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North Carolina Law Sources

Judicial

  • North Carolina Court System - Links to all levels of courts in North Carolina, as well as administrative services and resources, maps, rules of practice and judicial forms and other court information.
  • NC Court Opinions - Full text opinions from the NC Supreme Court (1997-present) and Court of Appeals (1996-present) available here on day of release.
  • NC Supreme Court - Rules, announcements, judicial biographies, oral argument calendars, dockets and opinions.
  • NC Court of Appeals - Opinions, judicial biographies.
  • NC Electronic Filing Site with Briefs and Records - Login for registered users to file documents. Briefs and Records of Current Cases in North Carolina can be browsed or searched on this site.
  • Rules of Court - Rules of Appellate Procedure with recent amendments, Appellate Style Manual and General Rules of Practice in Superior and District Courts.

Legislative

  • NC General Statutes - available in MSWord format or in Folio.
  • NC General Assembly - Bills, calendars, legislator information, committees, legislative process. The Bill Info link gives you many options for bill searching.
  • NC Legislative History — brief guide to NC legislative history.
  • NC Legislative History — more extensive explanation of NC legislative history and where to find documents by the NC Supreme Court Library.
  • Daily Bulletin - Subscription access to legislative actions from Institute of Government.
  • NC Constitution - with notes on history.

Executive

State of North Carolina

Institute of Government UNC

  • IOG - (a governmental training and research organization) includes links to publications and services, municipal and county resources, legislative reporting.
  • Daily Bulletin - Subscription access to legislative actions.

NC Bar

  • NC BarLink - North Carolina Bar Association site with organization and committee information, CLE calendar, ethics opinions, and links to other bar associations and legal materials.
  • Casemaker - Low-cost alternative to Lexis/Westlaw, featuring North Carolina Pattern Jury Instructions. NC bar membership (free for law students) includes access to this database.
  • Law Pamphlets Series - on topics such as Child Custody, Filing for Bankruptcy, Living Wills.

Last update 11/2007 LMC