Information for Consumers

ABA Legislative Issues List
Downloadable list of the more than 1,200 current legislative and governmental policies adopted by the ABA House of Delegates and Board of Governors

Advertising Your Home
In order to sell your home, you must advertise. Here are some places to do that.

All Law
All Law’s general and legal news page

American Fact Finder
From the U.S. Census Bureau

The Angry Consumer
Don’t you just love it? The title says it all! Site created to let you share your consumer experiences with the rest of the world

Appraisers
Here are some links for people looking for appraisers

Building A Home
From being your own contractor to building your own log home.

Buying A Home
Where do I start? How much can I afford? These questions and more answered here.

CLASP
A national non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor

Consumer Affairs
If you have a complaint or want to know more about a product, check out the Consumer Affairs Web Site

The Complaint Station
The purpose of The Complaint Station is to provide you with a central location to file your complaints or research previous complaints. You can complain about issues related to companies products, services, medicine, employment, get rich quick scams, diets or pills that don’t work or cause side effects, any issue you can think of, the list is endless

Consumer Information Center
Search full text of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications available

The Consumer Law Page
Information on Personal Injury Cases including occupational cancer, property damage or financial losses caused by negligent misconduct, toxic chemicals, defective products, or fraud in the sale of products, services, stocks or bonds by the Alexander Law Firm.

Consumer Fraud Information
US. Postal Inspection Service Information About Consumer Fraud

Court TV

Court House Information
Find addresses and location of Courthouses by state

Cyberspace Law Lessons for Non-Lawyers
Eighty Chapter Lessons on Cyberspace Law Dictionaries

Global BIZ Directory.com
Business directory

On-line dictionary linking to over 600 dictionaries in 150 different languages.

OneLook Dictionaries
1566511 words in 223 dictionaries – Includes Net Terms

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Dictionary linking to over 233 dictionaries, Includes Net Terms

DogPile
A good entry point to multiple search engines, but watch where you step

e-PublicEye.com
An independent third party that monitors Internet merchants for reliability, privacy and customer satisfaction

FindLaw Consumer
FindLaw Consumer Center is designed for non-lawyers seeking understandable legal information, including message boards, chat rooms and mailing lists where consumers and small business people can interact with legal professionals

Financing A Home
Key things to remember when making the single largest financial transaction of your lifetime.

Finding A New Home
Looking for that dream home? Here is a great place to start.

FreeAdvice.com Many categories of information, some beginning information of various subject matters

Health & Safety
Health and Safety Sites (Federal, North Carolina, Universities & International

InfoSpace
The Ultimate Directory – People, Places, Etc., Etc.

Insurance
Homeowners insurance is a must if you own a home. Here you can learn a little plus shop for the best plan for you.

JunkBusters
Privacy-oriented Web site

The Kelley Blue Book
Price automobiles

Language Translator
Will translate sentence or phrase: Spanish, English, German, French and others

Law Guru Legal Questions & Answers Database

Legal Forms (Free)

Legal Research Seminar (Free) Internet Skills and Strategies for the Legal Researcher
an On-line Seminar on Finding United States Federal Court Opinions and Information free but worth more!

Maps
Here are several great sites for you.

Market Statistics
Find out how the real estate market is progressing.

National Association of Attorneys General
For the consumer, the site offers numerous articles on consumer fraud and scams, and a searchable database that provides information on contacting the visitor’s own state attorney general. In the database, each Attorney General has a web site and extensive bibliography, along with a mailing address and phone numbers.

Moving
Great set of links to help t
hose moving.

Negotiable Instruments
From Legal Information Institute

Nolo Press

OverLawyered.com
An interesting site that chronicles some of the less than finer moments of the American Judicial System

Population Database
Database containing summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive health, women’s rights, and related topics. It is produced jointly by Harvard Law School and the United Nations Population Fund.

Prairie Law
A site built with Justice for All in mind. This is truly the best starting resource for consumers not knowing where to turn. Listservs available on various areas of law where consumers can ask lawyers questions

Price Line
Decide how much you want to pay, then book your mortgage, hotel or airfare

Public Access Networks Corporation
Filtering Spam, Examining E-Mail Headers

Quicken Stocks & Quotes
Quicken’s Stock Quotes and Market Information, Including an Analysis.

Real Estate
20,000 Real Estate Related sites (National and International in 6 languages)

Real Estate Law
Here are some great resources to answer all of those real estate legal questions you may have.

Refdesk.com
Country information from around the world. A resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. An excellent source of country data and demographics.

Research-It! – Your one-stop reference desk.

Secured Transactions
From Legal Information Institute

Selling A Home
From “how to” to finding the brokerage that’s right for you.

Title & Escrow
Find out what’s what and who’s who and get informed about the entire escrow process.

New York City Transit Traveling to New York City and want to use the local transit system? Check out this website. There are maps of the New York City Subway System, Manhattan Bus routes, and the Staten Island Railway System. There is also information on the schedules, stations and lines.

The Reference Desk
This site is more of an encyclopedia index providing links to calendars, airlines, search engines, measurement converter, 1996 Statistical Abstracts, etc.

Rini, Coran & Lancellotta, P.C.
Links included legal, legislative and related services primarily in the area of U.S. and foreign telecommunications, multichannel video, broadcast, Internet, copyright and trademark

Terra Server
The world’s largest online database of aerial and satellite photographs. See your house from space!

Web Lectures
Subjects currently covered are: 1. Business Law, including corporations, securities regulation, antitrust, and bankruptcy law; 2. Civil Procedure; 3. Constitutional Law; 4. Contract Law; 5. Criminal Law; 6. Cyberspace Law – Electronic Commerce Issues; 7. Cyberspace Law – Speech and Privacy Issues; 8. Environmental Law; 9. Family Law; 10. Human Rights Law 11. Intellectual Property; 12. Labor and Employment Law 13. Legal Research and Writing; 14. Property Law 15. Public International Law; 16. Taxation Law; 17. Torts

U.S. Zip Code, Addresses & More
This site is all about mail! Zip code and Address Information, Postal Abbreviations.

Uniform Business and Financial Laws Locator
List of Uniform Laws in Business and Finance, Including Uniform Arbitration, Consumer Sales, Consumer Credit, Tenant Landlord, Fraudulent Conveyance, Land Sales and much more

State of Washington Consumer Protection Division Junk e-mail

World Encyclopedia & Simulation
1,400 pages of Flags, Anthems, Maps, Weather, News and Nations of the World

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