Research Guides resources
California Administrative Lawby Jennifer Lentz - last updated on Apr 15th, 2009This guide provides an overview for researching California administrative or regulatory law in the UCLA Law Library. This guide covers finding, updating and tracking regulations, as well as agency decisions and rulings.
California Case Materials Checklistby Cheryl Kelly Fischer - last updated on Apr 09th, 2009This guide is intended to familiarize the user with the California Court structure, publication of California decisions, and resources for finding the text of California cases. Primary sources are listed as well as important Internet links.
California Legal Ethicsby Refugio Ramirez - last updated on Apr 08th, 2009This guide outlines the state statutes and rules that govern attorney conduct in California. Print and electronic resources are listed as a means to provide the researcher with a general understanding of California legal ethics.
California Legislative Historyby Cheryl Kelly Fischer - last updated on Apr 15th, 2009Compiling a California legislative history can be time-consuming. This Guide is intended to help you through the process of examining legislative intent by taking you step-by-step through the sources of CA legislative intent in our library and online.
Employment Law: Federal and California Sourcesby Stephanie Plotin - last updated on Jul 21st, 2009This guide includes general secondary sources and online government resources. Specialized topics include employment discrimination & harassment, wage & hour law, employee privacy, independent contractors, and workers' compensation.
Federal Case Materials Checklistby Refugio Ramirez - last updated on Apr 09th, 2009This guide is intended to familiarize the user with the U.S. court structure, publication of federal decisions, and finding the text of federal cases. Primary sources are listed throughout this document, as well as some important Internet sites.
Finding California Statutesby Tammy Pettinato - last updated on Apr 08th, 2009This guide outlines resources for California statutory materials, such as statutes, codes, initiatives, referenda, uncodified statutes and superceded law available in the UCLA Law Libray as well as online.
Finding Federal Statutesby Refugio Ramirez - last updated on Apr 06th, 2009This guide aims to provide the user with a general understanding in locating and updating known statutes and in identifying federal statutes by citation, name, or subject.
Full-text historical U.S. & English electronic sourcesby June Kim - last updated on Sep 30th, 2009The main part of this guide lists full-text searchable databases of historical U.S. and English legal and non-legal sources. The smaller boxes include links to research guides, government sites, databases indexes, and other Internet sources.
How to Find a Case by Name or Topic Using Print Sourcesby Donna Gulnac - last updated on Apr 09th, 2009This guide will take you through finding cases by Name or Topic using the print resources available in the UCLA Law Library. Numerous online sources exist for locating cases. Vist our guides on California and Federal Case Materials for details.
Immigration Law Research Guideby Stephanie Plotin - last updated on Oct 29th, 2009Provides general and specialized sources for researching U.S. immigration law, including online government resources, statutes, regulations & case law, plus general and specialized secondary sources and immigration-related organizations.
National Legal Ethicsby Amy Atchison - last updated on Apr 09th, 2009This guide provides guidance for locating ABA rules of professional conduct, ABA ethics opinions, and other sources related to legal ethics and legal malpractice.