RESEARCH GUIDES

• Louisiana Legal Research (Mary Garvey Algero) KFL75 .A44 2009
• Louisiana Legal Documents and Related Publications (Charlene Cain) KFL75 .C67 2001

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• LexisNexis: Louisiana Constitution
• Internet:
  • Constitution of Louisiana 1974 (Louisiana State Senate)
  • Amendments to the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 (Louisiana State Legislature, Nov. 2, 2010)
  • Louisiana Constitutional Law - History, A Path Finder (LSU Law Library)

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Revised statutes (West) KFL30.5 .W41
  • Children's code KFL30.5 .A46
  • Civil code KFL30.5 .W42
  • Code of civil procedure KFL30.5 .W44 ,
  • Code of criminal procedure KFL30.5 .W45
  • West's Louisiana statutes annotated: Code of Evidence KFL30.5 .W4 A76
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: LA - Louisiana Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
• Internet:
  • Louisiana Legislature Search (Louisiana State Legislature)
  • Louisiana Laws Table of Contents (Louisiana State Legislature)

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1804 - , including Territory of Louisiana)
• Internet:
  • Louisiana Legislative History (Louisiana State Legislature)
  • Finding Louisiana Legislative History Materials (LSU Law Library)
  • Louisiana Legislative History (Law Library of Louisiana)

Legislature

• Louisiana State Legislature (Includes full text of bills and bill status)
• Senate
• House of Representatives

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Louisiana Administrative Code KFL35 1984 .A23 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2008)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-ADC
  • Lexis: LA - Louisiana Administrative Code
• Internet:
  • Louisiana Administrative Code (Office of State Register)
  • Louisiana Register (Office of State Register)

Executive Agencies

• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders (1996 - )
• Departments of the Executive Branch
• Agency Index
• Attorney General
  • Attorney General's Opinions (2007 - )
  • HeinOnline (1860 - most recently published volume)
    

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Southern reporter (1887 - 1941) KF135 .S8, Southern reporter. Second series (1941 - 1988) KF135 .S812,West's southern reporter. Second series (1988- 2009) KF135 .S812, West's southern reporter. Third series (2009 - ) KF135 .S814 (Library cancelled subscription in 2012).
  
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-CS (state cases) & LA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: LA State Cases, Combined & LA Federal & State Cases, Combined
• Internet:
  • Supreme Court of Louisiana (Includes opinions, 1996 - )

Courts

• Louisiana Judicial Information

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• State and Local Government in Louisiana: An Overview 2012-2016 Term

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Tulane Law Review
  • Print: K24 .U4 (v. 4 1929 - )
  • Electronic versions (1916 - )
• Louisiana Law Review
  • Print: K12 .O78 (Library has 1938 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1938 - )
• Loyola Law Review
  • Print: K12 .O89 (Library has 1941 - 2010. Subscripton cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1941 - )
• Louisiana Bar Journal
  • Electronic versions (1995 - )

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Advisory Opinions (2005-08)
• Code of Professionalism -a short statement of Louisiana ethical standards
• Rules of Professional Conduct - an in depth set of rules of professional conduct containing more detailed rules than the Code of Professionalism
• ABA/ BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
  • Ethics Opinions
  • Rules of Professional Conduct (search the ABA/BNA page for the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct)
  • Louisiana Variations of ABA Rules (search the ABA/BNA page for the discussion of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct)
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis: Not available

GENERAL

• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-PRAC
  • Lexis: Not available
• Internet:
  • State Library of Louisiana
  • Law Library of Louisiana
  • FindLaw: Louisiana
  • Law Library of Congress: Louisiana
  • Internet Law Library: Louisiana
  • Legal Information Institute: Louisiana
  • Tax Forms
  • Louisiana Lawyer Referral and Information
    

Updated 7/29/2010 (KPJ)
Updated 06/23/2011 (ET)
Updated 08/16/2012 (ET)