Alaska Court System Legal Resources

Federal Court Rules

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Local Ninth Circuit Rules for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, including Admiralty Rules
• Supreme Court Rules
• Federal Judiciary's Federal Rulemaking website, provides access to the national and local rules currently in effect in the federal courts, includes proposed and recent Federal Rules changes

Federal Information Links

• DocLaw (Links to federal agency websites)
• Federal Judicial Center
• Federal Judiciary
• Federal Poverty Guidelines (1996 - current)
• USA.gov (Links to federal websites)
• govinfo (Federal government information provided by the Government Printing Office)
• Information About How to Research Federal Legislative History Online
• National Center for State Courts
  • Judicial Family Institute
• State Justice Institute

Federal Laws and Regulations

• Code of Federal Regulations (1996 - current)
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
• Federal Register
• Federal Constitution provided by Cornell University
• U.S. Bills from the Congress.gov website (93rd - current Congress, 1973 - current)
• Congressional Record from the Congress.gov website (101st - current Congress, 1989 - current)
• U.S. Code
• Law Library of Congress' Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (includes early federal legislative history materials)

Federal Opinions and Court Information

• History of the Federal Judiciary
• Map of Federal Judicial Circuits

Ninth Circuit Links

• Ninth Circuit Home Page
• Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Civil Jury Instructions
• Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Criminal Jury Instructions
• U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska Home Page
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska Home Page (includes Alaska Bankruptcy Reporter)

U.S. Supreme Court

• 1990 - current decisions and selected historic decisions provided by Cornell University
• 1937 - 1975 decisions (v.300 - 422 U.S. Reports)
• U.S. Supreme Court website
• Oyez - U.S. Supreme Court multimedia database, including tapes of oral arguments