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U.S. Supreme Court

  • Supreme Court Official Website
    This Website is maintained by the Supreme Court of the United States to provide Court information to the bar, the public, and the news media. The site was developed by the Court and the Government Printing Office (GPO) and is part of the GPO Access System.

  • Supreme Court Opinions Page
    The opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States are published officially in a set of case books called the United States Reports.

  • Cornell Law Library
    The Legal Information Institute is known internationally as a leading "law-not-com" provider of public legal information. We offer all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, and the full United States Code. We also publish important secondary sources: libraries in two important areas (legal ethics and social security) and a series of "topical" pages that serve as concise explanatory guides and Internet resource listings for roughly 100 areas of law.

  • Findlaw
    FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, e-mail newsletters, and message boards.
     
     
     

The Federal Courts

  • U.S. Courts
    A useful site maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, featuring links to the websites of all U.S. District Courts and U.S. Courts of Appeals.

  • Understanding the Federal Courts
    A publication of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts that provides an overview of the structure and judicial processes of the U.S. court system.
     
     
     

Federal Employment Laws

Federal Whistleblower Laws

District of Columbia Employment Laws

Laws Protecting Consumers

  • Consumer Credit
    This web page from Wex, a law dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School, provides useful links to federal and state laws that regulate consumer credit transactions.

  • Uniform Commercial Code
    This web page features the main provisions of the UCC and its state-by-state variations, which govern a wide range of consumer transactions.

  • Truth in Lending Act
    Requiring disclosures in consumer credit transactions.

  • Fair Credit Reporting Act
    Which establishes procedures for credit reporting agencies and provides remedies for consumers harmed by inaccurate credit reporting.

  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act
    Equal Credit Opportunity Act, prohibiting discrimination in credit transactions on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status or age.

  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
    Which prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive, deceptive or unfair debt collection practices

  • District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act
    District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act and related D.C. consumer-protection statutes, which prohibit merchants, finance companies and others from engaging in unfair and deceptive practices in dealings with consumers.
     
     
     

Other Federal Laws

  • United States Code
    The official compilation of all federal statutes.

  • Code of Federal Regulations
    The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation.

  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
    These rules govern the conduct of all civil actions brought in Federal district courts. While they do not apply to suits in state courts, the rules of many states have been closely modeled on these provisions.

  • Federal Register
    Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
     
     
     

Other State Laws

Federal Government Agencies Enforcing Employment Laws

Federal Government Agencies Enforcing Consumer Laws

  • Federal Reserve Board
    Federal Reserve Board, whose website has useful information about credit, identity theft, mortgages, checking accounts and other topics of interest to consumers.

  • Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection
    Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, which maintains a web site with a wide range of consumer information and links.

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, whose website provides useful information about home buying and predatory mortgage lending.

  • FedWorld
    A gateway site to information disseminated by the U.S. government, with a search engine reaching 30 million government web pages.
     
     
     

Organizations Supporting Employee Rights

  • National Employment Lawyers Association
    The national organization of lawyers and organizations that represent employees in legal disputes with employers.

  • Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
    Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, that organization of lawyers and organizations in the D.C. metro area that represent employees in legal disputes with employers.

  • WorkPlace Fairness
    WorkPlace Fairness, a non-profit organization that seeks to protect and strengthen workers' rights.

  • D.C Employment Justice Center
    D.C Employment Justice Center, a non-profit group with the mission of securing, protecting and promoting workplace justice in the D.C. metropolitan area.

  • National Employment Law Project
    National Employment Law Project, an organization advocating for the working poor and the unemployed.

  • American Rights at Work
    American Rights at Work, which combats workers' rights abuses, promotes workplace democracy and advocates stronger labor laws.

  • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
    Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, a national civil rights law and policy center seeking to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education and legislation.

  • Equal Rights Advocates
    Equal Rights Advocates, a non-profit organization that uses impact litigation and advocacy to benefit women workers, in particular low-wage workers, women from immigrant communities and women of color.

  • National Women's Law Center
    National Women's Law Center, which uses lobbies for and enforces laws that advance possibilities for women and girls in education, employment, family economic security and health, and the NWLC Sexual Harassment Page

  • American Bar Assn. Labor & Employment Section
    American Bar Assn. Labor & Employment Section, and organization of lawyers from both sides of the labor and employment bar, and whose website provides useful information on a number of employment-related and other legal issues.

  • Sexual Harassment Resources
    Sexual Harassment Resources, providing links to a wide range of public and private resources compiled by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

  • National Partnership for Women and Families
    National Partnership for Women and Families, using public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and the family.
     
     
     

Organizations Supporting Whistleblowers

  • Government Accountability Project
    Government Accountability Project, a non-profit public interest group that promotes government and corporate accountability by advancing occupational free speech, defending whistleblowers, and empowering citizen activists.

  • Project on Government Oversight
    Project on Government Oversight, which investigates systemic waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies, with the aim of achieving a more accountable federal government.

  • Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
    Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a service organization that assists federal and state public employees in blowing the whistle on the exploitation and pollution of the environment.

  • National Whistleblower Center
    National Whistleblower Center, a non-profit educational and advocacy organization dedicated to helping whistleblowers who speak out about nuclear safety, environmental protection and corporate accountability.
     
     
     

Organizations Supporting Consumers

  • National Association of Consumer Advocates
    National Association of Consumer Advocates, a nationwide organization of over 1,000 private and legal-aid lawyers who represent consumers in fighting against consumer fraud, predatory lending, and unfair and deceptive business practices.

  • National Consumer Law Center
    National Consumer Law Center, a non-profit organization of consumer law experts that helps protect consumers and promotes marketplace justice through litigation, education and advocacy.

  • Center for Responsible Lending
    Center for Responsible Lending, a non-profit, non-partisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting home ownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices, and whose website provides resources a number of resources for opponents of predatory lending and other such practices

  • Consumer Federation of America
    Consumer Federation of America, an advocacy, research, education, and service organization addressing a wide range of consumer issues.

  • Consumer Action
    Consumer Action, a a national non-profit education and advocacy organization offering many services and excellent informational resources to consumers, including on consumer fraud, predatory lending, debt collection, and more.

  • Consumers Union
    Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports, provides useful information regarding product safety, credit reporting, bank fees and other topics.

  • Consumer World
    Consumer World, whose website features links to dozens of consumer-protection agencies and organizations at the state, federal and international levels.

  • Public Citizen
    Public Citizen, a national, non-profit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.

  • National Community Reinvestment Coalition
    National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which fights against predatory lending.

  • Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
    Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a non-profit that issues fact sheets on telemarketing, financial privacy, employee background checks, and more.
     
     
     

Organizations Supporting Civil and Economic Rights

  • AARP
    AARP, a membership organization of persons 50 and older dedicated to addressing their needs and interests in a wide range of areas, and AARP Foundation Legal Advocacy, the arm of AARP Foundation, that addresses legal issues affecting the elderly, as well as broader consumer protection issues such as predatory lending.

  • Public Justice
    Public Justice, a public-interest law firm that fights for justice through litigation in the areas of consumer protection, environmental protection, and

  • Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a non-profit organization that uses the skills and resources of the private bar to obtain equal opportunity under the law for racial and ethnic minorities, and for other victims of discrimination.

  • Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
    Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, a public-interest law firm that represents individuals and groups seeking to vindicate their civil rights in employment, housing, public accommodations and other aspects of urban life.

  • Human Rights Campaign
    Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.

  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides legal assistance to minorities and others seeking justice and equality in education, voting, employment, housing, transportation, health care and the criminal justice system.

  • Legal Momentum
    Legal Momentum, a non-profit organization using litigation, public policy and educational efforts to advance the right of women to equal work and equal pay, the health of women and girls, and strong families and communities.
     
     
     

Legal Research Tools

  • Findlaw
    FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel, law students, businesses, and consumers. These resources include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools, such as a secure document management utility, e-mail newsletters, and message boards.

  • Legal Information Institute
    Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.

  • Law Library
    Law Library of the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges, which adjudicates nuclear, environmental and Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims.