The Fred Parks Law Library - Databases

Legal Research Links: Texas

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Texas Department of Banking
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
More about the Department of Criminal Justice
Texas Department of Public Safefy
Texas General Land Office
Texas State Agencies, for agencies, commissions, and universities.

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Official Page of the Texas Attorney General, for full-text opinions from 1939 to the present.

BAR ASSOCIATIONS & BAR EXAMS

American Bar Association
Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Texas Bar Exams, providing past exams from the Texas Board of Bar Examiners.
Texas Board of Bar Examiners, for admissions procedures and bar results.
Texas Women Lawyers

CITY ORDINANCES

City of Houston, official web page.
City of Houston Code of Ordinances
City of Houston: Planning and Development Department, official web page.
Ordinances, courtesy of Municode.com.
Selected Municipal Codes, courtesy of Seattle Public Library
Code Words, single source of written policies, procedures and information to aid in the successful administration of the Building Code and city ordinances and to promote consistent, uniform practices.

COURTS & OPINIONS

GOVERNMENT & LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

House Research Organization, from the Texas House of Representatives.
State of Texas, government information.
Texas Laws and Resolutions Archive, beginning with the 78th Legislative Session.
Texas Legislative Reference Library Tables, includes bill to chapter & chapter to bill cross-references, from 47th Legislative Session (1941).
Texas Legislature Online, from the 73rd legislature (1993)
to the present.
Texas Legislative Reference Library, researching legislative intent.

STATUTES, CODES, RULES, & CONSTITUTIONS

Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online: Gammel's The Laws of Texas, from University of North Texas.
Revised Civil and Criminal Statutes of Texas, 1879-1925, from the Texas State Law Library.
Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
Texas Constitution
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project
Texas Local Rules
Texas Statutes
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, full text, from the Supreme Court of Texas
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, 1941 - , a digital project at South Texas.
Texas Administrative Code
Texas Register

HOUSTON AREA LIBRARIES

Fort Bend County Libraries
Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library
Harris County Law Library,
online catalog named GLAS.
Harris County Public Library
Houston Baptist University, Moody Library
Houston Community College System Libraries
Houston Public Library
Patent and Trademark Depository Library at Rice University.
Rice University, Fondren Library
State and Federal Government Depository Libraries,
courtesy of HANDI.
University of Houston Libraries, combined catalogs.
University of St. Thomas, Doherty Library

LAW SCHOOLS

STATE OF TEXAS LAW LIBRARIES

TEXAS COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH SITES

Brandtlaw, for wide-ranging Texas legal research.
Internet Links for Lawyers, from Professor Mark E. Steiner
at the South Texas College of Law.

TEXAS LAW LIBRARIANS

Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL)
Texas Law Librarians Website, a connection to the
gatekeepers of Texas legal research.

TEXAS PARALEGALS / TEXAS LEGAL ASSISTANTS

Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association (formerly Houston Legal Assistants Association)
Paralegal Division - State Bar of Texas (formerly Legal Assistants Division)
Center for Advanced Legal Studies: The Paralegal People
Southwestern Professional Institute

TEXAS LEGAL SECRETARIES

Houston Association of Legal Profesionals (formerly Houston Association of Legal Secretaries)
Legal Secretaries of Texas
Legal Secretaries International

SELECTED COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES