Legal Resources

South Dakota Legal Resources

          SD Constitution 

                    Dakota Constitutional Convention Held at Sioux Falls, September 1885

                    South Dakota Constitutional Convention Held at Sioux Falls, July 1889

                    Journal of the Constitutional Convention of South Dakota, July 1889

          SD Codified Laws (SDCL)

          SD Session Laws

          Administrative Rules of SD (ARSD)

          SD Supreme Court Opinions

          SD Attorney General Opinions


South Dakota Board of Regents Resources

          SD Board of Regents Policy Manual

          Council of Higher Education Bargaining Agreement: Higher Education

          Council of Higher Education Bargaining Agreement: Special Schools

          Higher Learning Commission: Accredited South Dakota Institutions

          Robert's Rules of Order (RRO)

South Dakota Government Resources

          SD State Government

          SD Transparency Website

          SD Boards and Commissions Portal

 

Legislative

          SD Legislature (LEGIS)

                    SD Network (SDN)

          SD Department of Legislative Audit (DLA)

 

Judicial

          SD Unified Judicial System (UJS)

          Judicial Voices Project

          Judicial Voices Project Interviews

 

Elected

          SD Attorney General (AG)

          SD Governor (GOV)

          SD Public Utilities Commission (PUC)

          SD School and Public Lands (SPL)

          SD Secretary of State (SOS)

          SD State Auditor (SA)

          SD State Treasurer (ST)

 

Agencies

          SD Bureau of Administration (BOA)

                    Office of Fleet and Travel Management (FTM)

                    Office of Hearing Examiners (OHE)

                    Office of Procurement Management (OPM)

                    Property Management (PM)

                    Records Management (RM)

                    Office of Risk Management (ORM)

                    Office of State Engineer (OSE)

           SD Department of Agriculture (DOA)

           SD Department of Corrections (DOC)

           SD Department of Education (DOE)

           SD Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

           SD Bureau of Finance and Management (BFM)

           SD Game Fish and Parks (GFP)

           SD Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED)

           SD Department of Health (DOH)

           SD Bureau of Human Resources (BHR)

           SD Department of Human Serivces (DHS)

           SD Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT)

                    South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB)

           SD Investment Council (SDIC)

           SD Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR)

           SD Department of Military (DOM)

           SD Department of Public Safety (DPS)

           SD Retirement System (SDRS)

           SD Department of Revenue (DOR)

           SD Department of Social Services (DSS)

           SD Department of Tourism

           SD Department of Transportation (DOT)

           SD Department of Tribal Relations (DTR)

           SD Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

 

Cities

          City of Aberdeen

                   Aberdeen Ordinances

          City of Brookings

                   Brookings Ordinances

          City of Madison

                   Madison Ordinances

          City of Pierre

                   Pierre Ordinances

          Rapid City

                   Rapid City Ordinances

          City of Sioux Falls

                   Sioux Falls Ordinances

          City of Spearfish

                   Spearfish Ordinances

          City of Vermillion

                   Vermillion Ordinances        

 

South Dakota News

          Argus Leader

          Rapid City Journal

          Pure Pierre Politics

          South Dakota War College

          Dakota Free Press

          South Dakota Historial Newspapers (pre-1925)

 

History of South Dakota Resources

          Kingsbury, George W. & Smith, George M., History of Dakota Territory, Volume 1

          Kingsbury, George W. & Smith, George M., History of Dakota Territory, Volume 2

          Kingsbury, George W. & Smith, George M., History of Dakota Territory, Volume 3

          Kingsbury, George W. & Smith, George M., History of Dakota Territory, Volume 4

          Kingsbury, George W. & Smith, George M., History of Dakota Territory, Volume 5



Federal Legal Resources

          Cornell University Law School: Legal Information Institute

          U.S. Constitution

                    United States Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875

          U.S. Code

          U.S. Statutes at Large
 
          Code of Federal Regulations

          Federal Register

          Export Administration Regulation (EAR)

          Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

          International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

          U.S. Supreme Court Opinions

          U.S. Attorney General Opinions

 

Federal Government Resources

          Federal Government

 

Legislative

          U.S. Congress

                   U.S. House of Representatives

                   U.S. Senate

                   C-SPAN Congress

                   GovTrack (U.S. Congress Legislation)

          U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CB)

          U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

          U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)

                   Federal Digial System (Search federal materials)

                   GovInfo(Search federal materials)

          U.S. Library of Congress (LOC)

          U.S. Law Library of Congress (LLOC)

          Office of Compliance

          Office of the Law Revision Counsel for U.S. Code

 

Judicial

          U.S. Courts

                   Federal Judicial Center

          U.S. Supreme Court

                   C-SPAN Supreme Court

          U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

          U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

 

Executive

          White House

                    Executive Orders

                    White House Press Briefings

          The American Presidency Project

 

Agencies

          U.S. Access Board

          U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

                    Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

                    National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

                    National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

                    Rural Development (RD)

          U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE)

          Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

                    Voice of America (VOA)

          U.S. Census Bureau (CB)

          Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

                    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

          Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

          U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC)

                    Economic Development Administration (EDA)

                    Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

                    Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

                    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

                    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

                                National Weather Service (NWS)

                    National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

          U.S Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)

          U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

          U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

          U.S. Department of Education (USDOE)

                    Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

                    Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)

                    Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO)

                                Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Information

                                FERPA Regulations

                     Federal Student Aid (FSA)

                     Office for Civil Rights Reading Room (OCR)

                     Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)

                     Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

                     Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)

          U.S. Department of Energy

                      Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)

          U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

                       Laws and Guidance

          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

          Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

                       Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB)

          Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

          Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)

          Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

          U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)

          U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE)

          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

                       Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

                                 Office of Community Services (OCS)

                       Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

                       Indian Health Service (IHS)

                       Office of Minority Health (OMH)

                       National Institutes of Health (NIH)

                                  National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

                       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

          U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

                       U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)                   

                       U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)

                       Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

                       Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

                                 Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)

                                 SEVP Governing Regulations for Students and Schools

                       Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

          U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

                       Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)

          U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)

                       U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

                       Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

                       Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

                       National Park Service (NPS)

          U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

                       Civil Rights Division

                                  Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

                       Criminal Division

                       Community Relations Service (CRS)

                       Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

                       Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

                       Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)

                       Office of Justice Programs (OJP)

                                  Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

                       Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)

                       Office of Legal Policy (OLP)

                       Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties (OPCL)

                       Office of the Solicitor General (OSG)

                       U.S. Trustee Program (UST)

                       Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

          U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

                       Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)

                       Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

                       Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

                       Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

          Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

                       Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

          U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)

          National Mediation Board (NMB)

          National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

                       Office of the Federal Register (OFR)

          National Council on Disability (NCD)

          National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

          National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

          National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

          National Science Foundation (NSF)

          National Security Agency (NSA)

          U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

          U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

          U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

          Selective Service System

          Smithsonian Institutions

          Social Security Administration (SSA)

          U.S. Department of State (DOS)

                      Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)

                      U.S. Mission to the United Nations

          U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

                      Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

                      National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

                      Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

          U.S. Department of the Treasury

                      Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

          U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Other Resources

          Yale Law School The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

          Law Insider(Contract Database)

 

U.S. Constitution

          Cooley, Thomas C., A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union (1868)
          Blackstone, William, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)

          Story, Joseph, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833)

          Kurland, Philip B. and Lerner, Ralph, The Founders' Constitution (1986)

 

Indian Law

          Kappler, Charles J., Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

          Cohen, Felix S., Handbook on Federal Indian Law (1945)

 

Organizations

          American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)          

          American College Personnel Association (ACPA)

          American Council on Education

          Association of College and University Housing Officers - International (ACUHO-I)

          Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB)

          Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)

          National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)

                    Journal of College and University Law (JCUL)

          National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)

          National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)

          National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

          Washington Higher Education Secretariat (WHES)

          Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)