The following sites can be used as gateways to law related resources. Of most importance is the organizational structure these sites impose on the Web. They each provide an impressive array of links to legal information and their user friendly subject arrangements provide easy navigation throughout the Internet.

GENERAL LEGAL SITES

American Law Sources On-Line http://www.lawsource.com/also

Their stated purpose is to "provide a comprehensive, uniform, and useful compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law for United States, Canada and Mexico." Focus is on US, Canadian, and Mexican federal and state legal resources. Some of these resources are also in French and Spanish.

Cornell Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/

An award winning pioneer in the electronic dissemination of legal materials. Provides useful background commentary and full text of U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal and N.Y. court decisions, the UCC, the U.S. Code, and selected state and federal laws. Also noted for its extensive links to law related sources worldwide.

FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/

Emerging as the favorite gateway to legal resources. Well organized, comprehensive arrangement of law sites, including primary and secondary sources. Site for LawCrawler, a Google-powered legal search engine.

Hieros Gamos http://www.hg.org/

Billed as the largest comprehensive legal site with over 50,000 links to US federal and state law, legal organizations, and every government in the world. Also includes links in over 200 practice areas, 300+ discussion groups, and 50 doing business guides.

LexisOne.com http://lexisone.com/

Free access to recent caselaw, forms, and 16,000 legal related links. Caselaw coverage is from January 1, 1996 to current for the two highest courts in each state and all federal circuit courts, plus complete coverage (from 1789) for U.S. Supreme Court cases.

Virtual Law Library http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/

A collection of materials and pointers to law related Internet sources. Includes U.S. and state government links, law journals, legal organizations, law firms, law schools, and publishers.

WashLaw http://www.washlaw.edu/

Maintained by the staff of the Washburn Law Library, this is one of the most extensive legal sites currently available on the Web. It links to law schools, law firms, international, state and federal materials, directories, news sources, and much more.

PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL LINKS

Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Aopc/IndexAOPC.asp

Office appointed by the PA Supreme Court that assists the Court in assuring that business is promptly and properly disposed.

AllLaw.com State Resources: Pennsylvania
http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/pennsylvania/

Law related directory of Pennsylvania government and legal websites.

Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/CommonPleas/IndexCommonPleas.asp

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Cwealth/IndexCwealth.asp

Pennsylvania Superior Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Superior/IndexSuperior.asp

Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/

As one of three equal and independent branches of state government, Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System's role is to preserve the rule of law and guarantee the rights and liberties of citizens. Information and links to the various Courts, opinions, and forms, as well as the Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts, are available from this site.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Supreme/indexSupreme.asp

Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp

The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, operates a major research library and leads the development of the state’s public, school, academic and special libraries to meet the information, education and enrichment needs of its residents. Links to the State Library and others, plus PILOT (the Keystone Library Network Catalog), databases, and research tools are provided.

The Pennsylvania Manual http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/pamanual/

Complete Pennsylvania Manual in .pdf format. Contains information on all areas of PA government, including PA history, constitution, elections, and profiles of government officers.

Pennsylvania State Data Center http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/

Established in 1981, the Pennsylvania State Data Center serves as Pennsylvania's official source of population and economic statistics. In addition to acting as Pennsylvania's liaison to the Census Bureau, the PaSDC is the state's representative to the Federal-State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and for Population Projections. Links to data, publications, products and services, and Census 2000 information are provided.

State and Local Government on the Net: Pennsylvania
http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-pa.htm

Index of PA sites such as statewide offices, the legislative, executive, and judicial branch, boards and commissions, and regional, county, borough, city, municipality, town, or township sites.