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District Three (Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, Kossuth, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury Counties)   
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District Four (Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby Counties)  

District Five (Adair, Adams, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Polk, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Warren, Wayne Counties)   
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District Six (Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Tama Counties)  

District Seven (Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott Counties)  
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District Eight (Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington Counties)  
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Polk County:
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Des Moines 
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Perry
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Other States
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Federal:


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Uniform Code of Military Justice: 
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm
http://www.constitution.org/mil/ucmj19970615.htm
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/stApIIch47.html
http://www.jag.navy.mil/documents/UCMJ.pdf
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/UCMJ_LHP.html

Federal Judicial:

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Supreme Court of the United States
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http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Audio Transcripts
Supreme Court Historical Society

U.S. Courts of Appeals
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First Circuit (in Boston) (covers Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)  
Second Circuit (in New York) (covers Connecticut, New York, Vermont)  
Third Circuit (in Philadelphia) (covers Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Fourth Circuit (in Richmond) (covers Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)
Fifth Circuit (in New Orleans) (covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Sixth Circuit (in Cincinnati) (covers Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)  

Seventh Circuit (in Chicago) (covers Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
Eighth Circuit (in St. Louis) (covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Ninth Circuit  (in San Francisco) (covers Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Washington)  
Tenth Circuit (in Denver) (covers Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
Eleventh Circuit (in Atlanta) (covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
D.C. Circuit (in Washington D.C.) (covers District of Columbia)
Federal Circuit (in Washington D.C.) (covers U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran's Claims, U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Board of Appeals and Interferences of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Boards of Contract Appeals, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, U.S International Trade Commission, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S district courts for patent and certain other appeals) 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (in Washington D.C.) (covers members of U.S. Armed Forces on active duty and persons subject to UCMJ)



District Courts:

Southern District of Iowa: (includes Iowa counties: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass, Clarke, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Henry, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Scott, Shelby, Story, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, and Wayne)
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Northern District of Iowa: (includes Iowa Counties:  Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Clayton, Crawford, Delaware, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jones, Kossuth, Linn, Lyon, Mitchell, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Tama, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth, and Wright).

Federal Court Locator 

Speciality Courts:

U.S. Tax Court 
U.S. Court of International Trade 
U.S. Court of Federal Claims 
U.S. Court of Appeals for Vererans Claims 



Federal Court Rules:

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure


Bankruptcy:

Means Test Form


Military Laws:

SCRA (50 USC App § 501 et seq) 
USERRA
CFR Implementation of USERRA
VETS rules 
Conventions on Warfare (Geneva Conventions and others) 
UCMJ 
Manual for Courts-Martial 
Air War College Legal Links 
Army War College Links 
U.S.. Supreme Court International Law Cases 
U.S. Department of State Digest of International Law
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Laws and Important Documents:

Declaration of Independence

Federalist Papers: 
http://www.foundingfathers.info/federalistpapers/
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/fed.asp
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/federalist/

Anti-Federalist Papers:
http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
http://www.thisnation.com/library/antifederalist/index.html
http://www.thevrwc.org/antifederalist/index.html
http://www.the-federalist-society.org/documents/Anti-Federalist/AntiFed-List.htm

Constitution of the United States

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
http://www.usconstitution.net/
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/

Bill of Rights 

U.S. Code:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
http://uscode.house.gov/lawrevisioncounsel.shtml
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html

Code of Federal Regulations

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International Law:

European Union
International Court of Justice
United Nations 
     United Nations Treaty Collection
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Governments on the WWW 
Organization of American States 
Global Legal Information Network
Juris International 
World Legal Information Institute 
Washburn University School of Law 
Global laws (Cornell University) 
International Constitutional Law
CIA Factbook
Country Studies (Library of Congress) 
International Multilateral Conventions 
WTO Legal Texts 
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
International Criminal Court
Digest of International Law
Private International Law 
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction   
International Monetary Fund 

Islamic Law: http://www.al-islam.org/laws/
                        http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/
                        http://muslim-canada.org/Islam_myths.htm

Jewish Law: http://www.jewfaq.org/halakhah.htm
                        http://www.torah.org/learning/jewishlaw.php3
                        http://www.megalaw.com/top/jewishlaw.php
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Legal Sites
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Professional Insurance
Legal Blogs 
Cornell Legal Informal Institute
Drake Law Library

Bar Associations:
    American Bar Association 
    Iowa State Bar Association 
   Polk County Bar Association (Iowa) 

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Case Law
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Fast Case 
Findlaw
Westlaw
Lexisnexis
Drake Law
All Law
Law Practice Resources

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Iowa Victim Resources:

Iowa Attorney General's Crime Victim Assistance Division
Lucas Building, Ground Floor
321 East 12th St.
Des Moines, IA  50319
515-281-5044 or 800-373-5044

Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
515 28th St., Ste 104
Des Moines, IA  50312
515-244-8028

Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
515 28th St, Ste 107
Des Moines, IA  50312
515-244-7424

Iowa Domestic Abuse Hotline
800-942-0333

Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline
800-284-7821

Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance
PO Box 6021
East Des Moines Station
Des Moines, IA  50309

Iowa Department of Human Services
Child & Dependant Adult Abuse Hotline
800-362-2178

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Disability Resources:

Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Iowa
5911 Meredith Dr, Ste E, Des Moines, IA  50322
800-417-0417 or 515-254-0417

ASK Family Resources 
321 E. 6th St., Des Moines, IA 50309
800-450-8667 or 515-243-1713

The ARC of Iowa 
3821 71st St, Ste A, Urbandale, IA  50322
800-362-2927 or 515-210-6686

Autism Society of Iowa 
4549 Waterford Dr, West Des Moines, IA 50265
888-722-4799 or 515-327-9075

Brain Injury Association of Iowa 
317 East 6th St, Des Moines, IA  50309
800-444-6443

Centers for Independent Living in Iowa  

Community Mental Health Centers  

Easter Seals 
401 N.E. 66th Ave, Des Moines, IA  50313
515-289-1933

Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council 
617 East Second St, Des Moines, IA  50309
800-452-1936

Iowa Able Foundation 
410 N. 18th St, Centerville, IA  52544
888-222-8943 or 641-856-3350

Iowa Compass  
100 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA  52242-10111
800-779-2001

Iowa Department for the Blind 
524 4th St, Des Moines, IA  50309-2364
515-281-1333 or 800-362-2587

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
Jessie Parker Building, 510 East 12th St, Ste 2, Des Moines, IA  50319
515-725-3333 or 800-532-3213

Iowa Department of Human Rights- Deaf Services Commission 
Lucas sTate Office Building, Des Moines, IA  50319
888-221-3724 or 515-281-3164

Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA)  

Iowa Protection and Advocacy 
950 Office Park Rd, Ste 221, West Des Moines, IA 50265
800-779-2502 or 515-278-2502

Iowa Respite and Crisis Care Coalition 
3821 71st St, Ste A, Des Moines, IA 50309
877-255-3140 or 515-309-0858

Iowa Statewide Independent Living Council 
300 E. Locust, Ste 330, Des Moines, IA 50309
515-282-0275 or 877-466-7442

Iowa University Center for Disabilities and Development 
100 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242-1011
877-686-0031

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services 
510 E 12th St, Des Moines, IA 50319-0240
800-532-1486 or 515-281-4211

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Iowa Social Security Offices:


Ames:
600 5th St, Ste 100
Ames, IA 50010
515-233-5017
(Boone, Dallas, Story)

Burlington:
3012 Division St.
Burlington, IA 52601
319-752-6322
(Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa)

Carroll:
818 N. Bella Vista Dr
Carroll, IA 51401
712-792-9000
(Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Green, Guthrie, Shelby)

Cedar Rapids:
5021 Duffy Dr NE, Ste A
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
319-393-0045
(Benton, Iowa, Jones, Linn)

Clinton:
226 Fourth Ave S
Clinton, IA 52732
563-243-5002
(Clinton County only)

Council Bluffs:
1026 Woodbury Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
712-328-0854
(Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie)

Creston:
201 N Elm St
Creston, IA 50801
641-782-2114
(Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union)

Davenport:
131 W 3rd St, Ste 100
Davenport, IA 52801
563-326-1621
(Cedar, Muscatine, Scott)

Decorah:
317 Washington St, Ste 1
Decorah, IA 52101
563-382-2924
9Allamakee, Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek)

Des Moines:
Room 293-Federal Bldg
210 Walnut St
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-283-0212
(Polk, Warren)

Dubuque:
1635 Associates Dr, Ste 101
Dubuque, IA 52002
563-582-3626
(Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson)

Fort Dodge:
2315 2nd Ave N
Ft. Dodge, IA 50501
515-576-5185
(Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright)

Iowa City:
400 S Clinton, Rm 206
Iowa City, IA 52240
319-338-9461
(Johnson, Washington)

Marshalltown:
2502 S 2nd St
Marshalltown, IA 50158
641-752-6376
(Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama)

Mason City:
625 Village Green Dr SW
Mason City, IA 50401
641-423-4325
(Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Mitchell, Winnebago, Worth)

Ottumwa:
1301 N Elm St, 2nd Fl
Ottumwa, IA 52501
641-682-8501
(Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne)

Sioux City:
3555 Southern Hills Dr
Sioux City, IA 51106
712-255-5525
(Lyon, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury)

Spencer:
1610 12th AVe SW
Spencer, IA 51301
712-262-5350
(Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto)

Storm Lake:
800 Oneida St
Storm Lake, IA 50588
712-732-1095
(Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Sac)

Waterloo:
904 West 4th St
Waterloo, IA 50702
319-234-1554
(Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Fayette, Grundy, Hardin)




 

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