Law Links

Links, links, links. Here we’ve listed a wide variety of sites that deal with all kinds of issues. Click on an area of interest, or just browse the links for a wide variety of information on a number of issues.

Real Estate

The Law Offices of Ronald S. Kahn – The best site out there!
Publications of the Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) – A good source of information related to residential rent regulation in New York.
Karl’s mortgage calculators. – They’re fun calculators and they’re good, too.
Hugh’s mortgage calculators. – Our calculators are based upon his work. And his fees are donated to charities.
mortgage lenders, brokers, bankers, loans, real estate, mortgage lenders and brokers – A pretty good overall mortgage resource.
Tenant Net Home Page.
Fannie Mae - Real estate and financial.

The Social Security Administration list of Publications – Publications dealing with all common issues such as retirement, computing benefits, living abroad, disability benefits, HIV and AIDS related issues. Publications are available in other languages, too.
Choice in Dyingg
New York State Bar Association Public Information Pamplet – Publication dealing with the pro’s and con’s of the need for a Last Will and Testament.
Another New York State Bar Pamphlet – Publication dealing with Senior Citizens.

Employment

Employment news group listings – A fairly thorough list of employment news groups.
NELA Employment Law links – One page in the site of the National Employment Lawyers Association. Has a certain amount of data. But the best on the site is private.
ADA & Disability Information – A Good source of info for the Americans with Disability Act.

The ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly – A general source for all issues affecting the elderly.
The New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section – A good general purpose source for elder law info.
The Kansas Elder Law Network – Probably the best site devoted to senior citizens. A National focus.
The National Council of Senior Citizens – A senior citizen advocacy organization.
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging – A source of info on the committee’s activities.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging – Info for the senior and his family. Mostly related to maintaining independence.
New York State Office for the Aging – A network of support for in-home and community services. Also information and referral services, job and volunteer opportunities, senior center and day care center programs, transportation, congregate and home delivered meals, and homemaker and home health aide services. NY can do something right
New York County Offices for the Aging – A directory of the office in NY County.
Related to Medicare and Medicaid – A good list of resources related to reimbursement.
The Senior Citizens Handbook – Credit goes to the Young Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association
Senior Law Home Page – This is a Web site where senior citizens, their families, attorneys, social workers, and financial planners, can access information about Elder Law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled.

College Searches and Financial Aid
Know your vendor. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. The following sites are from well known sources.

NY State Consumer Protection Bureau Legal Help Manual The NY State Consumer Protection Bureau has published a fabulous manual written in real english.
Property and Casualty Insurance Information – Tons of it
A.M. Best Worldwide Insurance Directory – Database from A.M. Best that has 7,000 + insurance companies, and their predecessors, related government agencies and a search engine.
College /Campus Newspapers – links to approximately 300 collge newspapers.
The Collge Board – A great all around college reference. Has a good search engine link, Has good links for scholarship.
Petersons - Another great college guidebook – It, too, has a search engine.
College guide book – They sell a CD-ROM that has bvideos of the schools, too.
FAFSA straight from the horse’s mouth – This is the government site for federal student aid. It has the forms, too.
Office of Postsecondary Education – More from the Department of Education. Has links to other sites.
Health Law Section of the NYSBA – TheNew York State Bar Association’s Health Law Section.
Federal Trade Commission – The Federal Trade Commission dot.com scam link
Scam Busters – Check out the whole site.
The Better Business Bureau Use the search feature and keyword "Scam" for a list of all current notices.
National Fraud Information Center The National Fraud Information Center is a clearing house for all kinds of scams.

Dept. of Labor – Programs for Small Businesses.
American Express’ Small Business Center – Take a look. We think you will like it. However, don’t forget to return here to customize to meet your express needs. No two businesses are alike and one size doesn’t fit all.
More of the same – A good all around site with articles, check lists, books and other links.
The SBA - Small Business Administration – This is the government’s answer to the web. It is a great front end to all of the info the government has for the small business rangng from taxes to OSHA.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – This is its home page. It is a general reference. The page related to banking laws is
FIDC’s banking laws. – The FDIC list of what it considers the most important banking laws.
Cornell University banking law site – Federal and State laws and links.
Federal Trade Commission – The FTC’s guide to franchise rules
American Association of Franchisees and Dealers Homepage – A trade association of franchisees and independent dealers.

The American Bankruptcy Institute – A key bankruptcy site.
U.S. Bankruptcy Forms – A lot of Bankruptcy forms.
Bankruptcy – Bankruptcy Related Information for the Lawyer and Consumer.

Court Rules – Federal, State and Local State Rules
Savings Bonds – Everything about Savings Bonds. Has a Savings Bond Wizard to manage/evaluate a bond portfolio
Savings Bonds – Don’t like the Treasury? Try this calculator from the Federal Reserve Board. Put in your numbers and out comes a present value.
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute – A great general purpose site.
The library of Congress’ Thomas Locator Service – I find it hard to use but lots of info available.
A Legal Search Engine – What can I say?
New York Law Journal Legal listings – Better for the attorney that the individual.
Find Law – A collection of Federal and State related law links
The Legal list – More of the same. Perhaps this is the one you want.
New York Law Schools on the Web – So you want to go to law school
Law Guru is one of many sites that replaces the U.S. House of Representatives’ law library – The Federal Government should be good for something. NY state law can be found here, too.
United States Patent and Trademark Office – Forms, instructions, and search capability, too.
Franklin Pierce Law Center for Intellectual Property – A highly recognized resource - a large collection of IP links.
U.S. Copyright Office – The Copyright office home page. Forms.... available here.
U.S. Code – The primary source for federal law.
Code of Federal Regulations – The primary source for federal regulations.
Federal Register – A lot of words. Take a look and see for yourself.
NYS bills/statutes (Senate site) – NY’s site for proposed and in force laws from the NY Senate.
NYS bills/statutes (Assembly site) – So you think the State Assembly is going to be upstaged?
Counsel Connect’s Law links – Another site with more links for you. Pretty good, too.
New York Code of Professional Responsibility – We do practice what we preach.
New York Ethics Opinions – Lawyers ask for guidance on what they can and can not do.
Court of Appeals Decisions – NY Court of Appeal decisions brought to you courtesy of Cornell U.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York – United States District Court for the Northern District of New York – United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York – New York’s Federal Courts. Where you go the first time.
New IRS home page – The IRS has almost all the commonly used forms available for download
links to tax sites – Descriptions of sites available. Includes State tax sites.
FarisLaw – The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence. Can search U.S. Supreme Court, the Circuit Courts, and the United States Code.
FindLaw in Palo Alto – The NYSBA says that if you can’t find a legal form link here, it’s probably not on the net!
Hieros Gamos – Just loaded with law and government references.

Estates and Trusts

Find Law’s Wills, Trusts, Estates, & Probate – A huge amount of primary source material, mailing lists, usenet groups. . . .

Immigration

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) – Various coalitions related to immigrant and refugee groups.