Index

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INDEX

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Generally	3.203(D)
Tables	3.304
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Generally	5.1
Addresses, selected agencies	Appendix E
Administrative Process Act	5.3
Agency orders and decisions
Generally	5.501
Air Pollution Control Board	5.507
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board	5.505
Department of Environmental Quality	5.507
Department of Health Professions	5.508
Department of Taxation	5.506
State Corporation Commission	5.502
State Lottery Board	5.509
Virginia Employment Commission	5.504
Water Pollution Control Board	5.507
Workers' Compensation Commission	5.503
Executive branch. See EXECUTIVE BRANCH
ORGANIZATION
Published rules and regulations. See RULES AND
REGULATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS ACT	5.3
ADVANCE CODE SERVICE	2.303, 2.501, 3.301(F)
ADVANCE LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE	3.201(B), 3.204(F), 3.301(F), 3.402
ADVANCE SHEETS	2.504, 4.302, 4.401
APPELLATE PRACTICE	7.402
ATTORNEY FEES	7.401
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Generally	5.602
Annual Report of the Attorney General of Virginia	5.602
Duties of	5.601
Executive orders	5.7
Opinions	5.6
Citation	5.604
Electronic format	5.603
Who may request	5.601

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BANKRUPTCY	7.403
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Constitutional law treatises and commentaries	2.603
BILL OF PARTICULARS
Local court opinions	6.303(B)(2)
BLUEBOOK
Citation style	1.3
Constitutions, citation of	2.7
Virginia Court of Appeals decisions, citation of	4.304
Virginia Supreme Court decisions, citation of	4.304
BRIEFS
Principal elements	1.202
Sources of rules	1.201
CASE FINDERS	4.603
CASE LAW
Generally	4.301
Appeals granted	4.2
Briefs	4.1002
Case finders	4.603
Court dockets	4.1001
Circuit court decisions	4.403
Digests
Generally	4.601
South Eastern Digest	4.601(B)
Virginia and West Virginia Digest	4.601(A)
Encyclopedias	4.602
Federal decisions interpreting Virginia law	4.9
Internet resources	4.502
Bloomberg Law	4.502(C)
Fastcase	4.502(D), Chapter 9
Lexis	4.502(B)
Virginia CaseFinder (Geronimo)	4.502(E)
Westlaw	4.502(A)
Michie's Jurisprudence	4.602
Print sources of published opinions
Law Letter (VTLA)	4.401(E), 4.402, 4.403
South Eastern Reporter	4.401(B), 4.402
Virginia Circuit Court Reports	4.403
Virginia Court of Appeals Reports	4.402
Virginia Lawyers Weekly	4.401(D), 4.402, 4.403
Virginia Reports	4.401(A)
Unpublished decisions	4.404
CIRCUIT COURTS. See LOCAL COURTS

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CITATIONS
Generally	1.3
Attorney General opinions	5.604
Constitution	2.7
Virginia Register of Regulations	5.405
Virginia Court of Appeals decisions	4.304
Virginia Supreme Court decisions	4.304
CIVIL PROCEDURE	7.404, 7.422
CODE OF VIRGINIA OF 1950, ANNOTATED
Generally	3.301(A)
Advance Code Service	2.303, 2.501, 3.301(F)
Annotations	3.303
Annual cumulative supplements	2.303, 3.301(F)
Arrangement	3.301(B)
Briefing rules	1.201
Constitution of Virginia	2.303, 3.301(G)
Electronic services	3.306
Exact language	3.301(E)
Index	3.305
Judicial interpretations of constitutional language	2.501
Legislative history	3.202
Previous codifications	3.302
Tables	3.304
Updating	3.301(F)
COMMENTARIES ON THE CONSTITUTION
OF VIRGINIA	2.602
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Generally	2.1
Citation	2.7
Civil War constitutions	2.202
Constitutional amendments, debates on	2.4
Constitutional conventions and commissions, records
of proceedings	2.4
Current constitution
Generally	2.301
CD-ROM sources	2.303
Comparison with other constitutions	2.304
Index	2.305
Structure of	2.302
Text of	2.303
Early constitutions	2.201

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Judicial interpretations
Code of Virginia of 1950, Annotated	2.501
Official reports	2.504
Shepard's Virginia Citations	2.503
Unofficial reports	2.505
Virginia and West Virginia Digest	2.502
West's Annotated Code of Virginia	2.501
Ordinance of secession	2.202
Sixth and seventh constitutions	2.203
Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions	2.203
Treatises and commentaries
Bibliography	2.603
Commentaries	2.602
Michie's Jurisprudence	2.601
CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES:NATIONAL AND STATES
Indexes	2.305
Virginia Constitution	2.304
CONSTRUCTION LAW	7.405
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION MATERIALS	7.1, 7.4
CONTRACTS	7.406
CORPORATIONS	7.407
COURT OF APPEALS
Generally	4.203
Briefing rules	1.201
Decisions	4.402
Electronic format	4.5
Unpublished	4.404
COURT RULES
Advance Court Rules and Procedures	3.301(F)
Briefs	1.2
Code of Virginia	3.301(E)
General research and practice resources	7.2, 7.4
Historical	3.302
Electronic sources	3.306
Shepard's Virginia Citations	3.401
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE	7.408, 7.422
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR RIGHTS	7.409
DICTIONARIES AND THESAURUSES	8.2
DIGEST OF ACTS	3.204(C)

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DIRECTORIES
Internet	8.7
Print	8.6
Report of the Secretary of the Commonwealth	5.203, 8.7
DIVISION OF LEGISLATIVE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS	3.201(B), 3.203(C), (D), 3.204(B), (E), (F)
DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL
Division of Legislative Automated Systems	3.204(E)
DOMESTIC RELATIONS	7.413
ELDER LAW	7.410
EMINENT DOMAIN	7.419
EMPLOYMENT LAW	7.416, 7.424
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, LEGAL. See MICHIE'S JURISPRUDENCE
EQUITY	7.404, 7.411
ESTATE PLANNING	7.423
ETHICS
Generally	10.1
Cases	10.6
Disciplinary actions	10.5
Legal Ethics Opinions	10.4
Rules of Professional Conduct	10.2
Secondary sources	10.7
Statutory authority	10.3
Unauthorized Practice of Law opinions	10.4
EVIDENCE	7.412
EXECUTIVE BRANCH ORGANIZATION
Agencies	5.204
Boards and commissions	5.203
Governor	5.201
Executive orders	5.201, 5.7
Secretarial system	5.202
FAMILY LAW	7.413
FASTCASE
Generally	9.201
Additional features	9.207
Authority check	9.204
Case law database content	4.501(D), 9.202
History in Virginia	9.1
Other databases	9.206
Rules of Professional Conduct	10.202(A)
Statutes	3.306(E), 9.205
Searching case law options	9.203

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FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Briefs	1.201
FINDLAW	4.502(C), 8.7
FORMS	7.3
GENERAL DISTRICT COURT. See LOCAL COURTS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Addresses, selected agencies	Appendix E
GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS	5.8
INDEXES
Generally	8.4
Code of Virginia	3.305
Commentaries on the Constitution of Virginia	2.602
Constitutions of the United States: National and State	2.305
Final Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions,
Resolutions, and Documents	3.204(B)
Virginia Constitution	2.305
INSURANCE	7.414, 7.424
JURY INSTRUCTIONS	7.408, 7.422
JUVENILE LAW	7.415
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW	7.416, 7.424
LAW LETTER OF VIRGINIA TRIAL LAWYERS
ASSOCIATION
Digests of opinions	4.401(E)
Writs granted	4.302
LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT	7.401, 7.417
LEGAL ETHICS OPINIONS (LEOs)
Electronic	10.402
Print	10.401
LAW REVIEWS. See LEGAL PERIODICALS
LEGAL PERIODICALS
Generally	8.301
Electronic	8.303
Format	8.301(B)
Newspapers	8.305
Professional journals	8.304
School-related journal and reviews	8.302
LEGISLATION. See also STATUTORY LAW
Generally	3.2
Acts of the General Assembly	3.203(D)
Concurrent legislative tracking	3.204(F)(5)
Subscription to legislative documents	3.204(E)
Virginia Lawyers Weekly (VLW)	3.204(D)
Virginia Legislative Information System (LIS)	3.204(F)(1)

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Creation of
Acts	3.203(D)
Bills as introduced	3.203(A)
Engrossed bills	3.203(A)
Enrolled bills	3.203(B)
Resolutions	3.203(C)
Legislative history	3.202
Legislative sessions	Appendix A
Related sources
Cumulative index	3.204(B)

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