Many readers of this bulletin are attorneys, paralegals, foreign student advisors and other professionals who find it necessary to develop a strong expertise in immigration law. Having a strong immigration law library is crucial and, thanks to the Internet, it is fairly easy to select books and materials for the library without leaving one’s desk. A number of the leading publishers of immigration law research materials have web sites devoted to their product lines.
The West Group has the following books available for online ordering at http://www.westgroup.com/practice/immig/home.htm :
- 1996 Immigration Legislation Handbook
- Aleinikoff, Martin & Motomura’s Immigration: Process & Policy, 3d
- Federal Immigration Laws and Regulations
- Federal Immigration and National Laws, Rules & Regulations 1997 Pamphlet
- H-1B Handbook
- ImmForms Plus
- Immigration Access CD-ROM
- Immigration Act of 1990 Handbook
- Immigration Employment Compliance Handbook
- Immigration Law Advisory
- Immigration Law and Business
- Immigration Law and Crimes
- Immigration Law and Defense
- Immigration Law and Health
- Immigration Law and The Family
- Immigration Law Report
- Immigration Law Service
- Immigration Procedures Handbook
- Immigration & Nationality Law: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms
- Labor Certification Handbook
- Naturalization Handbook
- Patel’s Immigration Law Digest
- Steel on Immigration Law, 2d
- Weissbrodt’s Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell, 3d
Matthew Bender, another leading immigration law publisher, makes its library available for online ordering. Go to http://www.bender.com/bender/open/index_bookstore and click on “Immigration Law.” Matthew Bender makes the following products available:
- Authority Immigration Law Interactive Drafting System (IDS)
- Bender’s Immigration Regulations Service
- Bender’s Immigration and Nationality Act Service
- Immigration Case Reporter
- Immigration Law & Procedure
- Immigration Law and Procedure: Desk Edition
- Shepard’s Immigration and Naturalization Citations and CD-ROM Edition
Federal Publications, publisher of the superb Interpreter Releases and Immigration Briefings periodicals, has one of the better done publisher web sites (http://www.fedpub.com/immigration). The site contains information on the following publications and products:
- Interpreter Releases
- Immigration Briefings
- IRIS (Immigration Research Information Service)
- IRIS/PRO (includes Immigrant Pro forms and case management software)
- Business Immigration Law Today seminars
- Advanced Course on Immigration Law Compliance Seminars
- Understanding the 1996 Immigration Act
- Asylum Case Law Sourcebook
- Understanding Immigration Under NAFTA
Michie, a Virginia-based legal publisher, has two immigration titles available for online ordering at its web site (http://www.michie.com):
- The Immigration Reform & Control Act Handbook, Second Edition
- Immigration Practice, 1997 Edition
PLI, a leading legal publisher and seminar company, offers the title “Immigration Fundamentals: A Guide to Law and Practice” at its web site (http://www.pli.edu). PLI also offers course materials from its immigration law seminars.
AILA publications, the publishing arm of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, is making plans to revamp its web site in the next several months and they too are expected to offer online ordering of their numerous products.
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