Legal Research Resources

Alaska State Legal Research Resources:

Alaska State Court System Law Library:
http://www.courts.alaska.gov/library.htm

Alaska Statutes from Alaska Legal Resource Center:
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/statutes.htm

Alaska Statutes and legislative history from Alaska Legislative Web Site:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/folio.asp

Alaska Administrative Code:
http://touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/aac.htm

Alaska Rules of Court – all areas:
http://www.courts.alaska.gov/rules.htm

Alaska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (criminal) Decisions:
http://government.westlaw.com/akcases/

Alaska Workman’s Compensation Decisions:
http://www.labor.state.ak.us/wc/legaldir.htm

Alaska Constitution:
http://ltgov.alaska.gov/treadwell/services/alaska-constitution.html

Executive Orders of the Governor of Alaska:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/exor?

Attorney General Opinions:
http://www.law.state.ak.us/doclibrary/opinions_index.html

Alaska Bar Association, including attorney discipline and grievances
http://www.alaskabar.org/index.jsp

Alaska State Court System forms library:
http://courts.alaska.gov/forms.htm

US Legal Research Resources:

Constitution of the United States:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/overview

United States Code (Statutes) (from Cornell Law School):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR):
http://www.gpo.gov/help/index.html#about_code_of_federal_regulations.htm

United States Supreme Court Decisions since 1906 (from West Findlaw):
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit 1996-on (West Findlaw):
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/9th.html

United States District Court for District of Alaska:
http://www.akd.uscourts.gov/

United States Bankruptcy Court for District of Alaska:
http://www.akb.uscourts.gov/

Legal Self-Help

Alaska Law Review (Duke University):
http://alr.law.duke.edu/

Dictionary of General Legal Terms (Nolo Press):
http://www.nolo.com/dictionary

Alaska Legal Self-Help Center:
http://alaskalawhelp.org/AK/index.cfm

Alaska Legal Services Corporation:
http://www.alsc-law.org/

Alaska Lawyer Referral Service:
http://www.alaskabar.org/servlet/content/lawyer_referral_serv.html

Please note that the Alaska Court System also maintains a copy of the National Association of Legal Secretaries – Anchorage handbook at the office of the Kenai Clerk of Court for public use. This is often helpful to persons representing themselves.Alaska Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service (Please note that this is a rotating system listing attorneys who have expressed an interest in taking various types of cases and does not represent an endorsement by the Alaska Bar Association nor by this law office.)