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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Rhode Island Court Decisions

Supreme Court (R.I.) Superior Court (R.I. Super.) Workers' Compensation Court (R.I. Workers' Comp.) ————— U.S. District Court (D.R.I.) U.S. Bankrutcy Court (Bankr. D.R.I.)

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “668 A.2d 650”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

Rhode Island Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (R.I. Const.)
   Bills
   2010 Bills 2009 Bills 2008 Bills 2007 Bills 2006 Bills 2005 Bills 2004 Bills 2003 Bills 2002 Bills 2001 Bills 2000 Bills 1999 Bills 1998 Bills 1997 Bills
   See also the Rhode Island General Assembly web site.
   Public Laws of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (R.I. Pub. Laws)
   2010 Public Laws 2009 Public Laws 2008 Public Laws 2007 Public Laws 2006 Public Laws 2005 Public Laws 2004 Public Laws 2003 Public Laws 2002 Public Laws 2001 Public Laws 2000 Public Laws 1999 Public Laws 1998 Public Laws 1997 Public Laws 1996 Public Laws 1995 Public Laws 1994 Public Laws
   These are the session laws.

2. General Laws of Rhode Island (R.I. Gen. Laws)
   These are the codified laws.

Rhode Island Rules of Procedure and Practice

Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
Rules of Appellate Procedure (R.I. R. App. P.) District Court Rules — Civil Procedure (R.I. Dist. Ct. Civ. R.) Workers' Compensation Court Rules (R.I. Workers' Comp. Ct. R.) Traffic Tribunal Rules of Procedure (R.I. Traff. Trib. R.) ————— U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D.R.I. Bankr. R.)

Rhode Island Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   The secretary of state maintains a search interface through which all regulations promulgated by a selected agency can be obtained. No compilation of regulations is available for browsing.

Rhode Island Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Barrington <3> Bristol <5> Burrillville <5> Central Falls <5> Charlestown <3> Coventry <3> Cranston <4> Cumberland <5> East Greenwich <3> Exeter <5> Foster <5> Glocester <3> Hopkinton <5> Jamestown <5> Johnston <3> Lincoln <3> Little Compton <2> Narragansett <5> Newport <4> North Kingstown <5> Pawtucket <3> Providence <1> <5> Richmond <4> Scituate <5> Smithfield <3> South Kingstown <5> Tiverton <5> Warren <5> West Warwick <5> Westerly <3>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Rhode Island Law-Related Periodicals

Other Rhode Island Commentary

Rhode Island Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Rhode Island Court Information

Web Sites
Rhode Island Judiciary     —Supreme Court     —Superior Court     —Family Court     —District Court     — —Small Claims Court     —Workers' Compensation Court     —Traffic Tribunal ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Rhode Island Forms

Court Forms
Supreme Court Forms Superior Court Forms Family Court Forms District Court Forms Traffic Tribunal Forms
1. Taxation Division: Forms

2. Business Entity Forms ... [Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Rhode Island Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General Public Defender ————— Secretary of State Taxation Division [Administration Department]
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
   Rhode Island Bar Association
   Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   Admission to the Rhode Island Bar Board of Bar Examiners Committee on Character and Fitness ————— Naval Justice School Ralph R. Papitto School of Law (Roger Williams University)

2. Consulate General of Canada in Boston ♦ Consulat Général du Canada à Boston ... Canadian consular office serving Rhode Island

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Rhode Island State Law Library Roger Williams University
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
Rhode Island Bar Association Information
How to Choose and Use a Lawyer What Should I Know About Legal Fees? What Should I Know About Buying a Home? Adoption — How Can I Go About It? How Divorce Law Affects You Senior Citizens Handbook Probate — What Should I Know About It? An Accident! What Do I Do Now? What Happens When Drunk Drivers Get Caught? Serving on a Rhode Island Jury What Happens When You Are Arrested?
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Rhode Island Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Rhode Island law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Rhode Island.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Rhode Island Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.