The websites listed have been found to be useful when conducting free legal research on the Internet. The Hawaiʻi State Law Library System has no control over these external sites and does not guarantee or assume any liability for the accuracy, relevance, currency, or completeness of the information presented at a site.
Bar Associations
American Bar Association
Hawaii State Bar Association
State and Local Bar Associations
Comprehensive Legal/Law Sites
Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute
FindLaw
Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau Library Reference Desk
Justia
Law Library of Congress
Counties, Hawai‘i State
City & County of Honolulu
Charter
Revised Ordinances of Honolulu
County of Hawaiʻi
Charter
Hawaiʻi County Code
County of Kauaʻi
Charter
Kauaʻi County Code
County of Maui
Charter
Maui County Code
Court and Law Related Organizations
American Judicature Society
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Federal Judicial Center
National Association for Court Management
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Judicial College
Court Rules
Federal Rules of Practice & Procedure
Hawaiʻi Rules of Court
Courts, Federal
Justia Federal Court Filings & Dockets
The Supreme Court Database
Trialdex
United States Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
Courts, State
Hawaiʻi Legislative Reference Bureau, Library Reference Desk
National Center for State Courts
Dictionaries, Legal
Black’s Law Dictionary
Law.com
Directories
Avvo
FindLaw
Hieros Gamos, Worldwide Legal Directories
Martindale.com
Forms
Hawaiʻi Self-Help Interactive Forms
Hawaiʻi State Judiciary Court Forms
Internet Legal Research Group Legal Forms Archive
Legal Forms via Hawaii State Public Library (requires a HSPLS card to access)
Government, Federal
Administrative Decisions (Maintained by the University of Virginia Library)
govinfo (GPO)
Official U.S. Executive Branch Websites
USAGov
Federal Communications Commission
Government, Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules
Hawaiʻi State Judiciary
Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes
Hawaiʻi State Government
Hawaiʻi State Legislature
Government, State
Council of State Governments
International Law
Law by Source: Global (Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute)
GlobaLex (Hauser Global Law School Program)
Nations (Library of Congress)
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Legal Considerations (U.S. Department of State)
Jury Instructions
Federal Civil and Criminal Jury Instructions
Hawaiʻi Civil and Criminal Jury Instructions
Law Reviews
Free Full-Text Online Law Review/Journal Search Engine(ABA Legal Technology Resource Center)
Legal News
FindLaw Legal News Blogs
Jurist
law.com
Legal Publishers
Vendor Contact Information (Compiled by the AALL)
Legislation, Federal
govinfo (GPO)
Congress
U.S. Code Collection (Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute)
Legislation, State
State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute)
Hawaiʻi Legislative Reference Bureau Library Reference Desk
Uniform Law Commission
State Constitutional Documents
Libraries
American Association of Law Libraries
Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau
Library of Congress
Municipal Reference Center (MRC)
National Center for State Courts Library
State Law Libraries (Compiled by the Minnesota State Law Library)
University of Hawaiʻi School of Law Library
Statistics
Data.gov
FedStats
State of Hawaii Data Book
Last updated: April 22, 2025