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Resources for Corporate Counsel
Catherine Lemann, JD, MLISState Law Librarian
Alaska State Court Law [email protected]
January 2008
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Anchorage Law Library
303 K Street, 1st floor (old Courthouse)
907-264-0585 888-282-2082 (Alaska only) Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:00 – 6:00 Friday 8:00 – 4:30 Sunday noon – 5:00
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Print Resources
50 state statute collection U.S. Code Case law – state and federal Subject specific treatises Handbooks, guides, etc. Selected U.S. Government
documents
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Treatises
CCH Business Law Monograph series Corporate political activity Directors and officers: liabilities and
protections Avoiding employment discrimination
charges Business uses of life insurance 38 titles
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Treatises
Tax – paper and online subscriptions to CCH tax and BNA Tax Management portfolios
Forms – commercial, real estate, business organizations, etc. paper and online
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NOLO Presswww.nolo.com
Complete Guide to buying/selling a business
Employer’s Legal Handbook Legal guide for starting and
running a small business Your rights in the workplace
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National Consumer Law Center
Consumer Law Manuals Intended for attorneys but
understandable Contain forms Search from website into the manuals Fair debt collection, student loans,
automobile fraud, truth in lending, etc.
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Legal Information Institute
Current U.S. Code from Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives
Current Code of Federal Regulations Federal Rules U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Courts of Appeals www.law.cornell.edu
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LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
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Alaska State Court Law Library
In library databases: Westlaw HeinOnline CCH Tax Research network BNA Tax Management Portfolios
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HeinOnline
Scanned copies of 1,200+ journals U.S.Code, CFR, Federal Register,
U.S. Statutes Searchable In library use only (Anchorage,
Juneau, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and Kenai)
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FREE Westlaw at the Library
All State/Federal cases & statutes USCA, USCCAN ALR 2nd – 6th, Journals and Law
Reviews Am.Jur., Forms, Proof of Facts,
Trials Keycite
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Alaska Case Law Database http://government.westlaw.com/akcases Alaska Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals All published opinions back to 1960 Unpublished decisions (MOJs) back
to 1991, with older decisions being added
No headnotes, keyciting, or page numbers
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Casemaker
Alaska Caselaw 348 P.2d (1960) – current With reporter page numbers
Attorney General Opinions From 1995
Alaska Law Review Volume 14 – current
No Alaska Administrative decisions
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Casemaker
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Seward, Kenai Borough Codes
Statutes Court rules Citator? Identifies cases, you
analyze them
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Casemaker – Federal U.S. Supreme Court 1893 - Current
U.S. Circuit Opinions 1 F.3d - current
U.S. District Courts (F.Supp.2d) F.Supp.2d Vol. 401 - current adv. sheet
U.S. Bankruptcy Opinions Begin: Vol. 334 B.R. (2005)
U.S. CodeTitles 1-41, 46 are complete through 01/02/2006Titles 42-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005Title 11 USC Bankruptcy Reform Act Contains all changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005
Public Laws Includes laws passed by the 2005-2006 109th Congress and 2007 110th Congress to date
Code of Federal RegulationsTitles 1-16 complete through 1/1/2007Titles 17-27 complete through 4/1/2007Title 28-31 complete through 7/1/2007Titles 32-41 complete through 7/1/2006Titles 42-50 complete through 10/1/2006
U.S. Constitution
Federal Court Rules
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Casemaker
Basic search is natural language Advanced Search
Fields: Citation, Docket Number, Attorney, Judge, Date
Word Form – exact , wildcard * Proximity – word, sentence,
document, within 500 or 1000 characters
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Casemaker
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Alaska court dockets
Courtview Courts included: Anchorage,
Barrow, Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Nome, Palmer and Unalakleet
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Free Pacer Access
Federal Court docketing system Nationwide Two year trial Available in all court law libraries
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