USEFUL LINKS

Law Associations

1. American Bar Association (ABA) : http://www.abanet.org
2. Immigration & Naturalization Committee of the Section of International Law :http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=IC925000
3. Commission on Immigration :http://www.abanet.org/publicserv/immigration/home.html
4. ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct :http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_home.html
5. American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) :http://www.aila.org/infonet
6. American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) :http://www.justice.org
7. The American Society of International Law: http://www.asil.org
8. Hispanic National Bar Association : http://www.hnba.com
9. Inter-Pacific Bar Association : http://www.ipba.org
10. National Bar Association : http://www.nationalbar.org
11. National Federation of Paralegal Associations : http://www.paralegals.org
12. National Lawyer’s Guild : http://www.nlg.org
13. National Immigration Project of the NLG : http://www.NationalImmigrationProject.org

Statutes & Codes

1. Bills & Public Laws (Library of Congress “Thomas” site) : http://thomas.loc.gov
2. Cornell University’s Legal Information Institute : http://www.law.cornell.edu
3. Government Printing Office (GPO) : http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
4. CFR : http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
5. e-CFR [beta test site] : http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/textidx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl
6. GPO’s Public & Private Laws : http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html
7. Federal Register : http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
8. U.S. Code : http://uscode.house.gov |  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Federal Courts

1.US Courts
2. US Supreme Court
3.  Cornell Law Collection
4. FindLaw.com’s Supreme Court page
5. U.S. Courts of Appeals & District Courts : http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html
6. See also Cornell’s Legal Information Institute : (http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.htmlfor links to alternative
sites for circuit court decisions, as well as links to other courts.

Other Judicial Information

6. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts :http://www.uscourts.gov/adminoff.html
7. Federal district court civil trials database :http://teddy.law.cornell.edu:8090/questtr2.htm
8. Federal courts finder (from Emory Law School law library) :http://law.emory.edu/
9. Federal Judicial Center :http://www.fjc.gov
10. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure :http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/
11. Federal Rules of Evidence :http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre
12. Institute for Court Management :http://www.ncsconline.org/D_Icm/icmindex.html
13. U.S. Sentencing Commission :http://www.ussc.gov


International Sites & Resources

Foreign Consulates & Embassies
Embassies :http://www.embassy.org
Foreign Consulates :http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/a0004582.html
International Organizations
Bank for International Settlements :http://www.bis.org
Council of Europe :http://www.coe.int/DefaultEN.asp
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) :http://www.eff.org
European Union (EU) :http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) :http://www.iadb.org
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) :http://www.icrc.org
Coalition for the International Criminal Cour t:http://www.iccnow.org
International Labour Organization (ILO) :http://www.ilo.org
International Maritime Organization (IMO) :http://www.imo.org
International Monetary Fund (IMF) :http://www.imf.org
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) :http://www.nato.int
Organization of American States (OAS) :http://www.oas.org
Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) :http://www.oecd.org
Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) :http://www.paho.org
World Bank (IBRD/IDA) :http://www.worldbank.org
World Health Organization (WHO) :http://www.who.int
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) :http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

United Nations System
United Nations :http://www.un.org
International Court of Justice :http://www.icj-cij.org
International Law :http://www.un.org/law
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) :http://www.unesco.org
U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) :http://www.unicef.org
U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) :http://www.undp.org
U.N. Environmental Programme (UNEP) :http://www.unep.org
U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) :http://www.unhcr.org

Immigration Policy & Research Sites

Research–Immigration & Migration Policy Sites
Alexis de Tocqueville Institution :http://www.adti.net/
Americans for Better Borders (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) :http://www.uschamber.org/coalitions/abb/default
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs :http://www.afop.org
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) [Restrictionists] :http://www.cis.org
Center for Migration Studies of New York :http://www.cmsny.org
Center for World Indigenous Studies :http://www.cwis.org
European Research Centre on Migration & Ethnic Relations :http://www.ercomer.org
Expedited Removal Study–University of California’s Hastings College of the Law :http://w3.uchastings.edu/ers/
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) [Restrictionists] :http://www.fairus.org
Forced Migration Projects :http://www.forcedmigration.org/
Migration Policy Group (MPG) :http://www.migpolgroup.com
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Data Hub :http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub
Refugee Studies Centre :http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association :http://www.usmbha.org
University of California Migration Dialogue :http://migration.ucdavis.edu
Urban Institute–Population Studies Center :http://www.urban.org/center/lhp/index.cfm
World Organization Against Torture :http://www.omct.org

Groups–Immigrant, Migrant, & Refugee Rights
American Immigration Law Foundation :http://www.ailf.org
Americans for Legal Reform :http://www.halt.org
ACLU Immigrant Rights :http://www.aclu.org/immigrants/index.html
Battered Immigrant Women’s Rights Project :http://endabuse.org/programs/immigrant/
Cuban American National Council, Inc. :http://www.cnc.org
European Council on Refugees & Exiles (ECRE) :http://www.ecre.org
European Research Centre on Migration & Ethnic Relations :http://www.ercomer.org
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association :http://www.imaa.net
International Center for Migration, Ethnicity & Citizenship (ICMEC) :http://www.newschool.edu/icmec/
International Organization for Migration :http://www.iom.int
International Rescue Committee :http://www.theirc.org/
Iranian Refugees Alliance, Inc. :http://www.irainc.org
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive immigration rights :http://www.immigrationequality.org
Massachusetts Immigrant Health Access Coalition :http://hcfa.org/
MiCasa-SuCasa :http://www.ilw.com/micasa/home.htm
NAFSA: Association of International Educators :http://www.nafsa.org
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. :http://www.ncfh.org
National Immigration Forum :http://www.immigrationforum.org
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyer’s Guild :http://www.NationalImmigrationProject.org
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights :http://www.nnirr.org
New America Alliance :http://www.naaonline.org
New York State Defenders Association Criminal Defense Immigration Project :http://www.nysda.org/NYSDA_Resources/nysda_resources.html#ImmigrationProject
Refugees International :http://www.refintl.org
Rural Opportunities, Inc. :http://www.ruralinc.org/index2.html
Sweatshop Watch :http://www.sweatshopwatch.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) :http://www.unhcr.org/
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants :http://www.refugees.org
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights :http://www.nnirr.org/immigration/immigration_map.html
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women & Children :http://www.womenscommission.org/

Groups–Civil Rights, Equal Justice, & Related
Alliance for Justice :http://www.afj.org
American Civil Liberties Union :http://www.aclu.org
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) :http://www.afsc.org
Amnesty International :http://www.amnesty.org
Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law :http://www.centerforhumanrights.org
Citizens Commission on Civil Rights :http://www.cccr.org
Justice at Stake Campaign :http://www.faircourts.org
Equal Rights Advocates :http://www.equalrights.org
Freedom House :http://www.freedomhouse.org
Institute for Civil Justice–RAND :http://www.rand.org/icj
Institute for Justice :http://www.instituteforjustice.org
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights :http://www.civilrights.org
League of United Latin American Citizens :http://www.lulac.org
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) :http://www.naacp.org
National Equal Justice Library :https://proxy.wcl.american.edu/login
National Health Law Program, Inc. :http://www.healthlaw.org
National Urban League :http://www.nul.org
Open Society Institute :http://www.soros.org/
The Sentencing Project :http://www.sentencingproject.org
Public Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice) :http://www.tlpj.org

Asylum, Human Rights, & Refugee Sites & Resources
Asylum & Country Condition Reports

Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, USA
Center for International & European Law on Immigration & Asylum
Come Back Alive :http://comebackalive.com/site3.php?page_id=7
INCORE, Conflict Data Service :http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/
United Nations High Commission for Refugees :http://www.unhcr.org/
World Bank :http://www.worldbank.org
World Factbook (CIA) :https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Human Rights Sites & Resources
Human Rights Search Engine :http://www.hurisearch.org
African Human Rights Resource Center :http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html
Amnesty International :http://www.amnesty.org
Asylumlaw.org :http://www.asylumlaw.org
Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law :http://www.centerforhumanrights.org
Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) :http://www.cvt.org
Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)–Fourth World Documentation Project :http://www.cwis.org
Child Rights Information Network :http://www.crin.org
Cultural Survival :http://www.cs.org
Derechos Human Rights :http://www.derechos.org/human-rights
Detained Torture Survivor Legal Support Network :http://www.lirs.org/What/programs/torturesurvivor.htm
DIANA–International Human Rights Database :http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/index.html
European Research Centre on Migration & Ethnic Relations :http://www.ercomer.org
European Court of Human Rights :http://www.echr.coe.int
Human Rights Interactive Network :http://www.Webcom.com/hrin/welcome.html
Human Rights Internet :http://www.hri.ca
Human Rights Resource Center :http://www.hrusa.org
Human Rights Watch :http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights Web:http://www.hrWeb.org
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS) :http://www.cidh.org/
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (OAS) :http://www.corteidh.or.cr/
International Centre for Human Rights & Democratic Development :http://www.ichrdd.ca
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission :http://www.iglhrc.org
International Red Cross :http://www.icrc.org
Human rights documents, Kresge Law Library, University of Notre Dame Law School :http://www.nd.edu/~lawlib/find/human_rights.html
Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) :http://www.humanrightsfirst.org
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights :http://www.mnadvocates.org
OneWorld Online :http://us.oneworld.net
Partners in Human Rights Education :http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/education/pihre
Peace Brigades International :http://www.peacebrigades.org
Physicians for Human Rights :http://physiciansforhumanrights.org
Project Disappeared :http://www.desaparecidos.org
ReliefWeb :http://www.reliefWeb.int
Survival International :http://www.survival-international.org
Survivors of Torture, International :http://www.notorture.org/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) :http://www.unhcr.org
U.S. Dept. of State Human Rights Reports :http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/
Universal Declaration of Human Rights :http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/index.htm
Witness Program :http://www.witness.org
Women’s Human Rights Resources :http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana

Labor Certifications, PrevailingWages, & Occupational Data
Government & Regulatory Information
Analyst Resource Center :http://www.almisdb.org/
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies (ICESA) :http://www.icesa.org
LCA Processing Times :http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/times.cfm
Labor Market Information Training Institute :http://www.lmi-net.org
O*NET :http://www.onetcenter.org|http://www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/
Standard Occupational Classification System :http://www.bls.gov/soc/
Occupation profiles, America’s Career InfoNet :http://www.acinet.org/acinet/occ_rep.asp

Independent Wage & Occupational Surveys
Abbot, Langer & Associates :http://www.abbott-langer.com
Bay Area Compensation Association :http://www.baca-online.org
College & University Professional Association for Human Resources :http://www.cupahr.org
DataMasters (Computer Industry) :http://www.datamasters.com/
Economic Research Institute :http://www.erieri.com/
HomeFair.Com International Salary Calculator :http://www.homefair.com/find_a_place/calculators/salarycalc
JobStar Central :http://jobsmart.org/tools/salary/sal-prof.htm
KForce Professional Staffing Salary Wizard :http://www.kforce.com/SiteMap.aspx
SalariesReview.com :http://www.salariesreview.com
Watson Wyatt Worldwise :http://www.watsonwyatt.com

Ethnic & Cultural Organizations
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee :http://www.adc.org
Asian Community Online Network (ACON) :http://www.acon.org
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations :http://www.aapcho.org
Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership :http://www.capal.org/
Indian American Center for Political Awareness :http://www.iacfpa.org
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association :http://www.imaa.net
Japanese American Citizens League :http://www.jacl.org
League of United Latin American Citizens :http://www.lulac.org
Asian American Justice Center:http://www.advancingequality.org
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development :http://www.nationalcapacd.org
National Council of Churches of Christ in U.S.A. :http://www.ncccusa.org
National Council of La Raza :http://www.nclr.org
National Federation of Filipino American Associations :http://www.naffaa.org
National Italian American Foundation :http://www.niaf.org
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) :http://www.nakasec.org
Organization of Chinese Americans :http://www.ocanatl.org
Simon Wiesenthal Center :http://www.wiesenthal.com
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center :http://www.searac.org