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PAGE CONTENTS:    General Sites  |  Courts & Caselaw  |  Statutory & Legislative Resources  |  Executive & Administrative Resources  |  Legal Organizations  |  Legal Forms

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General Sites

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Pages dedicated to Alabama legal research generally

• Alabama.gov (The official web site of the state of Alabama)
  
• Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center
  
• Alabama Department of Public Safety -- Alabama Bureau of Investigations (Includes sex offender, missing person, and felony fugitive databases)
  
• All Law - State Resources - Alabama
  
• ALSO!--U.S. Law--Alabama--Sources
  
• FindLaw: Alabama
  
• MoreLaw: Alabama Legal Materials and Links
  

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Courts & Caselaw

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Links to courts and caselaw from jurisdictions in Alabama or including Alabama.

FEDERAL COURTS:

U.S. Supreme Court

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• Supreme Court of the United States (The official Supreme Court web site; includes calendars, schedules, rules, opinions for the present term, and other information)
  

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• FindLaw (Opinions from 1893-Present)
  
• Legal Information Institute at Cornell (Opinions from 1990-Present and select historical decisions; court calendar and schedule of oral arguments)
  
• Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia (Audio recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments)
  
• Willamette Law Online (Summaries of pending and decided Supreme Court cases from 1997-Present)
  

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

• Official 11th Circuit Site (Opinions from Nov. 1994-Present; court rules; other documents)
  
• Emory University (Opinions from Nov. 1994-Present)
  
• FindLaw (Opinions from Dec. 1994-Present)
  
• Birmingham Bar Association (Slip opinions for the last 12 months; NOT ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE...)
  

U.S. District Courts

• Middle District of Alabama (Local rules, standing orders, magistrate judge procedures, etc.)
  
• Northern District of Alabama (Local rules, court calendar, directory, search for filings)
  
• Southern District of Alabama (Location, local rules, contact information, employment information)
  

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

• Middle District of Alabama (Contact information, announcements, dockets)
  
• Northern District of Alabama (Local rules, contact information, forms, calendars)
  
• Southern District of Alabama (Local rules, contact information, calendar, fees, notices, opinions)
  

STATE COURTS:

Alabama Courts in General

• Alabama Judicial System Online (Appellate Court Information)
  
  • Appellate Courts Overview (Information on the qualifications, election/appointment, ethics and discipline of appellate judges; charts on the Alabama judicial system and appellate process; a history of the Alabama judicial system)
    
  • Court of the Judiciary -- Filed Documents
    
  • Judicial Inquiry Commission -- Advisory Opinions since 1976
    
  
  
• Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) (Trial Court Information)
  
  • Alabama Traffic Service Center (Traffic court information for all Alabama counties, including online ticket payment, schedule of fines, etc.)
    
  • Information on Child Support Guidelines (Includes schedule of basic child support obligations, child day care rates and various forms)
    
  • Juvenile Services Program
    
  • Family Court
    
  • E-Forms: Alabama Unified Judicial System Forms (A large collection of PDF format administrative and legal forms for use in Alabama courts)
    

Alabama Supreme Court

• FindLaw (Opinions from April 1998-Present)
  
• Birmingham Bar Association (Slip opinions for the last 12 months; NOT ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE...)
  
• Bradley Arant (Slip opinions from January 2003-Present)
  
• Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C. (Recent opinions)
  
• Alabama Judicial System Online -- Supreme Court (Biographies of current justices)
  

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

• Birmingham Bar Association (Slip opinions for the last 12 months; NOT ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE...)
  
• Bradley Arant (Slip opinions from January 2003-Present)
  
• Alabama Judicial System Online -- Court of Civil Appeals (Biographies of current judges)
  

Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

• Birmingham Bar Association (Slip opinions for the last 12 months; NOT ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE...)
  
• Alabama Judicial System Online -- Court of Criminal Appeals (Biographies of current judges)
  

Municipal Courts

• Alabaster Municipal Court
  
• Alexander City Municipal Court
  
• Andalusia Municipal Court
  
• Anniston Municipal Court
  
• Athens Municipal Court
  
• Birmingham Municipal Court
  
• Brent Municipal Court
  
• Brewton Municipal Court
  
• Columbiana Municipal Court
  
• Cottonwood Municipal Court
  
• Cullman Municipal Court
  
• Daphne Municipal Court
  
• Dauphin Island Municipal Court
  
• Decatur Municipal Court
  
• Dothan Municipal Court
  
• Fairhope Municipal Court
  
• Florence Municipal Court
  
• Foley Municipal Court
  
• Fort Payne Municipal Court
  
• Gadsden Municipal Court
  
• Grant Municipal Court
  
• Guin Municipal Court
  
• Gulf Shores Municipal Court
  
• Guntersville Municipal Court
  
• Hoover Municipal Court
  
• Huntsville Municipal Court
  
• Irondale Municipal Court
  
• Jacksonville Municipal Court
  
• Jasper Municipal Court
  
• Madison Municipal Court
  
• Midfield Municipal Court
  
• Mobile Municipal Court
  
• Montgomery Municipal Court
  
• Moody Municipal Court
  
• Opelika Municipal Court
  
• Orange Beach Municipal Court
  
• Northport Municipal Court
  
• Pelham Municipal Court
  
• Phenix City Municipal Court
  
• Pleasant Grove Municipal Court
  
• Prattville Municipal Court
  
• Riverside Municipal Court
  
• Saraland Municipal Court
  
• Sardis City Municipal Court
  
• Scottsboro Municipal Court
  
• Selma Municipal Court
  
• Shorter Municipal Court
  
• Southside Municipal Court
  
• Summerdale Municipal Court
  
• Troy Municipal Court
  
• Tuscaloosa Municipal Court
  
• Vestavia Hills Municipal Court
  
• Wetumpka Municipal Court
  

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Statutory Law
& Legislative
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Links to Alabama legislative branch resources

Alabama Constitution of 1901 and Code of 1975

• ALISON: Alabama Legislative Information System Online (View Constitution or Code by section or search text; choose "Code of Alabama" or "Constitution" from the tabs on the left)
  
• If you have trouble accessing ALISON, see http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/alisonstart.asp
  

Recent Legislative Session Information

• ALISON: Alabama Legislative Information System Online (Text, status and history of recent legislation; to change the legislative session you are viewing, click on the name of the session in the upper, left corner)
  
• If you have trouble accessing ALISON, see http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/alisonstart.asp
  

Legislative Branch Web Sites

• Alabama Legislature (Site includes information on current and historic laws and legislation, a listing of prefiled bills, a primer on the legislative process, information on the history of the legislature, and materials of interest to visitors, educators, and students)
  
  • House of Representatives (Site includes pages for each representative, tools for determining your representative, committee rosters, committee schedules, and the House rules)
    
  • Senate (Site includes pages for each senator, tools for determining your senator, committee rosters, and the Senate rules)
    
  • ALIS: Alabama Legislative Information System (Browse or search Alabama Constitution, Code or session instruments)
    
  • Alabama Law Institute
    
  • Department of Examiners of Public Accounts (Site includes audit reports from Alabama's independent legislative audit agency)
    
  • Legislative Reference Service
    

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Executive Branch
& Administrative
Resources

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Links to Alabama executive branch resources

Administrative Rules and Regulations

• Alabama Administrative Code (Browsable version of the state's Administrative Code; from the Alabama Legislative Reference Service)
  
• Alabama Administrative Monthly (Notices of proposed rules and changes to rules; from the Alabama Legislative Reference Service)
  

Other Executive Branch and Agency Legal Resources

• Alabama Ethics Commission Opinions (1995-Present)
  
• Attorney General Opinions (1979-Present)
  
• Department of Revenue - ALJ Rulings (1983-Present)
  
• Department of Revenue - Revenue Rulings (1993-Present)
  
• Department of Revenue - Revenue Procedures (1997-2001)
  
• Office of the Governor - Executive Orders (2003-Present)
  
• Office of the Governor - Proclamations (2003-Present)
  

Executive Branch and Agency Web Sites

• Governor's Office (Includes proclamations and executive orders)
  
• Attorney General's Office (Search Attorney General Opinions [from 1979-Present], file an online consumer complaint, view consumer alerts, read Office of the Attorney General online publications, etc.)
  
• Secretary of State's Office (Download forms for use by corporations, view historical election information, read a UCC filing guide, etc.)
  
• Department of Insurance (Search for insurance companies registered in Alabama or agents of process for foreign insurance companies, download insurance forms, etc.)
  
• Department of Revenue (View revenue procedures, revenue rulings, ALJ rulings, and new regulations, download tax forms, view a calendar of rule making hearings, etc.)
  
• Alabama State Agency Web Sites (A directory of state agencies from Alabama.gov)
  

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Legal Organizations

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Links to law-related organizations in Alabama

Alabama Law Institute

• Alabama Law Institute Home Page (Includes status of ALI bills before the legislature, calendar of events, list of publications, and information on the Capital Intern Program)
  

Alabama Association for Justice (Formerly Alabama Trial Lawyer's Association)

• Alabama Association for Justice-- Home (Includes publications, community service information, and association news)
  

Bar Associations

• Alabama State Bar (Search member directory, view Alabama Bar Reporter headnotes for the Alabama Supreme Court, read formal opinions from the Office of General Counsel, get pro hac vice information, etc.)
  
• Birmingham Bar Association (View slip opinions for Alabama courts, check CLE calendar, download forms, etc.)
  
• Huntsville- Madison County Bar Association (View meeting schedules, minutes, membership information, etc.)
  
• Mobile Bar Association (Includes historical information, programs and services, and a free referral service)
  

District Attorneys

• Alabama District Attorneys Association (Includes a roster of district attorneys)
  
• 6th Circuit (Tuscaloosa) District Attorney's Office
  
• 8th Circuit (Morgan County) District Attorney's Office
  
• 10th Circuit (Birmingham) District Attorney's Office
  
• 12th Circuit District Attorney's Office
  
• 23rd Circuit (Madison County) District Attorney's Office
  

Other

• Alabama Defense Lawyers Association(ADLA)
• Law Libraries Association of Alabama (LLAA)
• Southern Poverty Law Center

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Legal Forms

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Links to legal forms developed for use in Alabama

• FindLaw Forms > Alabama
  
• Administrative Office of Courts: E-Forms (A large collection of PDF format administrative and legal forms for use in Alabama courts)