Massachusetts Resources

This research guide covers select resources available for doing Massachusetts legal research, including finding laws & legislation, court opinions, regulations, and legal ethics information, both in print at the Georgetown Law Library as well as in electronic and online formats.

• Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (MCLE) on Lexis
• Massachusetts General Law (Newton Free Libr.)
• Massachusetts law about... (Mass. Trial Cts. Libr.). A wealth of information from the state law libraries, including information about the laws of Massachusetts organized by subject and source, forms, legal news, executive orders, rules of court, historical legal documents and laws, and Massachusetts law library locations and services. 
• Massachusetts Legal Research (Boston C. L. Libr.)
• Massachusetts Legal Research (Harv. L. Sch. Libr.)
• Massachusetts Resources (New Eng. L. Libr.)
• Guide to Massachusetts Law Online (Law Libr. of Cong.)
• Findlaw: Massachusetts Legal Research
• Justia: Massachusetts
• In print: Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (5th ed. 2023). Law Library Call Number: Stacks KFM2475 .H36 2023. Last updated at Law Library in 2023.
• In print: Massachusetts Legal Research (2d ed. 2016) by E. Joan Blum, Shaun B. Spencer, Law Library Call Number: State 1st Floor KFM2475 .B58 2016.

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• Massachusetts Primary Legal Research
• Massachusetts Legal Research: Secondary Sources

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