Legal Resources

Army Legal Assistance. The Army Legal Assistance Web site provides information about military legal assistance services, offices, and general information and links to help prevent personal legal problems. You may also use this site to obtain general information about Army Legal Assistance, to find an office near you, and to learn more on a particular topic before you visit your local legal office. This information, including the links to other law-related information sites, is provided as a public service for your education, convenience, legal well being, and to help you keep your legal affairs in order.

Navy Legal Assistance. The Navy Legal Assistance Office provides legal assistance services to Active Duty members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard, and their dependents. Assistance is provided to retirees as resources permit. Among the services provided are adoption, consumer issues, landlord-tenant issues, military rights and benefits, domestic relations and powers of attorney.

Marine Corps Staff Judge Advocate. The Staff Judge Advocate's Web site provides the Marine Corps with a central source for legal information on immigration, taxes, consumer and economic matters, estate planning, family and domestic matters, real estate, and military rights and benefits. Legal assistance is available in several locations, including Albany, Barstow, Cherry Point, Hawaii, Miramar, Quantico, and Yuma, among others.

US Coast Guard Legal Assistance. The US Coast Guard Legal Assistance Web site has information on consumer and contract matters, creditor and debtor relations, family law, adoption, real estate, taxes, wills and estate planning and the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act. The site's "Find a Lawyer" service also provides referrals by Coast Guard district to legal assistance attorneys.

Department of Justice Freedom of Information Act Office. The Department of Justice Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA) provides an overview as well as an electronic version of the Privacy Act of 1974. There are also instructions for making a FOIA request, a reading room, reference guide and principal FOIA contacts at federal agencies.

Legal Information Institute. This Cornell Law School Web site provides information on legal topics ranging from commercial transactions to accident and injury compensation to courts and civil procedure. It also has links to court opinions and legal bulletins as well as a directory of lawyers and organizations.

International Law. The United Nation's Web site on international law is a useful source of information on treaties, law of the sea, International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. The information on this Web site is offered in several languages.