Legal Research Guide: Websites & News

"The Colorado Supreme Court courtroom" by Jeffrey Beall is licensed under CC BY 3.0

Federal:

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Federal Courts
• USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Portal
• The United States House of Representatives
• The United States Senate
• The Library of Congress
• The National Archives

Texas:

• Supreme Court of Texas
• Texas Courts Online
• texas.gov: The Official Website of the State of Texas
• The Texas House of Representatives
• The Texas Senate

The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction—legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminal record—are hard to find and harder to understand. Now it will be easier to do both. Congress directed the National Institute of Justice to collect and study collateral consequences in all U.S. jurisdictions, and NIJ selected the ABA Criminal Justice Section to perform the necessary research and analysis. The results are now being made available through this interactive tool.  Description provided by the National Inventory of the Collateral Consequences of Conviction