Welcome to Jim Allen's Legal Links!

Federal Resources

Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

The Federal Corner: The Florida Bar's new federal link portal.

Federal Forms: A page from uscourts.gov with all federal forms, including AO forms formerly found on the Southern District website.

PACER Case Locator: A national index for U.S. district, bankruptcy, and appellate courts. The system serves as a locator index for PACER. Under normal circumstances newly filed cases will appear on this system within 24 hours. Check the Court Information link for data currency.

Courts

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
  • Eleventh Circuit Opinions
  • FRAP, 11th Circuit Rules, and IOP
  • Eleventh Circuit Civil Jury Instructions
• Southern District of Florida
  • CM/ECF Login
  • Southern District Local Rules
  • Federal Judges' Practice Guide
  • Judge Nuffer's E-filing Resource Materials Excellent selection of references and tutorials re federal e-filing, particularly regarding hyperlinks.
  • Jury Instruction Builder. Great new online document assembly tool.

Constitution, Statutes, and Regulations

• U.S. Constitution
• U.S.Code Search Page
• Federal Legislative Information (Thomas)
• Data.gov: New online data site for federal data including Federal Register.
• Federal Regulations

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Florida Resources

Courts

• Florida Courts
• E-filing Portal
• Florida Supreme Court
  • Educational Resources for Judges and Lawyers
  • AO SC09-30 In re: Statewide Standards for Electronic Access to the Courts
  • FSU Database of Florida Supreme Court Briefs
  • ACCESSIBILITY OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
  • Florida Supreme Court
  • Standards for Electronic Access to the Courts
• Florida Third District Court of Appeal
  • Docket
  • Administrative Order re Electronic Filing
  • eDCA
    • User Guide
  • Oral Arguments (Live Stream)
• Eleventh Judicial Circuit
  • E-filing Portal
  • E-courtesy
  • Judicial and Calendar Information
    • Printable Directory of Judges
  • Clerk of Court
    • E-Filing FAQ
    • Clerk of Court Docket
  • Daily Business Review: Miami-Dade Court Central
• Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
• Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers

Statutes, Rules, etc.

• Florida Statutes
• Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
• Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure
• Florida Standard Jury Instructions--Civil
• Florida Standard Jury Instructions--Contract and Business
• Florida Administrative Code
• Miami-Dade County Code
• Miami-Dade Legislative Site (network only)
• Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office
• Florida Bar
  • Find a Lawyer
  • Justice Teaching
  • Application for Accreditation
  • Post CLE Credits

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Reference

• WestlawNext
  • Research help: 800.733.2889
  • Tech help: 800.937.8529
• Westcheck One stop cite-checking for your brief or memo
• WestLegalEdcenter Where to go for CLE on demand
• Google Scholar
• Florida Law Weekly
• Lexis Nexis Legal Reference Links
• Lexis Nexis Online
• Law Library of Congress
• AELE (Americans for Effective Law Enforcment) Good site for research and experts in police and corrections
• Nations' Law Links--excellent compilation of law links. Particularly good for medical and causation links.
• Time and Date Calculator