Washington State Law

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Legal Research Guides

These legal research either focus on Washington State legal sources or include Washington State materials as well as others.

• Administrative Law Research
• Attorney General Opinions
• Constitution
• Constitution: Amendments
• Constitution: History (a digital archive)
• Court Opinions & Related Sources (forms, jury instructions, rules)
• Court Rules on e-Filing
• Environmental Policy Act
• Ethics opinions
  • attorneys
  • judges
  • legislators and public employees
• Family Law Resources for Washington State
• Finding Washington State Laws
• Free Legal Information on Washington State Law
• Governor's Executive Orders & Related Documents
• Indian Law Research
• Law-Related Blogs
• Legal History Collections
• Legislative History
• Legislative Process
• Limited License Legal Technician Research Guide
• News Sources Online
• Practice Materials

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HeinOnline

HeinOnline is a commercial service to which the Law Library subscribes. It provides PDF versions of several Washington State specific primary and secondary sources. Visitors to the Law Library may access these and other HeinOnline databases; only University of Washington faculty, students, and staff may access HeinOnline resources remotely. [UW Restricted]

Print and alternative online sources are identified in several of the Washington State-specific research guides.

Primary Sources

Revised Code of Washington and earlier statutory titles, including Ballinger's, Pierce's, and Remington's Codes

Laws of Washington, 1854 to present (session laws: laws enacted in chronological order)

Attorney General opinions and reports, 1888 to present

Secondary Sources

Gonzaga Journal of International Law, 1997 to present

Gonzaga Law Review, 1966 to present

NW Lawyer, 1947 to present (formerly, Washington State Bar News)

Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 2002 to present

Seattle Journal of Environmental Law, 2009 to present

Seattle University Law Review, 1977 to present (formerly, University of Puget Sound Law Review)

Washington International Law Journal, 2015 to present (formerly, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 1992-2014)

Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, 2011 to present

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, 2004 to present (formerly, Shidler Journal of Law, Commerce & Technology)

Washington Law Review, 1925 to present

Legal Research Books

Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook 3d (2002).
KFW75.W37 2002 at Reference Area & Reference Office

Washington State Documents: A Bibliography of Legal and Law-Related Sources (2011).
KF1.Z95 A42 at Reference Office

Print-only Guides

Washington Legal Research, 2d ed. (2009). Link to the catalog record
KFW75.H45 2009 at Reference Area & Reference Office

Chapter 49, Washington Territorial Legal Materials, in 2 Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide (2005).
KF240.P688 at Reference Office

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