Legal Resources on the Internet:

Bar Associations
Estate Planning Resources
Federal Resources
Tennessee Resources
Listservs and Discussion Groups

Meritas
http://www.meritas.org

Bar Associations

The American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org
Contains general information about the ABA, including links to the ABA Journal, other bar organizations and a listserv index with links to numerous discussion groups for nearly every imaginable specialty and section (some are restricted to members). ABA's Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, contains information on publications, membership, committees and special projects ABA’s Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, includes health decisions,legislative update, and publication list and order information.

The Tennessee Bar Association
http://www.tba.org
Contains general information about TBA, includes text search of state
opinions; Committee, section, and CLE material provided; Sign up for E-Forums (listservs) on Elder Law, Health Law, Labor Law, opinion updates (Opinion Flash), legislative updates, and more; Some areas require membership (an additional $50 annually for TBA members). Tax, Probate & Trust Law section of the TBA, provides membership information, section newsletter, CLE, Calendar of Events, and ByLaws

The Georgia Bar Association
http://gabar.org
Contains directory, general information about Georgia courts and law

The Chattanooga Bar Association
http://chattbar.org
Provides general information, courts and dockets, membership info,
newsletter, lawyer referral services, upcoming events, CLE, articles

The Knoxville Bar Association
http://www.knoxbar.org

The Nashville Bar Association
http://www.nashbar.org


Estate Planning Resources

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
http://www.actec.org
The ACTEC site provides information on membership, commentaries, order forms for publications, and pamphlets concerning organ donation and wills. Most areas require membership.

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
http://www.naela.org
NAELA provides news and events, publications, membership information, a listserv and a listing of Elder Law resources at this site; membership is required to access some areas.

National Planned Giving Council
http://www.ncpg.org
NPGC places organizational information on their site, including conference and membership information, programs and services, a listserv and a links page.

Mercer Capital: BizVal.com
http://www.bizval.com
This business valuation company (Mercer Capital) offers information about their advisory services, newsletters, and other products.

Benefits Link
http://www.benefitslink.com
Information and services for employers sponsoring employee benefit plans,providing products and services for plans, and participating employees

SeniorLaw
http://www.seniorlaw.com
Provided by the law firm of Goldfarb & Abrandt, Featuring articles, Medicare & Medicaid updates, Elder Law resources, attorney directories and more

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
http://cms.hhs.gov

Fleming & Curti
www.elder-law.com
This is the site for Fleming & Curti, a leading national elder law firm.

Tim Takacs
www.tn-elderlaw.com
This site is for Tim Takacs, the "founding father" of Tennessee elder law.

Elderlawanswers
www.elderlawanswers.com

Kansas Elder Law Network
http://www.ink.org/public/keln/
Very useful site providing HCFA Manuals, journals, and other critical information affecting the practice of Elder Law across the country

Nolo Press
http://www.nolo.com
Nolo Press offers articles, order forms for publications, a legal encyclopedia, estate planning briefs, daily practice tips, jokes, and a legal word game

Advance Directives
www.partnershipforcaring.org
Site by Partnership for Caring, Inc., provides information on advance directives, living wills and durable power of attorney; also includes links with downloads for state-specific advance directive packets

BBB Online
www.bbbonline.com
A Better Business Bureau program, this site includes information for consumers looking for businesses that demonstrate BBB standards, while helping promote reliable, trustworthy businesses online.

CNNfn -- the financial network
www.money.cnn.com
CNN's financial news offers daily news updates of the world's financial headlines with current feature reports.

Committee on Aging
www.senate.gov/comm/aging/general/
The site of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Aging provides legislative information, recent news releases, and upcoming events.

H.E.L.P. -- resources for the elderly
www.help4srs.org
A non-profit information resource for older adults, this site offers a guide with helpful information for the aging and his or her family; includes a search guide and links to other related sources

Medicare
www.medicare.gov
This site offers a printable handbook in pdf form regarding Medicare plans, benefits and contact information.

Federal Resources

Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com
This site is an excellent starting place for finding legal information of any nature. The "Yahoo-like" organization and search engine allow easy navigation through codes, cases, regulation, and subject-specific materials. Directory, law school, and bar association information is also available at this versatile site.

GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov
This page is a great place to search the U.S. Code, CFR, Federal Register, agency information, Congressional information, Supreme Court decisions and other primary sources full text

Treasury Department
http://www.ustreas.gov
General information about the Treasury Department with links to Treasury offices, such as:

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/
This helpful site contains current tax practice information, including full text searchable forms and publications, tax regulations, and taxpayer help and education.

Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov
Information on minimum wage, divorce & pensions, pension search media releases, statutory and regulatory information, DOL contact information, labor-related data and publications

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov
Benefits information, laws and regulations, how to apply for services

Villanova
http://www.law.villanova.edu/library/researchguides/researchguides.asp
Contains considerable federal law information, a "Tax Law Locator" link, and state and federal court information as well as other links to news and reviews of law-related Internet sites

Emory
http://www.law.emory.edu
Features the "Electronic Reference Desk" that includes links to federal courts and other sources of federal law
 
Cornell
http://www.law.cornell.edu
Excellent source for U.S. Code, Constitution, Rules, Supreme Court Decisions; also features links to particular topics and jurisdictions

Thomas (The Library of Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov
Great source for current legislative information; Full texts of bills, public laws, committee reports and bill histories for the most recent two Congresses; Links to other governmental sites

http://www.law.com
Similar to ABAnet, but also contains links to Federal Register and court rules, contains extensive information about doing online research, contains UCC material (which states have adopted which provisions) as well as uniform and model laws, contains foreign laws, conventions and treaties, addresses to U.S. embassies abroad and foreign embassies in U.S., United Nations documents and much more.

http://www.fedworld.gov/
Contains U.S. Government information from 14,000 files, primarily agency and other governmental special reports

Federal Courts
http://www.courts.net (general home page)
http://www.courts.net/fed/index.html (federal home page within Courts.net)
Contains links to selected federal circuit and district courts websites (but not necessarily to court decisions), information about on-line filing, on-line docket access.

http://www.uscourts.gov/
Contains links to all US circuit courts (and courts available on the Internet which are within that circuit, such as bankruptcy and district).

Federal Rules
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/

Federal Statutes, Regulations
http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
Searchable United States Code

http://www.house.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives website. Includes House directory, Committee membership, roll call votes, weekly House schedule, current information about what is on the House floor, etc.

http://www.senate.gov/
similar to above for the U.S. Senate

Legal forms
http://www.washlaw.edu/legalforms/legalforms.html
Contains links to a multitude of forms (free and fee-based), including corporate and
securities forms, IRS forms, court forms, business registration forms, etc.

http://www.findlaw.com/16forms/index.html
Similar to above website, but has better collection of actual business and corporate forms

Bankruptcy
http://www.abiworld.org/chambers/courtdirs.html
Contains listings for all available bankruptcy court websites, plus a directory of staff and
judges for U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

Tennessee Resources

Tennessee General Assembly
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
Provides directory and contact information for the General Assembly, as well as the latest full text bills, public chapters, press releases and other legislative information

Findlaw: Tennessee
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/tn/index.html
A general index and starting point to search Tennessee legal Internet sites, including primary law materials, government information, law schools, courts, directories, bar associations, and more

TBA Link
http://www.tba.org
Mentioned earlier as a great site for bar association information, this site also provides full text opinions from the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Attorney General, and many others

Comprehensive Websites
http://www.findlaw.com
While other "mega sites" contain compilations of state resources, FindLaw presents available information from all 50 states in a standardized category format under "US State Resources." From here, primary source material (cases, codes, administrative regulations) appear (if available for that state). Directory information also can be found here, as well as links to Bars and Associations.

http://www.alllaw.com
Similar to FindLaw (above)

Tennessee Home Page
http://www.state.tn.us
Links to branches of Tennessee government and individual state agency pages, commissions and boards. Links to Supreme Court and Attorney General web pages.

http://www.state.tn.us/sos/soshmpg.htm
The Secretary of State subdivision of the state home page; includes downloadable copies of Business Services incorporation and partnership forms.

http://www.state.tn.us/revenue
Another subdivision of the state home page, the Department of Revenue provides links to forms and publications, news releases and other current state tax information.

Tennessee Code
http://www.michie.com
Provided by Lexis Law Publishing, this copy of the Code is keyword searchable.

Tennessee Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Courts
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us
Excellent site for Tennessee case law. Includes Tennessee Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions from 1995. Rules of Court are posted here as well as general court information. Links to the Tennessee Code and other court-related web sites are included.

Tennessee Bar Association
http://www.tba.org
Another excellent site for Tennessee case law. Requires annual membership fee for many sections. Includes Tennessee Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Worker's Compensation Panel and Ethics Opinions among others. On-line CLE is available here as well as links to other state resources, including full text of recent issues of the Tennessee Bar Journal and local rules.

Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization
http://www.cletn.com
Updated rules regarding CLE and lawyer referral.

Local Bar Associations
http://www.chattbar.org
Chattanooga Bar Association page which includes dockets, Res Nova and membership information

http://www.knoxbar.org
Knoxville Bar Association

Tennessee County Clerks
http://www.hamiltontn.gov
Hamilton County web site with searchable docket information. Register of Deeds information and images of deeds are available for a monthly fee. County government directory information is also available here.

http://www.korrnet.org/knox
Similar web site for Knox County

Tennessee Law Libraries
http://www.law.utk.edu/library
Searchable catalog and information concerning the University of Tennessee Law Library

http://law.vanderbilt.edu/library/index.html
Searchable catalog and information concerning the Vanderbilt University Law Library.

Listservs and Discussion Groups

ABA-PTL@home.ease.lsoft.com
Estate Planners and Administrators list of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA)

ABA-TAX
Tax Section of the ABA listserv
APF@rpifs.com

Asset Protection Forum
ESTPLAN-L@netcom.com

Discussion group from Tax Analysts
FAMBUS-L@netcom.com
Family Business discussion list

3DT
Deals, Dirt, Death and Taxes: discusses entity selection, valuation, business continuity, and wealth transfer issues

For instructions on how to subscribe to these listservs and others, try the following home page: http://findlaw.com/01topics/31probate/mail_usenet.html