Kansas Legal Information Sites

For further information go to the Kansas Legislative Information Systems and Services Web Page. You can also obtain Kansas post-judgment interest rates, as set by K.S.A. 16-204, on line for the period from 1982 to the present.

The Kansas Supreme Court has a Web site, which provides access to published opinions of the Kansas Supreme Court and the Kansas Court of Appeals. Opinions of the Kansas appellate courts are released each Friday morning.

The Kansas Bar Association provides access to local court rules of many Kansas district courts, listings of continuing legal education (CLE) programs, information from KBA publications and other resources.

The Johnson County Bar Association is the association of lawyers practicing law in Johnson County.  Resources on their site include Family Law Guidelines.

The Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance conducts evaluations of judges and justices and makes a public recommendation regarding whether the judge or justice should be retained in office if they are subject to retention elections.

The Kansas Supreme Court’s Project on Limited Scope Representation encourages self-representing litigants to hire a local attorney assist with their Family Law case.  Find out more at the Johnson County's Attorney Representation Project.

National Legal Information Sites

Washburn Law School has developed one of the more comprehensive national sites for legal resources, which is called Washlaw. It provides both original content and links to other legal research resources in Kansas and throughout the country.

Findlaw is another excellent general resource for legal research. It provides easy access to federal and state materials. It also provides an on-line educational program about how to do legal research on the Internet, using Findlaw and other primary Internet legal research sites.

The American Bar Association has a webpage listing public legal resources.