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Oklahoma Bar Association

Website of the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) a non-profit, membership organisation whose role is to promote understanding of the law to the public and to regulate the legal profession in the US state of Oklahoma. The site has details of officers and governors of the OBA and information about the association's outreach programmes, sections and committees. Information brochures on a range of legal topics can be freely downloaded from the site. These include buying a home, divorce, making a will, lawyers and legal fees, criminal law and a detailed senior citizens' handbook.

Alliance for Justice

Website of Alliance for Justice (AFJ) an umbrella group for United States organisations working to "advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates." The AFJ raises public awareness on policy issues by publishing policy alerts, reports and fact sheets provided on the site along with detailed profiles of judges nominated to the federal bench.

New Horizons: Resources for International Competition Law Research

Online guide to international competition law resources written by Jean M. Wenger, Government Documents/Foreign & International Law Librarian at the Cook County Law Library in Chicago.The guide was published on the features page of LLRX.com in March 2005 and covers key online and printed resources relating to international competition law. There is background information and links to international and regional competition organisations and to key documents and materials produced by these bodies.

Sources of United States of America legal information in languages other than English

Online guide to finding United States legal information in languages other than English written by Mark E. Poorman, an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas and California who also holds a Masters Degree in Law Librarianship and Legal Informatics. The guide provides background information to the US legal system and statistics relating to the number of people living in the US for whom English is not their first language.

Guide to Italian legal research and resources on the web

Online guide to Italian legal research and Internet resources written by Elio Fameli who is Associated Research Director at the Istituto di Teoria e Tecniche dell’Informazione Giuridica (ITTIG) and Francesco Fameli a lawyer working in Florence. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2021. The guide is provided on the GlobaLex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Researching Nigerian legal information

Online guide to Nigerian legal information by Yemisi Dina, Chief Law Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Ontario in Canada and John Oluwole A. Akintayo and Funke Ekundayo of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. The guide was published in 2005, and updated in 2024, 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 to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an outline of the legal system and the system of government in Nigeria.

Foreign law: subject law collections on the web

Online guide to foreign law collections on the Web written by Charlotte Bynum who is assistant director and reference librarian focusing on foreign and international law at the Tulane Law Library. The guide is published 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 recommends selected collections of national laws arranged by subject and provides links and a short introduction to each resource.

Researching the Harmonization of International Commercial Law

Online guide to the harmonization of international commercial law written by Loren Turner who is the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota Law School. The guide was published in 2005 (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. It provides an introduction to the subject and to the types of instruments of harmonization.

Finding Chinese law on the internet

Guide to researching Chinese law online by Joan Lijun Liu of Fudan University Library. The guide was published on New York University's Globalex website in 2005 and last updated in 2021. It provides background information on the Chinese legal system and sources of law. There is guidance on obtaining Chinese legal information and resources online, in Chinese and English. Resources reviewed and linked to in the guide include full-text databases, official government resources, e-journals and legal research tools. 

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