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Nuremberg Trials Project

The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project will make available digital images or full-text versions of documents relating to the trials of German Nazi leaders before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT). The project will take place over the next 10 years. Currently the website has trial documents from the Medical Case (Case 1 of the NMT trials) and includes transcripts of court proceedings, analytical data and a search engine for documents currently available on the site.

United States Tax Court

Website of the U.S. Tax Court which handles appeals from the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue. The website includes profiles of the judges who sit in the Tax Court and copies of the court rules which can be downloaded in full or by section in PDF format. Court forms can also be downloaded in PDF. Opinions of the court are available on the site and can be searched by date, keyword, judge or opinion type. Opinions are made available in full as PDF documents. Docket records can also be searched for by docket number, individual party name or corporate name keyword.

Bankruptcy Court Directory

Web page providing a list of links to United States Bankruptcy Court websites. The US federal districts each have a bankruptcy court and many of the websites linked to here provide access to their decisions and bankruptcy rules. The list is compiled by US publisher BankruptcyData.com and made freely available on their website.

St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

website of the St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project which is hosted by the American Culture Studies Program in Arts & Sciences at the Washington University in St. Louis in partnership with various other government, university, legal, and business organisations. The collection comprises historical records from 1804 to 1875 including civil, criminal and chancery cases. The website provides access to case files dealing with specific subjects which have been made freely available online as a searchable database.

Council for Court Excellence

The Council for Court Excellence (CCE) is a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC whose aim is to improve the administration of justice in the courts.The site has information about the staff, Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Council for Court Excellence. There is information about the work of the CCE along with related documentation covering areas such as children and the court system, child welfare system in the District of Columbia, jury reform and various court improvement projects. A selection of CCE publications are made available on the site in PDF format.

Images of Justice

The Images of Justice website is produced by Canadian based artist Trevor Goring who has compiled a collection of pictures covering a range of legal subjects and portraits of lawyers. Most of the paintings are by Trevor Goring and are grouped by subject including women in law, pre-Christian law, antiquity and European law, justice USA and portraits in law. The paintings can also be browsed by title. There is information about the subject of each picture along with details of how to obtain prints, note cards or digital images.

Kentucky Bar Association

The Kentucky Bar Association is an agency of the Supreme Court of Kentucky and is responsible for regulating the state's legal profession. The site has contact details for members of the Board of Governors, officers and staff of the KBA and a searchable directory of members. There are links to Kentucky legal resources including information about the Kentucky State and Federal courts. There are also links to published opinions of the Kentucky Supreme Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeal.

Louisiana State Bar Association

Website of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) whose role is to assist with regulation of the legal profession and to provide services to its members including Continuing Legal Education. The site has information about the LSBA including contact details for the officers and Board of Governors and details of sections and committees. There are links to Louisiana legal resources such as courts, government and law and information on lawyer discipline and Rules of Professional Conduct. The Louisiana Bar Journal is available to search or browse back to 2005.

Maryland State Bar Association

Website of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) a non-profit organisation whose membership is drawn from attorneys and judges from the state of Maryland in the United States. The website has information about the MSBA including contact details for directors and officers and information about the work of the MSBA committees and sections and the Maryland Bar Foundation.

Kansas Bar Association

Website of the Kansas Bar Association a voluntary organisation representing legal professionals practising in Kansas. The site has information about the KBA including contact details for the Board of Governors. There are links to Kansas legal resources and the District Court Rules. Information aimed at members includes details of the Continuing Legal Education programme, careers information and indexes and issues of the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association.

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