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District of Columbia Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state. The reference librarians are available to assist members of the Georgetown community. You may phone (202) 662-9140, e-mail libref@law.georgetown.edu, or chat with us from http://www.ll.georgetown.edu.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• DC Research In Depth Guide (Georgetown Law Library), http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/dc-in-depth.cfm
• Legal Research in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia 2d ed., KF 240 .C43 2000
• Finding the Law in the the District of Columbia, in The D.C. Practice Manual 1-1, KFD1280 .D57

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  
  • West's District of Columbia Official Code (official) KFD1230 2001 .A2
    
  • Lexis District of Columbia Code, Annotated (unofficial) KFD1230 2001 .A4
    
• Electronic:
  
  • Westlaw: DC-ST-ANN
    
  • LEXIS: DC;DCCODE
    
  • Internet:
    • District of Columbia Code (West) (unannotated)
    • District of Columbia Code (Michie) (unannotated)

Legislative History

• Legislative History section from the DC Research In Depth Guide, http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/dc-in-depth.cfm
• Council of District of Columbia Legislative Information Management System, http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/lims
• HeinOnline - The District of Columbia Register is the weekly official legal bulletin published by the DC government, which contains all Council Laws, acts and hearings, and rules and regulations. Sometimes the final version of a law is not included.

Legislature

• Council of District of Columbia, http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/
• Council of District of Columbia Legislative Information Management System, http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/lims/default.asp

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). [The official Code of DC Regulations is out-of-date and should not be used.] Use the following sources:
  
  • Code of D.C. Municipal Regulations (Weil's Code), commercial version, updated monthly, with an index. KFD1235 .A23 1999
    
  • State Capital Universe, via Lexis-Nexis Congressional, http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/connect/ln_cong.cfm. Regulations > Administrative Codes.
    
  • Lexis (by citation only) from Get A Document. Enter the letters CDCR, the title and the section. Example: CDCR 29-201
    
  • DCMR Online, http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/?f=templates$fn=main-nf.htm&vid=dcmr:free. Unofficial and not necessarily up-to-date. Click "Contents" link on left panel to start. Titles 1, 4, 5, 11, 14, 19, 23, 25, 28 and 31.
• District of Columbia Register (DCR),
  • DCR Online (Most up-to-date), http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates$fn=default.htm$vid=dcr:free
    
  • Print, KFD1235 .A25. (To update the DCMR, check the Final Rulemaking section of the Table of Contents of each weekly edition of the DCR published since the last update of the DCMR.)
  • HeinOnline: (1998-)
    
  • Westlaw: DC-ADR
    
  • LEXIS: DC;DCRGST, DC;DCADMN & DC;DCREGS (does NOT include the DCMR, although documentation states otherwise)

Agencies

• Office of the Mayor
• DC Government Agencies

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Atlantic Reporter (1st & 2nd series) KF135 .A7 & KF 135 .A712
  
• The Daily Washington Law Reporter (abstracts only), KFD1247.D3
  
• Westlaw: DC-CS (state cases) & DC-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  
• LEXIS: DC;DCCTS (state cases) & MEGA;DCMEGA (state and federal cases)
  
• DC Courts: Opinions and List of MOJs (Memorandum Opinions and Judgments)

Courts

• DC Court of Appeals
  
• DC Superior Court - offering remote access to docket information

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• University of the District of Columbia Law Review
  • 1998- Electronic Version (PDF images) from Hein Online (restricted to GULC community)
  • Print version, K4 .D5 (1992-1995)
    
• Daily Washington Law Reporter, KFD1247.D3
  
• Legal Times
  • Current and Recent issues K12 .E839
  • Older issues in microform
  • Westlaw (LEGALTIMES) (November 1994-present)
  • LegalTrac, Nov. 2003-present
  • Internet: http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/index.jsp
    
• Washington Lawyer
  • K25. A808; Current issues at Circulation Desk.
  • DC Bar, http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/publications/washington_lawyer/index.cfm

GENERAL

• Print: The District of Columbia Practice Manual (annual) (District of Columbia Bar), KFD1280 .D57 2003
  
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: Trial Handbook for District of Columbia Lawyers, DCPRAC-TRH database.
    
  • LEXIS: miscellaneous secondary materials
    
• Internet:
  • District of Columbia homepage
    
  • Findlaw: DC
  • Library of Congress Law Library: District of Columbia Resources

Updated 3/2008, BM
Links 8/2008 (MK)

 

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