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Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy

The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law carries out multidisciplinary research and policy analysis regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. Its website has details of the Institute's projects and provides its policy papers, reports and briefings. LGBT FAQs are available, together with shareable infographics, interactive data and recommendations for carrying out surveys focusing on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Pro Bono Net

Pro Bono Net is a non-profit organisation providing support for volunteer lawyers working in the United States. Its website has sections for lawyers working in different US states and practice areas (including human rights, prisoner rights, health care law and asylum law), with news and online legal materials for their members.

LawHelp

LawHelp is a legal information site for the general public in the United States, hosted by Pro Bono Net (a US association for pro bono lawyers). It covers legal aid and pro bono legal services and provides guides to the law. Resources are organised by state and include information on legal rights in the areas of employment law, family law, human rights, immigration, consumer issues, taxation, housing and public benefits. 

Transatlantic turbulence: the European Union and United States debate over passenger data

Guide to the legal issues surrounding passenger data by Irfan Tukdi, updated by Sabrina Sondhi, Director of the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. Published on New York University's Globalex website, it gives background information to the US anti-terrorism legislation passed following the 9/11 terror attacks, including the Patriot Act, the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (ATSSSA) and the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA).

Introduction to Colombian governmental institutions and primary legal sources

Guide to Colombian legal materials by Antonio Ramirezz, updated by Hernando Otero, an Adjunct Associate Professor of arbitration and mediation at the Washington College of Law and a mediator with the District of Columbia Superior Court. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically (most recently in 2019), the guide provides an introduction to the system of government in Colombia with links to the websites of the President, the Senate and the House of Representatives. There is an outline of the legislative process and guidance to the types of legislation.

Jewish law research guide

Guide to Jewish legal resources by the University of Miami Law Library. The guide refers mostly to printed sources. It gives an introduction to Jewish law and covers both secondary and primary sources, with notes on how to use primary sources such as the Talmud, the Responsa and legal codes. Bibliographies are also included.

Death with Dignity Act

Information about the US State of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, provided by the Oregon Health Authority. Includes the act, together with administrative rules, forms, instructions, annual reports and FAQs. The site is available in ten different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English and Spanish.

Guide to legal research in the Dominican Republic

Online guide to the law and legal materials of the Dominican Republic written by Marisol Florén-Romero who is Assistant Director for Library Services and Foreign & International Law Librarian at Florida International University. The guide was published in 2007 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides background information on the history and legal system of the Dominican Republic.

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