RESEARCH GUIDES

• Arkansas Legal Research KFA 3675 .B37 2007 (2007)
  
  
• Kathryn C. Fitzhugh, "Arkansas Practice Materials II: A Selective Annotated Bibliography," 21 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 363 (1999). Link to article on Hein Online

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constitution of the State of Arkansas (From the Arkansas General Assembly)

Statutes/Code

• Print Versions:
  • Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated KFA3630 1987 .A2 (1987 - 2012, Library cancelled subscription)
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw: AR-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: AR - Arkansas Code Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Arkansas Code (from the Arkansas General Assembly)

Legislative History

• Arkansas Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1818 - current)
  • Microform (1818 - 2005, Library cancelled subscription)
    
    
• Arkansas Legislative History Research Guide (Southwestern Association of Law Libraries)

Legislature

• Arkansas General Assembly Home Page
  • Research Resources
    
    
• Tracking Current Bills & Resolutions
  
  
• House of Representatives Home Page
  
  
• Senate Home Page

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print Versions:
  • Code of Arkansas Rules KFA3635 2000 .A42 (2000 - 2008, Library cancelled subscription)
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw:
  • • AR-ADC (current Administrative Code)
    • AR-REG-NET (tracking of proposed and recently enacted regulations, updated daily)
  • Administrative Rules (from the Secretary of State):
  • Arkansas Register (from the Secretary of State) (2001 - ):

Agencies

• Governor's Office Home Page
• Agencies: Departments, Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils (alphabetical list with links)
• Attorney General Home Page
  • Attorney General Opinions
    • Attorney General Web Site (1991 - present, INCOMPLETE COVERAGE)
    • Lexis: AR Attorney General Opinions (1970 - )
    • Westlaw: AR-AG (1977 - )

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print Reporters:
  • Southwestern Reporter  KF135 .S7 (1887 - 1923) 
  • Southwestern Reporter 2d KF135 .S712 (1928 - 1999)
  • Southwestern Reporter 3d KF135 .S713 (1999 - 2012, Library cancelled subscription)
  • Arkansas Reports (Supreme Court: 1837 - 2009, Court of Appeals: 1979 - 2009), KFA3645 .A2.
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw:
    • AR-CS (state cases) (Supreme Court: 1837 - Present, Court of Appeals: 1979 - Present)
    • AR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases) (coverage varies by court)
  • Lexis:
    • AR State Cases, Combined (state cases) (Supreme Court: 1837 - Present, Court of Appeals: 1979 - Present)
    • AR Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases) (coverage varies by court)
  • Free Web (from the Arkansas Judiciary):
    • Supreme Court (2009 - )
    • Courts of Appeal (2009 - )

Courts

• The Arkansas Judiciary Home Page
  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeals
  • Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and Administrative Orders
  • Administrative Office of the Courts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• County & City Information (from Arkansas.gov)
• Arkansas Municipal Codes (selective, from a private publisher)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• ARLI: Arkansas Legal Index
  Database lists articles from seven Arkansas legal periodicals. A project of the Arkansas Supreme Court Library and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Library.
  
  
• Arkansas Lawyer K1 .R63 (1982 - 2002, Library cancelled print subscription)
  Official bar journal of the Arkansas Bar Association. Contains articles, reports, advisory ethics opinions, summaries of judicial advisory opinions, etc.
  • Microfiche (1980 - )
  • Westlaw: ARLAW (Selective coverage, 1990 - )
    
    
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review K25 .N3824 (1998 - 2010; Library cancelled print subscription)
  Publishes an "Annual Survey of [Arkansas] Caselaw" in its summer issue, and a "Survey of [Arkansas] Legislation" in the winter issue in even-numbered years.
  • Hein Online: (1978 - )
  • Westlaw: UARLRLR (Selective coverage from 1983-1993, full coverage from 1994 - )
  • Lexis: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review (1993/1994 - )

GENERAL

• Arkansas Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Westlaw: ARCPP
    
    
• Trial Handbook for Arkansas Lawyers
  • Westlaw: ARTRHB
    
    
• Free Web Resources:
  • Arkansas Bar Association Home Page
    • Legal Information for the Public
  • Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct (from the Arkansas Judiciary)
  • Guide to Law Online: Arkansas (Law Library of Congress)
  • Legal Information Institute: Arkansas (from Cornell Law School)
  • Findlaw - Arkansas Links
  • State Tax Forms (from Arkansas.gov)

   

Updated 8/2008 (MK)
Updated 6/2010 (TV)
Updated 6/2011 (JZ)
Updated 8/2012 (JZ)