Legal Resource Links

Florida Resources

• Florida Statutes
• Florida Supreme Court
• Florida Third District Court of Appeal
• Florida Administrative Code
• Florida Sunshine & Public Records Manual
• Public Records Retention Schedules
• Records Schedule GS1-SL (Rev. 9/07)
• The Great Escape: How to Draft Exculpatory Clauses That Limit or Extinguish Liability
• Miami-Dade County Code
• Miami-Dade Legislative Site (including Legistar)

Federal Resources

• U.S. Courts Rules Page
• Eleventh Circuit Opinions
• Southern District Court
• Southern District Local Rules
• Eleventh Circuit Civil Jury Instructions
• Federal Judicial Center
• Thomas--Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
• Blog 702--The Official Blog of Daubert on the Web
• Solum, Lawrence B., "Semantic Originalism" (May 10, 2008). Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 07-24 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1120244
  • Professor Solum's Originalism Lexicon

Medical Malpractice Resources

• Florida Hospital Waterman Inc. v. Buster Florida Supreme Court Amendment 7 decision
• Medical Matrix - Guide to Internet Clincial Medical Resources
• Merck Manuals
• National Library of Medicine From the National Institute of Health.
• Search for Health Care Professional--Florida
• WebMD
• National Commission on Correctional Health Care Publishes Standards for Health Services in Jails.

Trial Resources

• ABA Trial Standards
• How to document the jury selection process
• The Fifth Amendment Privilege in Civil Litigation: What Is the Practical Effect of an Adverse Inference?
• Trial Tips for Florida Lawyers--An excellent compendium of commonly confronted trial issues (albeit from a Plaintiff's perspective).
• Skills Curriculum--Loyola University--Good set of videos on developing a theory of the case.

Office Information and Policies

• County Travel Page (intranet only)
• Government Rate Hotels
• Air Ninja--great easy way to find which airlines fly to a given location.

Current Issues

• Boumediene v. Bush
  • Cato Institue Amicus Brief

Legal Advocay Links

• Basic Legal Citation
• Blue Book
• A Few Tips for Better Briefs --a good article by Mark Painter
• LawProse--a great collection of interviews with Supreme Court Justices on legal writing
• Making Your Case-- excerpt from The Art of Persuading Judges by Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner
• Beyond Redlines And Spell-Check: Proofreading Tips From The Dark Ages, by John Paschetto

Tort Links

5/7/08 Herald article on Claims Bills

Other Links

• Abstract Appeal
• Blawg Directory
• Business Email Etiquette
• Defense Research Institute
• Florida Bar Local Government Section
• How to Take an Out-of-State Deposition
• Juror Misconduct--good Fla. Bar J. article
• Jury Verdict Research
• Justice Building Blog
• Katsuey's Legal Gateway
• Lexis Nexis Online
• Southern District of Florida Blog
• Above the Law