Law Reporter
http://www.wflr.com/
The Washington Family Law Reporter provides access to their substantive articles and case analysis on Family Law since July 1996. Regional contacts and seminars for family lawyers are also included.

Court Decisions

Cornell LII & Hermes: Supreme Court Decisions
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

WA State Supreme Court & Court of Appeals Decisions
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/

Rules & Procedure

Washington State & Local Court Rules
http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm

Federal Rules of Evidence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html

Legislation

Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Bills pending in Congress, committee reports, Congressional record

Washington State Bill Information
http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/bills.cfm
Here you can find information on Washington state legislation, including full text of bills.

Other

Legal Dictionary (WWLIA)
http://wwlia.org:80/diction.htm
The legal dictionary provides a list of legal terms and definitions compiled by the World-Wide Legal Information Association (WWLIA) a non-profit organization which seeks to make legal information available to the world using language easily understood by the common layman.

Washington Advocacy Pages
http://www.accessinfo.org/
Washington Advocacy Pages is a clearinghouse of information about poverty and inequality in Washington State. It provides current, accurate information about community-based organizations who work for progressive social change on topics ranging from childcare to welfare reform.

WSP's Crime Connection
http://www.wa.gov/wsp/crime/crimecon.htm
Washington State Patrol's Crime Connection page leads to information about criminal history background checks, the Washington State Patrol Missing Children Clearinghouse, and other criminal justice resources.