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§1 Tennessee		§ 1.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 1.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 1.1b Appellate Court Opinions § 1.1c Circuit, Chancery, Probate, Criminal and Juvenile Courts § 1.1d Court Rules § 1.2 Executive Branch and Agencies § 1.2a Tennessee Administrative Law and Claims Courts § 1.2b Rules and Regulations § 1.2c Attorney General Opinions § 1.2d Business Filings § 1.2e Records Search § 1.3 Legislative Branch § 1.3a Legislation § 1.3b Code § 1.4 Municipal Governments, Ordinances and Courts § 1.5 Attorneys § 1.5a Government Attorney Offices § 1.5b Pro Bono Attorneys § 1.5c Attorney Organizations and Referrals § 1.6 CLE, BPR and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice § 1.7 Tennessee Law Schools § 1.8 Law Libraries § 1.9 Media § 1.9a Newspapers § 1.9b Television § 1.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 1.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions All appellate court information, state judicial boards and commissions websites are within the Administrative Office of the Courts. Go directly to all of the current appellate court opinions, Judicial Ethics from 1997 to current and Board of Professional Responsibility Opinions from 1980 through 2002. Note: For more recent BPR Opinions, see my own archive. § 1.1b Appellate Court Opinions Appellate Court opinions and years covered: Supreme Court -3d Quarter 1995 to current Worker's Compensation Panel -1996 to current Court of Appeals -3d Quarter 1995 to current Court of Criminal Appeals -3d Quarter 1995 to current § 1.1d Court Rules All Court Rules, Supreme Court, Appellate, Civil, Criminal, Evidence, Rules of each Court, Local Rules and proposed rules on the Supreme Court's site. § 1.1c Circuit, Chancery, Probate, Criminal and Juvenile Courts. A complete list of court Clerks by County and Title is available through the Administrative Office of the Courts' site. The Council of Family and Juvenile Court Judges has a list of All Courts Juvenile Jurisdiction. Shelby County: Circuit Court Chancery Court General Sessions - Civil and Criminal Probate Criminal Court Juvenile Court does not currently have a website. back to top § 1.2 Executive Branch and Agencies The State website index has all departments and agencies. § 1.2a Tennessee Administrative Law and Claims Courts In 1995 a digest of all administrative opinions was compiled. Unfortunately, no updates have been made. A copy of Uniform Rules of Procedures for Hearing Contested Cases Before State Administrative Agencies on the Administrative Procedures Division website. The Tennessee Claims Commission's website contains Rules and applicable statutes. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Program compensates victims of crime in some cases where civil actions produced no recovery. back to top § 1.2b Rules and Regulations Tennessee Rules and Regulations are in .pdf format with a separate file for each chapter. This means they are not keyword searchable, but do allow for perusing by both title and chapter name. § 1.2c Attorney General Opinions Attorney General Opinions part of 1999, 2000 to current. § 1.2d Business Filings Forms and fee schedule, annual reports for all business organization filings. § 1.2e Records Search Forms, filings, search for filings by UCC1 number or debtor name and link to Tennessee UCC laws. § 1.3 Legislative Branch The Tennessee General Assembly website gives information on all members, their districts and committee in addition to legislation and statutes. § 1.3a Legislation The Legislature's website has all current bills, amendments and current status under the Legislation link. Chaptered Acts back to the 100th General Assembly (1997-1998) are located on the Secretary of State site. § 1.3b Code Tennessee Code UNannotated provided free by Lexis and completely keyword searchable. back to top § 1.4 Municipal Governments, Ordinances and Courts Shelby County - Ordinances City of Memphis - Memphis City Court - Ordinances Bartlett - City Court Collierville - City Court - Ordinances Germantown - City Court Lakeland - Ordinances Millington - Ordinances Tipton County All Tipton County Courts All other Tennessee municipal codes online can be found here. back to top § 1.5 Attorneys Martindale-Hubble has the largest online database. Tennessee Commission on CLE and Specialization allows searching for attorneys by location of specialization and a list of phone numbers to places that make referrals. § 1.5a Government Attorney Offices Prosecutors: US Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee. State Attorney General and Reporter. 30th Judicial District (Shelby County) District Attorney William Gibbons or find all DAs by District. Municipal Attorneys Shelby County Attorney. Memphis City Attorney's Office, includes city prosecutors. back to top § 1.5b Pro Bono Attorneys "Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., sometimes referred to as MALS or MALSI, is a non-profit law firm which prides itself on providing high quality legal assistance in civil matters to low-income and elderly citizens." Community Legal Center (web site under development) Meg Jones, Director 910 Vance Avenue Memphis, TN 38126 (901) 543-3395 West Tennessee Legal Services (WTLS) WTLS is a non-profit organization that provides assistance in civil cases to individuals, families and communities. Our goal is to make this service available to the underserved populations of Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henry, Henderson, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, and Weakley counties. back to top § 1.5c Attorney Organizations and Referrals Tennessee Bar Association provides legal news focusing on the Tennessee judiciary and the bar on a daily basis; a searchable database of all members and links to all of it's member's websites. Memphis Bar Association provides information about sponsored events and the many CLE they host. Tennessee's only referral service is handled by the Nashville Bar Association. They do make referrals to Memphis attorneys. § 1.6 CLE, BPR and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization is the official agency of the Supreme Court that qualifies courses and providers, accounts for all attorneys course credits and regulates attorney specialization. Their site provides information on all CLE accredited by Tennessee, allows attorney to check their specific credits, allows providers to submit courses for approval and lists attorneys by specialization. Tennessee Board of law Examiners provides on line applications and exam information. Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program seeks to help attorneys handle substance abuse and mental health issue in a confidential way in order to avert damage to clients, the attorney's career and the profession at large. The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility does not have a web site apart from the Tennessee Supreme Court's site. Their opinions are hidden away here with the Judicial Ethics Opinions. Announcements such as the recent Request for Comments by the Board appear on the Supreme Court's site. back to top § 1.7 Tennessee Law Schools Nashville School of Law University of Memphis School of Law University of Tennessee School of Law Vanderbilt University School of Law back to top § 1.8 Law Libraries University of Memphis School of Law Library. Catalog Use the option "Limit the search - By holdings location" to the Law School Library. University of Tennessee School of Law Joel A. Katz Library. Catalog Vanderbilt University Alyne Queener Massey Law Library The catalog can be restricted to search the Law Library. Shelby County Law Library Tennessee State Archives are the official archives of the state as well as a statewide library system and the only place to conduct legislative history research. Tennessee Supreme Court Libraries, Nashville, Jackson, Knoxville. Search the catalogue. back to top § 1.9 Media Tennessee has five major media markets, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and the Tri-Cities. Only Memphis media is covered here but a list of all major Tennessee newspapers, radio and television stations is maintained by ABYZ News Links. § 1.9a Newspapers Memphis major daily is the Commercial Appeal. The Daily News is the major publisher of legal notices and has editorial content focused on the legal community and Real Estate. The Daily News online service provides a subscription only database of court filings, real estate transactions, crime reports and other public records not available online elsewhere. The Memphis Business Journal is published weekly as is the Memphis Flyer, a free alternative paper covering politics and social events. § 1.9b Television WHBQ Channel 13 - Fox Affiliate WKNO Channel 10 - PBS Affiliate WMC Channel 5 - NBC Affiliate WPTY Channel 24 - ABC Affiliate WREG Channel 3 - CBS Affiliate back to top

§ 2 Arkansas		§ 2.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 2.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 2.1b Appellate Court Opinions § 2.1c Circuit, Chancery, Probate, Criminal and Juvenile Courts § 2.1d Court Rules § 2.2 Executive Branch and Agencies § 2.2a Regulatory Information § 2.2b Attorney General Opinions § 2.2b Business Filings § 2.2c Records Search § 2.3 Legislative Branch § 2.3a Legislation § 2.3b Code § 2.4 Municipal Governments, Ordinances and Courts § 2.5 Attorneys § 2.5a Attorneys General and Government Attorney Offices § 2.5b Pro Bono Attorneys § 2.5c Attorney Organizations § 2.6 CLE, Professional Conduct and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice § 2.7 Arkansas Law Schools § 2.8 Law Libraries § 2.9 Media § 2.9a Newspapers § 2.9b Television § 2.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 2.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions All Arkansas appellate courts, judicial and professional commissions and board are coordinated at the Arkansas Judiciary page. Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issues opinions under direct authority of the state Constitution. Ethics Advisory Opinions are issued by the Professional Ethics Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association. § 2.1b Appellate Court Opinions Opinions are searchable by date or Arkansas Reports/Arkansas Appellate Reports citation and by party name or by keyword on the main opinions page. Published opinions for the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court are available back to 1994. Unpublished Supreme Court opinions are available back to 1999; unpublished Court of Appeals opinions are available back to 2000. § 2.1c Circuit, Chancery, Probate, Criminal and Juvenile Courts Arkansas Circuit Courts have jurisdiction over criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, and juvenile matters. Crittenden County is within the 2d District. A separate court of equity was eliminated in 2001. Few courts have their own web sites, the Arkansas Judiciary site provides a directory of all judges and links to six of the 23 districts with a web presence. District courts have replaced the jurisdiction of Municipal Courts with nine courts having their own web sites. § 2.1d Court Rules All court rules: procedure, evidence, appellate and professional conduct are on the Supreme Court's website. back to top § 2.2 Executive Branch and Agencies The state website has an index of departments, agencies and commissions. § 2.2a Arkansas Administrative Law and Claims Courts An article on the Arkansas Administrative Procedures Act is on the Arkansas Bar Association site. The Arkansas Register is available back to January 2001. Proposed and Final Administrative Rules are posted here. § 2.2b Attorney General Opinions Attorney General Opinions are searchable by date, subject, requestor name or keyword. The site indicates that not all opinions are available and that not all footnotes may be included in html format, but that they are working to correct this. The date search feature allows for searches of opinions back to 1992. § 2.2c Business Filings Entity searches, corporate and other business organization filings and franchise tax information and payments may be done online at the Secretary of State site. § 2.2d Records Search UCC searches and filings may also be done online with the Secretary of State. back to top § 2.3 Legislative Branch The Arkansas General Assembly site gives information on legislators, committee and daily calenders. § 2.3a Legislation The legislature's site allows for searching of current bill status and archives of bills and acts extend back to January 1987. House and Senate Journals go back to 2003. § 2.3b Code The legislature has an unannotated version of the code. § 2.4 Municipal Governments, Ordinances and Courts A complete directory of municipalities including web sites, if any, is on the state's site. Online ordinances are available for the following: Eureka Springs Fort Smith Holiday Island Improvement District Little Rock Lowell Maumelle North Little Rock Pine Bluff Rogers Siloam Springs Texarkana Washington County back to top § 2.5 Attorneys § 2.5a Attorneys General and Government Attorney Offices State Attorney General Mike Beebe's office also handles consumer protection matters and victims' assistance programs. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas The Western District has no website. § 2.5b Private and Pro Bono Attorneys Arkansas Legal Services Partnership is a jointly administered site by Legal Aid of Arkansas and Center for Arkansas Legal Service who together cover all 75 counties in the state. § 2.5c Attorney Organizations and Referrals Arkansas has a unified bar meaning that all licensed attorneys are members. The Arkansas Bar Association provides a lawyer search site, arkansasfindalawyer, that categorizes by specialty and searches by name or county or state. However, the Supreme Court's Directory is far more complete. § 2.6 CLE, Professional Conduct and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice Office of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct website provides Rules of Conduct, regulations on Trust Accounts, annual reports and disciplinary decisions.\ The Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board site contains compliance requirements, forms, listings of courses and links to providers of CLE by telephone. Arkansas Bar Association sponsored CLE courses Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners website provides bar application, rules for admission and some previous bar exams. back to top § 2.7 Arkansas Law Schools University of Arkansas School of Law University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law § 2.8 Law Libraries The University of Arkansas School of Law, Young Law Library has an online catalog through the campus-wide InfoLinks system. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law and Pulaski County operate their law library jointly. The online catalog, THEMIS, also includes the Arkansas Supreme Court Library. § 2.9 Media While parts of Eastern Arkansas are reached and covered by Memphis media outlets, all other media markets are primarily served instate. A list of all major Arkansas newspapers, radio and television stations is maintained by ABYZ News Links. § 2.9a Newspapers The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ha statewide coverage and publishes both a Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas Edition. The Arkansas Times is a weekly Little Rock Newspaper with a focus on politics and social events. Arkansas Business and the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal are published by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group. The Jonesboro Sun covers Northeast Arkansas. The Pine Bluff Commercial covers Southeast Arkansas. § 2.9b Television Jonesboro Television KAIT Channel 8 - ABC Affiliate KTEJ Arkansas Educational Television Network Channel 19 - PBS Affiliate Little Rock Television KARK Channel 4 - NBC Affiliate KASN Channel 38- UPN Affiliate KETS Arkansas Educational Television Network Channel 2 - PBS Affiliate KLRT Channel 7 - ABC Affiliate KTHV Channel 11 - CBS Affiliate back to top
§ 3 Mississippi		§ 3.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 3.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 3.1b Appellate Opinions § 3.1c Circuit, Chancery and County Courts § 3.1d Court Rules § 3.2 Mississippi Government § 3.2a Administrative Law § 3.2b Attorney General Opinions § 3.2b Business Filings § 3.2c Records Search § 3.3 Legislative Branch § 3.3a Legislation § 3.3b Code § 3.4 Municipal Governments and Courts § 3.5 Attorneys § 3.5a Government Attorney Offices § 3.5b Private and Pro Bono Attorneys § 3.5c Attorney Organizations and Referrals § 3.6 CLE, Professional Responsibility and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice § 3.7 Mississippi Law Schools § 3.8 Law Libraries § 3.9 Media § 3.9a Newspapers § 3.9b Television § 3.1 Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions § 3.1a All Appellate Courts, Judicial Boards and Commissions The Mississippi Supreme Court site is the gateway to all appellate court dockets, Administrative Office of the Courts directory, Clerk's Office as well as judiciary, attorney licensing information, CLE, Code and Rules that are listed with explanations below. Some oral arguments before the Supreme Court are webcast live. For a schedule of upcoming cases go to Court Webcasting. § 3.1b Appellate Court Opinions The Supreme Court and Appellate Court opinion page allows for searching by year and first letter of party name or by a search engine no less than three levels of robustness from which to choose: Plain English for less experienced searchers, Menu-Assisted for those at the intermediate level and Command Based for the "experienced." If you are familiar with Lexis or Westlaw type command searches, the latter will be familiar. § 3.1c Circuit, Chancery and County Courts On the Supreme Court's website there is a Directory of Circuit Court Judges and staff, Circuit Court Clerks, Chancery Judges and staff, Chancery Court Clerks and County Court Judges. Some Circuit Courts have an online presence: 4th Circuit - Leflore, Sunflower and Washington Counties located in Greenwood 7th Circuit - Hinds County located in Jackson 11th Circuit Court - Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman & Tunica Counties located in Cleveland 12th Circuit - Perry and Forrest Counties located in Hattiesburg Chancery Courts: 8th Circuit - Harrison County in Gulfport 15th Circuit - Copiah and Lincoln Counties located in Hazelhurst. On the State website all municipalities are listed by county on and includes any websites. § 3.1d Court Rules All Court Rules: procedure, evidence, local rules and rules governing professional conduct are on the Supreme Court Website. back to top § 3.2 Executive Branch and Agencies The official state site is mississippi.gov and has an index to all Agencies. A complete list of all online state services includes, forms, filings, information access and e-transactions. § 3.2a Mississippi Administrative Law. The Mississippi Library Commission State Documents Online section contains only five separate regulations posted by state agencies: A Guide to Mississippi Saltwater Fishing Rules and Regulations Child Care Facilities Regulations (Department of Health) Gaming Commission Regulations Mississippi Board of Health Animal Regulations Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Regulations. § 3.2b Attorney General Opinions Opinions are searchable by subject or text keyword and include opinion from 1979 to the present. § 3.2c Business Filings The Secretary of State provides forms, fee schedules and instructions for download. Business entity searches can be done online. § 3.2d Records Search UCC Forms and filing instructions are available for download to completed and filed online (requires registration). UCC searches may be done here. § 3.3 Legislative Branch The Mississippi Legislature site provides information on members, committees and rules § 3.3a Legislation Current legislation status is searchable by session, text, author, committee, calendar, schedule and subject. Prior bills are searchable from the 1999 Regular session to present by text, type of measure, chamber and by session. § 3.3b Code One unannotated version of the code is provided for free by www.mslawyer.com, a subscription based service with many other legal resources such as forms and more robust search option available to subscribers. Another free version of the code is provided by LexisNexis. Note that Michie's, owned by LexisNexis has ceased to be the official version of the code. back to top § 3.4 Municipal Governments and Courts www.municode.com has Municipal codes for Biloxi Code of Ordinances Brandon Code of Ordinances Gulfport Code of Ordinances Meridian Code of Ordinances Pascagoula Code of Ordinances Ridgeland Code of Ordinances Southaven Code of Ordinances Tupelo Code of Ordinances Vicksburg Code of Ordinances § 3.5 Attorneys § 3.5a Government Attorney Offices The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District has a website. The state attorney general's site list 14 separate divisions. § 3.5b Private and Pro Bono Attorneys Mississippi has a unified bar. All attorneys are included in a searchable database of the Mississippi Bar is on the Supreme Court's site. North Mississippi Legal Services covers 39 counties in Northern Mississippi from offices in Clarksdale, Greenville, Oxford, Tupelo and West Point. The Mississippi Center for Legal Services serves 15 counties in west central Mississippi from offices in Jackson, Vicksburg, Natchez and McComb. Although they do not have a website, information can be found at www.mslegalservices.org. § 3.5c Attorney Organizations and Referrals The Mississippi Bar Association include all admitted attorneys. Other organizations include the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association and the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. § 3.6 CLE, Professional Responsibility and Other Resources Related to the License to Practice The Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education site provides information on compliance, a list of all approved courses and forms. Guidelines and Rules for Professional Conduct, rules for lawyer advertising and procedures for client complaints are all freely available on the Mississippi Bar Associations page on Professional Resonsibility. All Ethics Opinions are searchable by keyword in the text, opinion number and by subject. The Bar Admissions page is currently "under construction," but still contains applications and rules for admission. § 3.7 Mississippi Law Schools The University of Mississippi School of Law Mississippi College School of Law § 3.8 Law Libraries The Mississippi Supreme Court Library and online catalog. University of Mississippi School of Law Library and online catalog, LOUIS. This site contains a very useful Internet Resources: Bibliography of Mississippi Law Compiled by Dr. Linda Scott, Mary Brandt Jensen, and Lynn Murray which contains many print only sources as well. Mississippi College School of Law Library and online catalog, MICAL. § 3.9 Media A list of all major Mississippi newspapers, radio and television stations is maintained by ABYZ News Links. § 3.9a Newspapers Major regional dailies include The Clarion Ledger in Jackson's major daily, The Sun-Herald in Biloxi, The Commercial Dispatch in Columbia, The Greenwood Commonwealth, the Hattiesburg American, The Meridian Star, Northwest Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo and the DeSoto Times in Southaven. The Mississippi Business Journal is published weekly in Jackson and covers business throughout the state. § 3.9b Television Biloxi WLOX Channel 13 - ABC Affiliate Columbus WCBI Channel 4 - CBS Affiliate Greenwood WABG Channel 6 - ABC Affiliate Hattiesburg WDAM Channel 7 - NBC Affiliate Jackson WAPT Channel 16 - ABC Affiliate WJTV Channel 12 - CBS Affiliate WLBT Channel 3 - NBC Affliliate Meridian WMDN Channel 24 - CBS Affiliate WTOK Channel 11 - ABC Affiliate Tupelo WTVA Channel 9 - NBC Affiliate West Point WLOV Channel 27 - Fox Affiliate