Legal Resources

The Iowa State Bar desires to provide the best online services to its members. During the course of the next year this section will continue to grow, providing additional resources to assist you in your practice.

Caselaw Update
Supreme Court Decisions
Civil Jury Instructions
Criminal Jury Instructions
Court of Appeals Decisions
Workers' Compensation Decisions
Legal Links
Ethics Opinions
CLE Index
Title Standards
Website Development

Subscribe to Iowa Caselaw
Iowa Caselaw is a free email service that keeps you abreast of recent cases that have been added to the Iowa Bar’s case law archives.

It costs nothing to subscribe to the service. Once you are subscribed, you will receive an email each time decisions are handed down by the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Each edition summarizes recent cases by topic and provides direct links to the full text of each decision. Sign Up Now

Email Forwarding
Activate/manage your own @iowabar.org email address. This email forwarding service, available free to all members of The Iowa State Bar Association, provides you with a unique email address. Once you have activated your @iowabar.org email address, you can publish this address on business cards and stationery. You will never miss another email if you change your job or Internet Service Provider (ISP). Sign Up Now

Website Development
A professional looking website can go along way toward enhancing your firm's online credibility. We would be happy to help you create a site that conveys your message in a friendly, professional and compelling manner. Put the Web to work for your firm with The Iowa State Bar Association's newest member service. We offer several turnkey Web sites for one low annual fee. More Information

Opinion Archives
With your ISBA membership, you gain access to our Opinion Archives, with Supreme Court Decisions from 1992, Court of Appeals Decisions back through 1992, and Workers' Compensation Decisions from January 1993. These cases are fully word searchable.

Forget the search
Faster and simpler than going through a search engine, our list of useful links to legal sites can help you find what you need, when you need it. View Links

Search the Iowa Lawyer
Using our Iowa Lawyer database, you can search Iowa Lawyer magazines from 2000 on. These are fully word searchable.

Ethics Opinions
ISBA offers you access to Ethics opinions from 1966 to present.

CLE Index
The ISBA CLE Index gives you instant access to the all ISBA CLE outlines from 2000 to present. No more searching the library for a topic you vaguely remember, you can search by author, seminar subject, or any keyword. This database is fully searchable.