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Wisconsin Legal Research
Wisconsin Supreme Court and Appeals Court http://www.wicourts.gov
Agency decisions are generally available at each individual agency’s website.
Examples:
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission – available at http://werc.wi.gov
Wisconsin Attorney General orders http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html
Patents http://www.uspto.gov
Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Code
Searchable Wisconsin statute database and statutory history
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html
Wisconsin Administrative Code http://nxt.legis.state.wi.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&d=code&jd=top
Caselaw
General Google search www.google.com
Google scholar http://scholar.google.com
State Court Websites http://www.wicourts.gov
Fastcase (via State Bar of Wisconsin) http://www.wisbar.org/fastcase
Wisconsin Courts and Agencies http://www.wisbar.org/legalres/wi
Wisconsin caselaw http://www.wisbar.org/wisop
Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com
Lexisone (free site from Lexis) http://lexisone.com
Wisconsin State Government
State Legislature http://www.legis.state.wi.us
Department of Revenue http://www.revenue.wi.gov
CCAP http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl
(Wisconsin Circuit Court Access)
Bar Associations
State Bar of Wisconsin http://www.wisbar.org
State Bar Sections, Committees and Divisions http://www.wisbar.org/groups
State Bar of Wisconsin listserve membership availability http://www.wisbar.org/elists/lists
Paralegal Association of Wisconsin http://www.wisconsinparalegal.org
Wisconsin Association for Legal Professionals http://www.wisconsinalp.org
Wisconsin Local and Specialty Bars
Dane County Bar Association http://www.dcba.net
Milwaukee Bar Association http://www.milwbar.org
Wisconsin Local Bar Associations (by county via State Bar Website)
http://www.wisbar.org/localbars
Wisconsin Specialty Bars http://www.wisbar.org/specialtybars
Wisconsin Local Court Rules, Supreme Court Rules,
Ethics Opinions and Lawyer Assistance
http://www.wisbar.org/rules
State OAR/OAS Guidelines and OWI Sentencing Guidelines
http://www.wisbar.org/rules/OWI
Appearance of Unlicensed Out-of-State Lawyers
http://www.wisbar.org/am/template.cfm?section=circuit_court_rules2&template=/cm/contentdisplay.cfm&contentid=67244#unlicensed
Wisconsin Ethics Opinions http://www.wisbar.org/ethics/opinions
State Bar Ethics Hotline
(608) 250-6168 or (800) 444-9404, ext. 6168
State Bar Ethics Counsel
Tim Pierce tpierce@wisbar.org
Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP) http://www.wisbar.org/bar/wislap
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules (SCR Chapter 20) of Professional Conduct http://www.wisbar.org/rulesofconduct
Rules Governing Lawyer Conduct http://www.wisbar.org/regulations
Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) http://www.wicourts.gov/about/organization/offices/olr.htm
Wisconsin Law Schools
Marquette University Law School http://law.marquette.edu
University of Wisconsin Law School http://www.law.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners
For Wisconsin Bar exam, lawyer monitoring &
Continuing Legal Education credits
http://www.wicourts.gov/about/organization/offices/bbe.htm
Wisconsin County and Municipal Governments
Municipal online county ordinances and codes (via State Law Library)
http://wsll.state.wi.us/ordinances.html
Companies contracting with municipalities to codify and publish ordinances:
Municode http://www.municode.com/Library
E-Code http://www.generalcode.com/WEBCODE2.HTML#wisc
Wisconsin Law Libraries and Law Journals
Wisconsin State Law Library
http://wilawlibrary.gov , or http://www.wsll.state.wi.us
Reference tools http://wsll.state.wi.us/refdirtools.html
Topic Index http://wsll.state.wi.us/witopicindex.html
U.W. Law Library http://library.law.wisc.edu
Marquette University Law Library
http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?2130&pageID=145
Wisconsin Circuit Court Forms
http://www.wicourts.gov/forms1/circuit.htm
Miscellaneous Organizations
Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association http://wrdaonline.org
Wisconsin Register in Probate Association http://wripa.org
University of Wisconsin Extension http://lgc.uwex.edu
Local Government Center
League of Wisconsin Municipalities http://www.lwm-info.org
Wisconsin Towns Association http://www.wisctowns.com
Wisconsin Counties Association http://www.wicounties.org
American Land Title Institute (ALTA) http://www.alta.org
Wisconsin Realtors Association http://www.wra.org
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups http://wwwcwag.org/legal
Attorney’s Title Guarantee Fund http://www.atgf.com
Other Law Libraries and Law Journals
Database of Law Journals http://heinonline.org
Cornell http://www.law.cornell.edu
Out of State Law Schools
ABA-approved Law Schools
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/approved.html
Out of State Laws
Illinois http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp
Minnesota https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/
Iowa http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IowaLaw.html
Michigan http://www.legislature.mi.gov
National and Other State Bar Associations
American Bar Association (ABA) http://www.abanet.org
ABA Sections, Committees, Divisions and Commissions http://www.abanet.org/membergroups.html?gnav=global_memberresources_findsdfc
Other State Bars http://www.wisbar.org/bars/other
Association of Legal Assistants and Paralegals http://www.nala.org
National Bar Association http://www.nationalbar.org
National Paralegal Association http://www.nationalparalegal.org
ABA Division for Bar Services (Provides access to all State Bars)
http://www.abanet.org/barserv/stlobar.html
Federal Legal Research
Federal Labor Relations – available at http://www.flra.gov/decisions/start/searchpg.html
Presidential Orders http://whitehouse.gov
Federal Government Websites
Government Printing Office http://www.gopaccess.gov
(portal for searching federal legal resources)
Thomas (Library of Congress) http://www.thomas.gov
(portal for searching Congressional Actions and activities)
IRS http://www.irs.gov
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Miscellaneous Legal Portals
HG.org Worldwide Legal Directories http://www.hg.org
Information about law and government worldwide. Directories for law firms, attorneys, legal associations, law schools, legal jobs, journal articles and other links:
Internet Legal Research Group http://www.ilrg.com
Online legal journals and free legal forms database
LawSitus.com http://www.lawsitus.com
Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org
This portal is designed for informational and resources purposes only and is not intended as legal, ethical or professional advice. Furthermore, this portal is an informational list and is not intended or portrayed as comprehensive or exhaustive of all online links for legal matters.