Mercer Law School Library Georgia Resources

Georgia Constitution - Earlier versions in HTML - GeorgiaInfo contains the current version and earlier versions from 1777 in HTML.

Georgia Constitutions - Earlier versions as digitized images - Georgia's Virtual Vault: Ad Hoc Collection archived digital images of the eariler constitutions from 1777. To retrieve a digitized image of one of Georgia's earlier constitutions, type in the Search box in upper left corner of home page "constitution of the state of Georgia" and scroll down the page until you get to the word "constitution." Since these are photo images of pages, text may not always be legible; if so, use the HTML versions mentioned above.

The Georgia State Constitution: A Reference Guide by Melvin B. Hill, Jr. (Print in reference collection KFG401.A6H55) - Succint analysis of the state's constitutional history, from the earliest constitution of 1777 to the current constitution of 1983.



Georgia Bills & Session Laws

Bills:

Bills - Current Legislative Session 2009- 2010 - The Georgia General Assembly has met annually or biennially since 1777. Annual session begin on the 2nd Monday in January and run for 40 Legislative days. Sessions normally end in mid to late March, depending on the number of recess days. Its website contains texts of bills and allows for searching by bill number, status and code numbers.

See chart of Passing a Law in the Georgia General Assembly from GeorgiaInfo.

Bills - Prior Legislative Sessions 1995 - 1996 forward - Search for resolutions and bills introduced, and bills signed or vetoed by the Governor from prior legislative sessions beginning with1995/96 session. Arranged by House and Senate bill numbers.

State Bar Legislative Tracking Lists - tracks legislation affecting the Bar and the practice of law.

Atlanta Journal Constitution - information on the current 2009 legislative session. There is also a recap of the 2008 legislative session.

Georgia "Lawmakers" blog - provides summaries on some of the bills, issues, and resolutions that this popular public television series follows throughout the current legislative session.

LEXIS - Text of billis in GA;GATEXT. Password restricted.

WESTLAW -Text of bills and bill tracking in GA-BILLTXT. Older bills back to 1991 in GA-BILLS-OLD. Password restricted.

Older House bills beginning in1979, contact the Clerk of the House.
Older Senate Bills beginning in 1969, contact the Secretary of the Senate.

Very old bills beginning in 1838, including enrolled, engrossed and published bills, contact the Georgia State Archives at 678-364-3700 and connect to Research.

Session Laws:


Georgia Laws 1799 - 1999. Searchable full text collection of the Acts of the General Assembly, the House Journals, and the Senate Journals. This collection is housed on the UGA/GALILEO server and maintained by the University of Georgia. This is the only online source for full retrospective coverage. [For session laws since 1999, use either the print Georgia Laws, the Georgia General Assembly website, HeinOnline, Westlaw and Lexis Advanced Legislative Service databases, or their OCGA archived databases.] You can search by keyword, or, if you have a citation to Georgia Laws, i.e., 1992 Ga. Laws 32 you can select Year / Page Search in the left frame and type in the citation.

HeinOnline - Georgia session laws in PDF from 1995.

New Legislation online - Bills signed and vetoed by the Governor for 2009. To perform a Title search, e.g., Title 45, use Advanced Legislative Search.

Prior Legislation online - Bills signed and vetoed by the Governor from 1995/1996 forward. Arranged by House and Senate bill numbers. To perform a Title search, e.g., Title 45, use Advanced Legislative Search.

LEXIS - New legislation from the advance legislation service. Older legislation back to Feb. 6, 1990 in GA;GAALS. Password restricted.

WESTLAW. New legislation from the advance legislation. Older legislation back to 1990 is in GA-LEGIS-OLD. Password restricted.

Georgia Laws hardcopy - the print source that contains the session laws; includes the Senate or House bill number of the enacted law. Georgia Laws is cited as (year) Ga. Laws. (page). Ex.: 1982 Ga. Laws 256. The law library's collection is complete from 1820. Each volume is indexed, and there are no cumulative indices. Location in Library: GA1.





Georgia Code




Georgia Code website - Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) freely available on the Georgia General Assembly website through LexisNexis.


Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A) hardcopy - contains the official version of Georgia statutes currently in force and includes only laws of general applicability (local and special acts are located in Georgia Laws). This code became effective November 1, 1982, and is commonly refererred to as the "Code of 1981." The OCGA recodified and reclassified the general laws of Georgia, eliminated obsolete and unconstitutional laws, and repealed the "Code of 1933." Laws become effective July 1st of the year of passage, unless specified otherwise. Westlaw contains the OCGA in GA-STMANN from 1988 and Lexis also contains OCGA from 1988.

Locations in Library: GA1, Reference, Reserve. (Older OCGA volumes since 1982, and bound pocket parts since 1994, are located in Third Floor Storage.)

West's Code of Georgia Annotated hardcopy - the unofficial publication of Georgia statutes currently in force. This publication also includes references to applicable state regulations and West / Westlaw topic and key numbers following a code section. Began publication in 2002. Location in Library: GA1. Also available on Westlaw in GA-STANN with archived versions back to 2002.

Code of Georgia Annotated hardcopy - published since 1935 by the Harrison Co., and commonly referred to as the "Code of 1933." It was discontinued in 2002. Note: To convert a former Harrison code section number to the O.C.G.A. code section number, consult a Tables volume accompanying either the O.C.G.A. or Code of Georgia Annotated. Editions and archived versions of the hardcopy Code of Georgia Annotated are located in library storage - please consult a librarian for access.

Westlaw - annotated version of the O.C.G.A. in GA-STMANN (password required). Note: Archived versions of the O.C.G.A. back to 1988.

Lexis - annotated version of the O.C.G.A. (password required). Note: Archived versions of the O.C.G.A. back to 1988.




Other Legislative Information:


"Live" Internet Broadcasts - View "live" sessions of the Georgia General Assembly (House and Senate) and other live special events. Archived sessions (House and Senate) are available from 2003.


"The Lawmakers" on Georgia Public Broadcasting provides daily coverage while the Georgia General Assembly is in session (7:00 pm Monday - Thursday and 7:30 pm Friday). PLEASE NOTE: The links  are only available during the actual live event or live sessions of the Georgia General Assembly.

What's New - Includes RSS feeds, GLN Live Broadcast & Daily Update, Radio, Television, and Press Releases from the House of Representatives.

Georgia Track - Individuals can subscribe to "Georgia Track" to monitor the status of bills as they move through the General Assembly.

House of Representatives - Locate your current House Representative and House Committee information. Search for prior representatives and committee members from 1995 (click on the year, and then click on House or Members of the House).

Senate - Locate your current State Senator and Senate Committee information. Search for prior senators and committee members from 1995 (click on the year, and then click on Georgia Senate or Senate Legislation).

Legislative Information from georgia.gov - Provides current and past budget reports, lobbyist information, and legislative and congressional districts for Georgia.

Handbook for Georgia Legislators, by Edwin L. Jackson, Mary E. Statkes, and Paul T. Hardy (Print book in Reference collection: JK 4330.H3 2007). Explains what legislators do, how the General Assembly is organized, powers and duties, rules and regulations, and how bills become law. Also covers lobbying regulations, reporting requirements, standards of legislative conduct, and the appropriations process.

Description of the Georgia General Assembly - Article from The New Georgia Encyclopedia online provides an overview of the legislative process and history of the Georgia General Assembly.

Georgia Official and Statistical Register - online access through Galileo (password restricted off campus). The Georgia Official and Statistical Register was published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives. The Register covers Georgia’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, providing biographical sketches of elected and other state officials, including county official and regents of the university system. The Register contains election returns, and provides basic reference data on Georgia counties.






Georgia Legislative History
Georgia does not publish an official legislative history other than the voting records contained in the House and Senate journals, and these journals only provide voting results, not the full text of reports nor reprints of bills. Floor debates are not transcribed in Georgia, and generally there are no published committee reports. As a result, since 1985, the Georgia State University Law Review has published the Peach Sheets in its annual fall issues which contain legislative history information for selected Georgia legislation. These "sheets" include analysis, personal interviews, and references to articles in the Atlanta Journal.

Peach Sheets - 1985 through 2009 - searchable by topic, title, author and date. The Peach Sheets can also be found on the GSU website but only from 2000 to 2004. The Peach Sheets are on Lexis and Westlaw in the Georgia State University Law Review databases. The print versions of the fall issues of GSU Law Review are located in the Mulberry Wing, and the hardcopy versions includes a Table of Code Sections Affected and a bill index.

Georgia Statutory Construction: The Use of Legislative History by R. Perry Sentell Jr, Georgia Bar Journal, April 1996. Article detailing when Georgia courts have accepted legislative history.

Westlaw - The GA-LH database contains legislative history documents related to laws passed by the Georgia Legislature. GA-LH is a multibase that combines the GA-LH-REP, GA-LH-VOTES, and GA-LH-MSG databases. GA-LH-REP contains bill histories, Senate amendments, House and Senate Committee amendments, House and Senate Daily reports, House and Senate Weekly Wrap-Ups, and House news releases. The GA-LH-VOTES contains House and Senate vote records. The GA-LH-MSG contains press releases from the Governor of Georgia. Password restricted.

Atlanta Journal Constitution - GSU Law Review Peach Sheets will include newspaper articles on significant Georgia legislation from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Lexis and LexisNexis Academic contain this newspaper beginning in 1991. ProQuest Historical Newspapers contain AC from 9/15/1881 to 12/31/1942.

Lexis - If available, documents in this database, Georgia Legislative Bill History GA:GALH, will provide helpful insight into the legislative history of a particular bill. Password restricted.

Access the original bill and bill drafts glean legislative intent. See above link to Georgia Bills on this webpage for finding the various sources of Georgia bills.

Session laws often state the purpose of the law. See the above link to Georgia Session Laws on this webpage for finding the various sources of Georgia session laws.

Mercer University School of Law: Law Review - Full issues of the Mercer Law Review from 2001 to now, including the Annual Survey of Georgia Law.

50 States - To obtain information on how to research legislative histories for all 50 states, the Indiana University School of Law Library - Bloomington, provides a good start.

Georgia Official and Statistical Register - The Georgia Official and Statistical Register was published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives. Considered an important reference work for historical research, the Register covers Georgia’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, providing biographical sketches of elected and other state officials. Georgia members of U.S. Congress and federal judges are included, as are county officials and regents of the university system. The Register contains election returns, provides basic reference data on Georgia counties, and covers Georgia miscellany, such as the state flag, state flower, state song, rosters of Georgia governors, and legal holidays.

Georgia Courts & Case Law

Court Maps

Georgia Court Structure - Chart

Map of Georgia State Court Judicial Districts

Map to find Georgia Superior Courts


Georgia Supreme Court

Georgia Supreme Court website - The Georgia Supreme Court held its first session in January 1846. It functions as court of review and has exclusive jurisdiction in cases involving a question of constitutionality. It has appellate jurisdiction in cases involving title to land; equity cases; cases involving wills; cases involving extraordinary remedies (mandumus, prohibition, quo warranto); divorce and alimony cases; cases certified to it by the Court of Appeals; and cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed. The Court is composed of seven justices and it hears oral arguments every month, except August and December. The calendar normally begins on the second Monday of each month.

Georgia Supreme Court opinions for 2009 through Georgia Supreme Court website.

Georgia Supreme Court opinions for 2006 2007 2008 through Georgia Supreme Court website.

Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1997 - 2005 through ganet.org.

Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1846 through LexisNexis Academic via the Legal tab (access restricted to on campus).

Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1846 through Westlaw (password restricted).

Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1846 through Lexis (password restricted).

Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1846 through LLMC Digital - (access restricted to on campus).

Georgia Supreme Court Briefs and Petitions through Westlaw - selected coverage beginning with 1980 (password restricted).

For state reports prior to the West National Reporter system, please use LawCat, the library catalog, and conduct a keyword search: Georgia reports and modify results to microfiche as a material type. The early case reports are on microfiche in cabinets on third floor library and are arranged alphabetically by state, and then by numbers1812 through 1936. Also check LLMC to determine if early case reports have been digitized in its collection.


Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Court of Appeals - The Georgia Court of Appeals was authorized by constitutional amendment in 1906. Under the 1983 Consitution, it is a court of review and exercises jurisdiction over appeals from superior, state and juvenile courts in all cases not reserved to the Georgia Supreme Court. The status of all cases since Jan. 2003 are contained in Docket Information, and there are also links to Standards of Review , Caseload Statistics (coverage 2002 -2006), and Judges' Biographies.

Georgia Court of Appeals opinions for last 5 years only through LexisOne. Search by cite or keyword.

Georgia Court of Appeals opinions from 1997-2004 through ganet.org.

Georgia Court of Appeals opinions from 1907 through LexisNexis Academic via the Legal tab (access restricted to on campus).

Georgia Court of Appeals opinions from 1907 through Westlaw (password restricted).

Georgia Court of Appeals opinions from 1907 through Lexis (password restricted).

For state reports prior to the West National Reporter system, please use LawCat, the library catalog, and conduct a keyword search: Georgia reports and modify results to microfiche as a material type. The early case reports are on microfiche in cabinets on third floor library and are arranged alphabetically by state, and then by numbers1812 through 1936. Also check LLMC to determine if a particular state's case report has been digitized in its collection.



Georgia Lower Courts

Georgia Superior Courts - The superior court is Georgia's general jurisdiction trial court. It has exclusive jurisdiction over trials in felony cases, divorce, equity, and cases pertaining to land. Superior courts are organized into 10 Judicial Districts, comprised of 49 judicial circuits. Each county has its own superior court, though a judge may serve more than one county. Site also includes a map to find a superior court.

Georgia Magistrate Courts - by county.

Georgia Juvenile Courts - by county.

Georgia Probate Courts - by county.

Georgia State Courts - In seventy counties in Georgia, state courts may exercise jurisdiction over all misdemeanor violations, including traffic cases, and all civil actions, regardless of the amount claimed, unless the superior court has jurisdiction. The state court was established in 1970 by an act of the Georgia state legislature.

Bibb County State Court - The Bibb County State Court website includes Bibb County Civil Jury Verdict Reports.




Other Local Courts

Georgia Municipal & Special Courts - Approximately 400 local courts are also part of the Georgia court system. These special courts and courts serving municipalities operate under various names with varying jurisdictions.



Georgia Federal Courts


11th Circuit Court of Appeals website. The 11th Circuit was established in October, 1981 (previously in the 5th Circuit). Opinions are from 1995, and includes published and unpublished opinions in PDF and HTML. Also includes FRAP 36 and accompanying Eleventh Circuit Rules and Internal Operating Procedures.

11th Circuit Court of Appeals opinions from Emory - search for court opinions by keyword.

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Briefs - from 1980 on Westlaw (password required).



Georgia Federal District Courts

U.S. District Court for Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for Southern District of Georgia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Northern District of Georgia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Middle District of Georgia
U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Southern District of Georgia

Justia.com- Federal District Court Filings and Dockets - Free public access to recently filed Federal District Court civil cases in the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia from Justia.com. You can search by party name, jurisdiction, type of lawsuit, and date range. There is a link to the docket via paid PACER subscription. Links to blog, news, and web searches for each party name are also available. RSS feeds are also available for search results, i.e., if you want to monitor all Georgia federal district court cases litigated on IP law since Jan. 1, 2006 (earliest date in the database), you can subscribe to that feed.

Other Georgia Court Information

Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts

Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts - Judicial Branch home page.

Georgia Caseload Statistics - from the Administrative Office of the Courts (scroll down to Annual Reports) from 1994 through 2007.

Georgia Board of Court Reporting

Georgia Judicial Branch Overview - Concise description of the organization and history of Georgia state courts from the online The New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Other Online Sources for Caselaw:



Casemaker - Georgia cases and other primary sources freely available to Georgia state bar members. Coverage of Georgia Supreme Ct. and Ct. of Appeals cases back to 1939. Casemaker currently contains a citator service, Case Check, which provides citations to cases that reference a retrieved case. Mercer law students have access to this expanding legal research service. Please ask a reference librarian for assistance.

Mercer Law Review Annual Survey of Georgia Law - Each year, the Mercer Law Review publishes articles reviewing recent decisions in major areas of Georgia law.



Print Sources for Georgia Supreme Court & Court of Appeals opinions:

Georgia Reports (Ga.) - Official Georgia Supreme Court opinions from 1846 to date.
Georgia Appeals Reports (Ga. App.) - Official Georgia Court of Appeals opinions from 1907 to date.
South Eastern Reporter (S.E.) - Combined opinions 1887-1939 (GA, SC, NC, VA, WVA).
South Eastern Reporter 2d (S.E.2d) - Combined opinions (same as above) 1939 to date.
Georgia Cases (S.E.2d) - Georgia cases with S.E.2d pagination - 1939 to date.
Fulton County Daily Report Opinions Weekly - Opinions are published every Friday in the Fulton County Daily Report Opinions. It is also available on Westlaw in the FULTONDAILY from 1996.

Georgia Court Rules

Rules of the Courts:

Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia

Rules of the Court of Appeals of Georgia

Uniform Rules for the Georgia Superior Courts

Uniform State Court Rules
Uniform Rules of the Juvenile Court
Uniform Rules of the the Magistrate Court (PDF)
Uniform Rules of the Probate Court


Bibb County Civil Court Rules (PDF)


U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia - Local Rules

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia - Local Rules

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - Local Rules

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Georgia - Local Bankruptcy Rules (rules on website currently under revision 3/08)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia - Local Bankruptcy Rules

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia - Local Bankruptcy Rules


Federal Appellate Rules - 11th Circuit Rules and Internal Operating Procedures



Rules For:

Georgia Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules; Model Court Mediation Rules

Bar Admission Rules

Uniform Transfer Rules

Supreme Court Rule on Interpreters


WESTLAW - Georgia court rules in GA-RULES. Georgia state trial court rules in GA-TRIALRULES, and Ciminal Justice court rules in GACJ-RULES.

LexisNexis Academic database accessible through Galileo - Contains the Georgia Rules of Court Annotated through the Legal tab - includes Georgia state courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution rules, Georgia federal district courts, Eleventh Circuit, and State Bar of Georgia rules (access restricted to on campus.)

LEXIS - Georgia federal and state court rules in GA; GARULE. LEXIS Shepard's also provides cases which have cited to Georgia court rules, including Georgia Uniform Superior Court rules. Shepard's Georgia Citations in print provides citations to cases which have cited Georgia federal and state court rules (password required).

LLRX.com - comprehensive collection of federal and state court rules.

There are many print sources for court and bar rules: Georgia Rules of Court Annotated, Georgia Court Rules and Procedure (West) and Georgia Court and Bar Rules: Official Manual, Ref KFG529.G45 - includes the appellate court rules, the Uniform Superior Court, State Court, Juvenile Court, Probate Court, and Magistrate Court Rules. These publications are located in the Reference collection.

Georgia Administrative Rules and Regulations

The Official Compilation Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs.), published by the Office of Secretary of State, is a multi-volume loose leaf set containing the current rules of approximately 100 state agencies, boards, and departments. Organized by agency.
Location in Library: GA1
Note: The index, Weil's Guide, to the print set stopped publication in 2004.


Office of Secretary of State Website - Current rules and regulations are available on this website in PDF format. Considered to be more up-to-date than the print version of the Official Compilation. To request earlier versions of a Georgia regulation, contact the Office of Secretary of State, Administrative Procedure Division at 404-656-2865.

LEXIS - current Georgia rules and regulations. Archived versions back to 2004 (password required).

WESTLAW - current Georgia rules and regulations. Archived versions back to 2002 (password required).

Georgia Official and Statistical Register - The Georgia Official and Statistical Register was published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives. Considered an important reference work for historical research, the Register covers Georgia’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, providing biographical sketches of elected and other state officials. Georgia members of U.S. Congress and federal judges are included, as are county officials and regents of the university system. The Register contains election returns, provides basic reference data on Georgia counties, and covers Georgia miscellany, such as the state flag, state flower, state song, rosters of Georgia governors, and legal holidays.

Agency Decisions

Although the rules and regulations of a Georgia administrative agency are easily accessible through print and electronic sources as noted above, agency decisions are not. To obtain a paper copy of an administrative agency decision in Georgia, contact the issuing agency. Otherwise, selected agency decisions are available on Westlaw, Lexis, and the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH) website:

WESTLAW - Ga. Environmental Law Administrative Decisions (1973 - present); Ga. Public Utilities Reports (1953 - present). Password required.
LEXIS - Ga. Commissioner of Securities Decisions (Feb. 1973 - present); Ga. Department of Natural Resources Decisions (April 1973 - present); Ga. Public Service Commission Decisions (Nov. 2, 1999 - present); Ga. Judicial Qualifications Commission Opinions (1997 - present). Password required.
Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH) - website includes a digest of recent case decisions, forms (such as a motion to request a hearing by telephone), and FAQ.

Uniform Laws

Uniform Laws Annotated Reference KF879.A45U5 - Pamphlet at the end of the set, "Directory of Acts and Tables of Adopting Jurisdictions," identifies which uniform laws promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners that Georgia adopted.

Westlaw - The Uniform Laws Annotated database has the complete set of uniform or model acts, codes and rules. It includes commentaries and notes regarding differences in various enacted state laws (password required).

Official Code of Georgia Annotated or West's Code of Georgia Annotated - search "Uniform Laws" in the index of either set for the uniforma laws that Georgia adopted.

Georgia Uniform Laws - website provides links to Georgia Uniform Laws.

National Conference of Uniform Commissioners on Uniform State Laws





Georgia City & County Ordinances


Municipal Code Corporation - search Georgia county and city ordinances by subject or by code number. Print sources for Bibb County, City of Macon, and Warner Robins ordinances are located in the Reserve Collection at the Circulation Desk. (Note: earlier versions of Macon City Ordinances are available in hardcopy in the law library back to 1889 (check library catalog for location)).

State and City Administrative Codes on Public. Resources. org. - Called "Code City" on Public.Resource.org, the documents contained on this website are organized by state and are in PDF format. Most are safety, building and energy codes.

Georgia Attorney General Opinions

Opinions of the Attorney General - print volumes from 1881; ceased publication in 1999. Location in Library: GA3. KFG440.A554.

Opinions of the Attorney General from 1994 to date are available on the Internet, and can be searched by keyword or number.

WESTLAW - Georgia Attorney General opinions from 1977 in GA-AG (password required).

LEXIS - Georgia Attorney General opinions from 1970 in GA; GAAG (password required).






Georgia Executive Orders & Proclamations

Executive Orders issued by Governor Sonny Perdue from 2003 through 2009.

Proclamations issued by Governor's Sonny Perdue from 2005 through 2009. To obtain previous administrations' executive orders and proclamations, contact the Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia (678) 364-3700.





Georgia Legal Forms & Jury Materials

Legal Forms:

Brown Georgia Pleading, Practice & Legal Forms (popularly known as Brown's forms) - Classified and arranged in the order of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) - Reference collection. Also on Westlaw in GAPLDPRCLF (password required).

Georgia Forms Legal and Business - Reference collection. Also on Westlaw in GA-LF (password required).

Georgia Litigation Forms and Analysis - Reference collection. Also on Westlaw in GA-LITFRM (password required).

Ruskell's Civil Pleading and Practice Forms for use with West Code of Georgia Annotated - Reference collection.

Daniel's Georgia Criminal Trial Practice Forms - Reserve. Also on Westlaw in GACRMTRLFM (password required).

Daniel's Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence - Reserve. Also on Westlaw in GACRIMEVID (password required).

Georgia Appellate Practice with Forms - Reserve. Also on Westlaw in GAAPPLPRAC (password required).

Southeast Transaction Guide: Florida, Georgia, Alabama - KF1410.S68. Also available on LexisNexis in GA;SETRAN (password required).

Judicial Branch of Georgia, Administrative Office of the Courts has a limited number of court forms available in PDF available at http://www.georgiacourts.org/forms.html :

Probate Court Forms
Juvenile Court Forms
Civil Case Reporting and Disposition Forms
Domestic Violence/Protective Order Forms
Inmate/Habeas Corpus Forms

Georgia Magistrate Court Forms

Bibb County Civil Court Forms

U.S. District Court for the Northern District - Forms

U.S. District Court for the Middle District - Forms

U.S. District Court for the Southern District - Forms

Bankruptcy Forms - from the U.S. Courts website.

Consumer Affairs

Domestic Relations Forms Packet from Fulton County Family Division; interactive forms which can be used in any Georgia county. (Click on Forms link in the left column). Free. Includes:

Annulment
Change of Custody
Child Support
Divorce
Legitimation
Modification of Child Support
Modification of Visitation
Name Change - Adult
Name Change - Child
Separation Agreement

Employment

Insurance

UCC Checklist, Filings and Forms

Securities and Business Regulation forms

Georgia Forms - an expanding collection of a variety of state court forms from Dougherty County Law Library. Free.It includes:

Adoption
Annulment
Change of Custody
Child Custody
Contracts
Criminal Law
Divorce
Domestic Violence
Emancipation of a Minor
Guardianship Forms
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Separation
Living Wills
Name Change
Paternity and Father's Rights
Power of Attorney: Health or Financial
Protective Orders
Real Estate Transactions
Visitation
Wills: Mutual or Simple
Workers Compensation


LEXIS (password required) - To search for Georgia forms on LEXIS, go to "Find a Source" tab and type: Georgia forms. A template arranged by topics will appear. Includes, but is not limited to:

Georgia Civil Procedure Forms,
Georgia Domestic Relations Forms,
Georgia Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms,
Georgia Real Estate Forms,
Georgia Corporate Forms.

WESTLAW (password required) - To search for Georgia forms on Westlaw, go to "Search These Databases" and type: Georgia forms. A template arranged by topics will appear. Also, use the Westlaw Directory tab to locate Georgia materials, and then select "Practice, Treatises, and Forms" link . It includes, but is not limited to:

Georgia Forms Legal and Business,
Georgia Litigation Forms and Analysis,
ENFLEX Environmental, Health and Safety Forms,
Georgia Forms: Business and Commercial ,
Elder Care and Nursing Home Litigation in Georgia with forms,
Civil Practice, Premises Liability,
Family Law, Wills,
Real Property, National Transactional forms,
Contracts / Commercial Law Forms,
Georgia Appellate Practice with forms,
Daniel's Georgia Criminal Trial Practice forms,
Georgia Securities Practice with forms,
Soft Tissue Injuries in Georgia Including Whiplash with forms,
Georgia Law of Torts - Forms.

Westlaw Eforms for Georgia (password required) - this database contains the full text of Federal and State court forms including forms from district and Bankruptcy courts and agency forms, if any. Forms can be viewed in PDF format and can be completed and printed for filing. Adobe(R) LiveCyle(TM) Reader(R) Extensions also allow you to save completed forms, as well as add digital notes, stamps, and signatures to the form.

Legal Forms on the Internet - includes Georgia forms. Free.

Federal Forms from U.S. Courts - Over 126 civil and criminal forms, including complaints, summons, warrants, petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and many more, for use in the U.S. District Courts.

Findlaw - almost 8,000 state and federal court forms in pdf format.

Lexis One - searchable resource with thousands of free legal forms available for download. Free, but requires registration.

Jury Verdicts & Instructions:

Pattern Jury Instructions (Civil Cases) website- 11th Circuit (to the District Judges of the Circuit.)

Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases) website- 11th Circuit (to the District Judges of the Circuit.)

Suggested Pattern Jury Instructions by Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia (Civil and Criminal) hardcopy - Reserve, KFG542.6.A65.

Bibb County Civil Jury Verdict Reports free online.

The Georgia Trial Reporter hardcopy - Reserve KFG 542.4.G46 (1999 forward) - contains a monthly summary of all available superior and state court civil jury trials in the Atlanta metropolitan area that result in a verdict.

Georgia Jury Verdicts - Westlaw (password required) (1988 forward) - Civil jury verdict and settlement summaries for the Atlanta area from the Georgia Trial Reporter.

West's Jury Verdicts - Georgia Reports - Westlaw (password required) - summaries of jury verdicts, judgments, settlements, and arbitration awards from Georgia superior courts and federal district courts.

Georgia Jury Verdict and Settlement Summaries - Westlaw (password required). Verdict and settlement summaries from Georgia state and federal courts supplied by LRP Publications, Inc. 1987 -




Georgia Ethics & Bar Rules


Professional Rules:

Ethics and Discipline Rules for attorneys.

Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys.


Ethics Opinions:

Supreme Court of Georgia

Advisory Opinions

Topical Index to Advisory Opinions


Disciplinary Action and Procedures:

Recent Disciplinary Action of attorneys.

Rules of the Clerk of the Disciplinary Board


Judicial Conduct:

Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct

Opinions of the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission

ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct - current ABA Model Code revised in February 2007. (note: as with rules governing lawyers' behavior, each state adopts its own rules for judicial conduct, and many states base their judicial rules on this model).


Bar Admission:

Admission to the Bar


Other:

State Bar of Georgia Handbook

See also Mercer Law Library Research Guide "Legal Ethics." This comprehensive guide includes information on locating Georgia and ABA legal ethics opinions, caselaw, codes, and rules governing attorneys and judges.

Georgia Court and Bar Rules: Official Manual - hardcopy (Blue tab: Code of Judicial Conduct), REF KFG529.G45

State Ethics Commission - contains lobbyist information, state commission's ethics opinions, forms and publications. The Georgia General Assembly enacted the Ethics in Government Act (O.C.G.A. Section 21-5-1 et seq.) in 1986. The intent of the Act is to protect the integrity of the democratic process and to ensure fair elections with the public disclosure of campaign financing and significant private interests of public officers and candidates for public office.



Practice Areas


Georgia Banking and Finance

Department of Banking and Finance

Georgia Commercial Law

UCC System

LEXIS - GA; GAUCC

WESTLAW - GA-UCC

Georgia Consumer Affairs

Consumer Affairs

Georgia Corporations

Corporations

LEXIS - GA;GAINC

WESTLAW - GA-CORP

Georgia Corrections

Department of Corrections

Georgia Education

Department of Education

Georgia Environment

Department of Natural Resources

LEXIS - GA;GAENV

WESTLAW - GA-ENV

Georgia Insurance

Insurance

LEXIS - INSRLW

WESTLAW - GA-INSUR

Georgia Labor and Employment

Department of Labor

Georgia Real Estate

Bibb County Property Records/Liens

Georgia Real Estate System

LEXIS - GA;GAPROP

WESTLAW - GA-LJ

Georgia Securities

LEXIS - GA; GASEC, 1973-

Securities and Business Division

Georgia Tax

LEXIS - GA;GATAX

WESTLAW - CCH-GA

Georgia Department of Revenue website provides business and personal tax forms.

Georgia Tax Reporter (CCH) is located at KF6730.A6G45, Third Floor Library.

Georgia UCC

UCC Files and Forms

LEXIS - UCC and UCC;ALLUCC

WESTLAW -UCC-ALL , UCC-CS and UCC-CS+







Georgia Directories

Attorneys, Judges, & Court Clerks

Attorneys

Macon Bar Association Member Directory

Georgia Find a Lawyer

Georgia District Attorneys

Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers Membership Directory

Attorney Locate

FindLaw Find a Lawyer

Martindale-Hubbell Directory of Law Firms

NAPL Directory of Legal Employers

WashLaw Directory of Law Firms by State

Attorney Find


Judges

Georgia Superior Court Judges Directory

Georgia State Court Judges Directory

Georgia Probate Court Judges Directory

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Judges Directory

The Federal Judges Biographical Database - The Federal Judges Biographical Database contains the service record of all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court, and other life-tenured courts since 1789.

Georgia (state level) Judges Directory on X drive under "Judges Database" - Accessible only to Mercer Law Students. Presented by Mercer Law School Career Services.


Court Clerks

Superior Court Clerks by County

Georgia Court of Appeals Clerk

Georgia Supreme Court Clerk's Office

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Clerk

U.S. District Court for Northern District Clerk

U.S. District Court for Middle District Clerk

U.S. District Court for Southern District Clerk

Georgia Bar Associations and Legal Associations


Bar Associations:


State Bar of Georgia

State Bar of Georgia Directories

Atlanta Bar Association

Macon Bar Association

Georgia Local Bar Associations - Directory

American Bar Association

State & Local Bar Association Directory compiled by the ABA.

Worldwide Bar Associations from Hieros Gamos

Legal Associations:

ACLU of Georgia
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Georgia Legal Services Program, Macon Office ( telephone number: 751-6261/ 1-800-560-2855; 241 Third Street, Macon, Georgia)
Georgia Self-Help Resources - Representing Yourself
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
Georgia Department of Corrections - includes inmate records under Inmate Information > Inmate query.
Georgia Innocence Project






Georgia Law Schools & Law Libraries


Law Schools & Law Libraries

Emory University School of Law
Emory University School of Law MacMillan Law Library

Georgia State College of Law
Georgia State College of Law Library

John Marshall Law School
John Marshall Law School Library

Mercer University School of Law
Mercer University School of Law Furman Smith Law Library

University of Georgia School of Law
University of Georgia School of Law Library


County & State Law Libraries

Dougherty County Law Library
Fulton County Law Library





Georgia Public and Academic Libraries

Public Libraries

The Macon-Bibb County Public Libraries
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
Georgia Public Libraries - "Find My Public Library."

Academic Libraries

Private Academic Libraries
University System of Georgia Libraries
State Colleges & Universities
Colleges & Universities






Georgia County & City Websites

Bibb County
Bibb County Census
Bibb County Property Records
Houston County
Houston County Property Records
Jones County
Jones County Property Records
Monroe County
Monroe County Property Records
Peach County
Twiggs County

Georgia Counties
Georgia County Snapshots
The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Cities & Counties)

Official City of Macon website
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce
Macon Telephone Directory: Departments & Entities
Georgia CityScapes (includes 173 cities)

Georgia State and Local Government Websites

State of Georgia Official Web portal aka "Georgia.gov" - Georgia's official website is a useful starting point for state research. This portal, maintained by the Georgia Technology Authority, provides links to Georgia's state agencies, city and county sites, legislative, executive, and business information.


  

GeorgiaInfo - Created by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, GeorgiaInfo provides useful links to Georgia Government sites, voter information, demographic statistics, Georgia current and historical maps, and Georgia historical documents.

Georgia State Archives - The mission of the Georgia Archives is to identify, select, preserve, and make accessible records that constitute Georgia's recorded history; to increase the efficiency of State Government through effective records management; and to improve the quality of records and archives management throughout the state.

Georgia's Virtual Vault -This is a portal to some of Georgia's most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present. The Virtual Vault provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives.



Georgia Governor's Website - This site has information about the governor's press releases, executive orders, proclamations, transcripts of speeches, biographical information, and a directory of the governor's staff.

Georgia Official and Statistical Register - online access through Galileo (password restricted off campus). The Georgia Official and Statistical Register was published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives. The Register covers Georgia’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, providing biographical sketches of elected and other state officials, including county official and regents of the university system. The Register contains election returns, and provides basic reference data on Georgia counties.