Westchester Community College Paralegal Studies

Index To Sites

Westchester Community College:
Main college web page http://www.sunywcc.edu

New York State Government:

• NYS Home Page
  http://www.state.ny.us/
• Home Page for Index to NYS Departments and Agencies http://www.state.ny.us/index.html
• NYS Government Links Web Page
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/leglinks.html
• Citizens Access to Government
  http://www.state.ny.us/access.html

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Court Sites:

• Federal Courts
  • Federal Judiciary Home Page
    http://www.uscourts.gov/
  • United States Supreme Court
    http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
  • Related Supreme Court Sites
    http://www.supremecourtus.gov/websites/websites.html
  • Supreme Court Historical Society
    http://www.supremecourthistory.org/index.html
     
• New York State Courts
  • New York State Unified Court System Home Page
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/
  • N.Y. Court of Appeals Home Page
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctapps/
  • Booklet: Structure of New York Courts
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ctstrct99.pdf
  • Public's Guide to the Courts: (This site is chock full of pamphlets and guides through the court system.)
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/pubinfo.htm
  • New York Courts & Law Guide
    http://www.nylj.com/guide/
  • Phone Directory to NY Courts
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/county.html
  • Court Forms Home Page
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/forms3.html
  • Surrogate Court Forms
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/suroform/sfindex.htm
  • Surrogate Court Rules & Forms
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/suroform/sfindex.htm
  • NYS E-Courts
    http://e.courts.state.ny.us/
  • NYS Electronic Filings
    http://fbem.courts.state.ny.us/ef/mainframe.html
  • Photos of NY Courts
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/photolist.htm
  • Proposal to Reform New York State Court System http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reform.html
  • Westchester County Filing Fees
    http://www.westchesterclerk.com/legl_fee.html#Filing
     
• New York State Court Decisions
  • Court of Appeals
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us
  • Law.com
    http://www.law.com
  • New York Law Reporting Bureau
    http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/Decisions.htm

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Rules of Courts:

• Northern District Bankruptcy
  http:// www.nynb.uscourts.gov/lbr/95lbrmenu.html
• Southern District Bankruptcy
  http:// www.nysb.uscourts.gov/pdf/revlocalrul.pdf
• Unified State Courts (Rules Amendments)
  http:// www.courts.state.ny.us/ucsrules.html

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Constitution and Statutory Material:

• Text of U.S. Constitution
  http://www.constitutioncenter.org/sections/document/doc_1.asp
• NYS Statutes & Constitution
  http://assembly.state.ny.us/ALIS/laws.html
• NYS Statutory Law
  http://www.washlaw.edu/washlaw/uslaw/statelaw.html
• Jurisline.com
  http://www.jurisline.com
• New York State Assembly
  http://assembly.state.ny.us/

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Court Handbooks & Packages:

• A Handbook on Case Management
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/caseman.html
• Uniform Uncontested Divorce Package
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/toc-ud.htm
• NY Criminal Justice Handbook (English & Spanish)
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/Handcrimdef.html
• Handbook for Criminal Defendants (English & Spanish)
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/handbook1.html

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Other Legal Research Sites:

• FindLaw
  http://www.findlaw.com/
• Legal Research on the Worldwide Web
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/training3.html
• NYS Unified Court System: Directory of Public Access Law Libraries
  http://www.courts.state.ny.us/pubacc.html

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New York Department of State:

• Home Page
  http://www.dos.state.ny.us/
• Corporate Names Search
  http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/corpwww.html
• NY DOS Index to Forms on Line
  http://www.dos.state.ny.us/guide.html#forms
• NY Department of Motor Vehicles
  http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/

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Business Guide:

• Business Forms from N.Y. Dept. of State
  http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/busfile.html
• Dept. of State Guide to Starting Your Own Business
  http://www.labor.state.ny.us/html/entrepre/guide.htm
• Doing Business in NY: What employers need to know
  http://www.labor.state.ny.us/html/employer.htm/
• Starting Your Own Business
  http://www.labor.state.ny.us/html/entrepr2.htm

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Tax Sites:

• New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Home page
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us/
• New York State Department of Taxation and Finance: Forms & Instructions Page)
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us/Forms/default.htm
• Practitioner's Guidebook to Filling Out NY Tax forms
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pubs_and_bulls/pract_guide.htm
• Publications and Technical Bulletins on NY Tax
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pubs_and_bulls/
• IRS Forms & Publications Page
  http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/forms_pubs/index.html

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Bar Associations:

• American Bar Association http://www.abanet.org/
• New York State Bar Association http://www.nysba.org/
• New York County Lawyers Association http://www.nycla.org/main.htm
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York http://www.abcny.org
• NYS Trial Lawyers Association http://www.nystla.org/
• Association of Trial Lawyers in America http://www.atlanet.org/
• Injured Workers Bar Association of New York, Inc. http://www.injuredworkersbar.org/
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice http://www.tlpj.org/
• Legal Assistants Home Page
  http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/legalassistants/home.html

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Paralegal Associations:

• National:
  • National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA)
    http://www.paralegals.org
  • The National Association of Legal Assistants
    http://www.nala.org/index.htm
  • American Association for Paralegal Education AAFPE
    http://www.aafpe.org/
  • Lexis/Nexus Paralegal Home Page
    http://www.lexisnexis.com/paralegal/default.shtml
  • Paralegal City
    http://www.geocities.com/csammie3/paralegalcity.html
  • U.S. Paralegal Organizations By State
    http://www.lectlaw.com/files/pap09.htm
     
• Regional:
  • WestRock (Westchester/Rockland Paralegal Association)
    http://www.paralegals.org/WestRock/home.html
  • Manhattan Paralegal Association, Inc.
    http://www.paralegals.org/Manhattan/home.html
  • Southern Tier Paralegal Association, Binghamton, New York
    http://www.paralegals.org/SouthernTier/home.html
  • Western New York Paralegal Association, Inc.
    http://www.wnyparalegals.org/
     
• Other States:
  • South Jersey Paralegal Association
    http://www.paralegals.org/SouthJersey/home.html
  • California Alliance of Paralegals
    http://www.caparalegal.org/

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Judges:

The Judges Through the Decades: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/jdgescoa.htm

Judges of the Court of Appeals - 1847-1997

• Cardozo:
  http://www.ssa.gov/
  http://www.waukesha.tec.wi.us/busocc/law/palsgraf.html, Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CARDOZO/CarNat.html, Cardozo, Lectures on "The Nature of the Judicial Process"
   
• Holmes:
  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAholmesOW.htm, Oliver Wendell Holmes
   
• Brennan:
  Brennan Center for Justice http://www.brennancenter.org/index.html: The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law unites thinkers and advocates in pursuit of a vision of inclusive and effective democracy. Our mission is to develop and implement an innovative, nonpartisan agenda of scholarship, public education, and legal action that promotes equality and human dignity, while safeguarding fundamental freedoms.
   
  The New York Court of Appeals: http://www.nylj.com/links/150sterk.html
  150 Years of Leading Decisions.
   
• The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried
  http://politicalgraveyard.com/

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