Federal Primary Sources
Code of Federal Regulations (updates are in the Federal Register)
Federal Rules of Court (Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Appellate Procedure, Evidence, etc.)
United States Sentencing Guidelines
Florida Primary Resources
Florida Rules of Court (Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Appellate Procedure, Evidence, etc.)
Florida Rules of Executive Clemency
Florida Standard Jury Instructions
Oral Arguments
Oral arguments in the Supreme Court
Oral arguments in state courts - links provided by the National Center for State Courts
Other archive-type resources
Legal Research at Justia
Legislative History from the Library of Congress
SCOTUSBlog - SCOTUS is an acronym for Supreme Court of the United States. This blog warrants archive status because it links to the decisions below, the petition for cert and response, and any other filings.
Florida case law (District Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court only) from FindLaw
Florida Supreme Court - Opinions (includes links to District Courts of Appeal)
Florida Supreme Court - Online Dockets
Social Science Resource Network (SSRN) - Although challenging to use, this resource contains interesting academic writings not readily available elsewhere.
The Brief Bank of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
The Capital Defense Network's summary of all successful ineffective assistance of counsel claims after Strickland v. Washington (published opinions only)
Subject Matter Guides
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (criminal and prisoner civil rights)
Florida Manual for Incarcerated Parents
Fifty-state Survey of Relief Mechanisms from the Collateral Consequences of Conviction (including pardons) (Margaret Love)
National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction (NICCC)
The Prison Litigation Reform Act — explanation and case law analysis by John Boston
Report on Section 2254 Litigation in Federal District Courts (Nancy King, 2007) and the 2012 follow-up study on appellate proceedings
Cornell Legal Information Institute Dictionary/Encyclopedia (for example, The Due Process Clause)
Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section - Pro Se Handbook
Law School Programs
University of Miami Law School - Innocence Clinic
University of Denver - Civil Rights Clinic The District of Colorado contains ADX Florence, the federal supermax facility.
Chat Rooms and Discussion Boards
The Prison Planet chat forum
Prison Talk - Prison Information and Family Support Community
Other Resources
Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator
Florida Department of Corrections Inmate Locator
"Find a Lawyer" at the Florida Bar Association's site (disciplinary proceedings within past 10 years are available)
Attorney Discipline Information at the FBA site