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ABA Section on Family Law - CLE in New Orleans

April 14-17, 2010: The American Bar Association Section of Family Law will be holding its Spring CLE Conference at the Hotel Monteleone on April 14-17, 2010. read more...

LSBA - 2010 Human Rights Award

March 8, 2010 deadline: The LSBA Board of Governors recently approved the 2010 Human Rights Award, the first award to recognize exceptional work in the area of diversity and access to our legal profession. read more...

AWA March Luncheon

March 18, 2010: The March luncheon will be held on March 18, 2010 at Chateau Bourbon, 800 Iberville Street, in the Lafitte B Room. read more...

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Helpful Legal Links

The AWA has compiled a listing of helpful legal web links. As a starting point for general legal searches on the Internet, the AWA suggests using Findlaw or Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research

WOMEN-FOCUSED

Articles of Interest

  • NCWBA Winter 2009 newsletter
  • We Still Need Women’s Bar Associations by HELEN PERRY GRIMWOOD
  • Womens’ Health Report by the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health and Science University.
  • Best Law Firms for Women by Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers
  • Women Lawyers Force Big Rights Gains in Uganda:The Christian Science Monitor
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME II: Examining Flexible Work Arrangements from the Attorney’s and the Firm’s Perspectives– A Study of Part-time Policies in Georgia Law Firms:Georgia Assn. for Women Lawyers
  • Beating the Firm Boys at their Own Game
  • Texas Women Lawyers - Maternity Leave Survey of Texas law firms
  • Yale Law School:  Top Ten Family Friendly Firms
  • From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful: Success Strategies for Law Firms and Women of Color in Law Firms
  • Are Mid-Career Female Attorneys in Crisis?
  • Lack of Self Promotion hurts Women Lawyers in Big Firms
  • Too Many Women Lawyers are Like Oz’s Dorothy

    • Books of Interest

  • Pioneering Women Lawyers: From Kate Stoneman to the Present, by Patricia E. Salkin

    • STATE

    Louisiana - General

  • New Orleans Public Libraries
  • City of New Orleans
  • Secretary of State (can check on corporation status)
  • City of New Orleans Service of Process Information (can check on service of process information, case numbers by litigants, etc.)
  • Louisiana Clerks of Court Directory
  • Louisiana State Bar Association
  • Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board
  • Louisiana State Departments
  • The Law Library of Louisiana
  • Louisiana State University School of Law
  • Loyola School of Law
  • Southern University School of Law
  • Tulane University School of Law

    • Louisiana - Courts

  • Supreme Court of Louisiana
  • Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal
  • Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
  • Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal
  • Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
  • Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
  • Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans
  • Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans
  • 24th JDC Parish of Jefferson
  • St. Tammany Parish
  • 19th JDC Parish of East Baton Rouge
  • Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court

    • Rules

  • Louisiana Supreme Court Rules
  • Rules for Louisiana Appellate Courts
  • Rules for Louisiana District Courts
  • Louisiana Administrative Code

    • FEDERAL

    Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

    • Rules

  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • Federal Rules of Evidence

    • General

  • U.S. Code (Searchable)
  • U.S. Tax Code On-line (Searchable)
  • National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • ABA Commission on Women in the Profession

    • CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

  • Louisiana Bar Association Seminar Schedule
  • Loyola University New Orleans - Institute for Continuing Legal Education
  • Tulane University School of Law - CLE
  • CLE Requirements for Individual States
  • Lorman offers CLE progams

    • OTHER HELPFUL LINKS

  • American Bar Association Career Resource Center 
  • Women of Wisdom, Inc.:
  • AWA Membership Directory
  • Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness

    COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • Grace House of New Orleans
  • Dress for Success Clean out Your Closet Program
  • Afterschool Partnership for Greater New Orleans
  • Blueprint Louisiana
  • Plessy and Ferguson Foundation