Law Firms

Martindale Attorney Directory: Database of over one million lawyers and law firms in more than 160 countries; the "Advanced Search" option allows you to search for lawyers who are alumni of GW Law School

Martindale Directory of Law Firms: Law students can gain instant access to eAttorney and identify potential employment opportunities and network with legal professionals

Martindale Personal Injury Lawyer Directory

Lawyer Directory from LexisNexis

NALP Directory: Annual directory of legal employers containing information on more than 1,700 employers nationwide and on all types of legal employers; for free access to the mail merge feature, students may log in through the link on the Portal

FindLaw Legal Directory
 
Vault: Claims to have the real scoop on many of the top firms; judge for yourself

ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division

Avvo Lawyer Directory

Avvo Personal Injury Lawyer Directory

Legal Indexes, News, and Blogs

American Lawyer: The nation's leading monthly magazine for lawyers covers legal news and has signature issues, including the Am Law 100 every May.

Hieros Gamos: Worldwide legal directories

Law.com: Resource for national and regional news and information, including Washington, DC metro area information in the Legal Times

Above the Law: Legal tabloid blog

The Volokh Conspiracy: A collaborative weblog providing analysis of developments in the US legal system and courts and news and events 

The ABA Journal Blawg 100: The 100 best websites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal

Legal 500: International Centre for Commercial Law, the definitive guide to the legal market in over 60 countries

Practice Areas

Legal Information Institute: Cornell's website gives brief summaries of several practice areas

ACQWeb's Directory of Publishers: Information on legal writing, editing, and publishing