How-to written for self-represented litigants,
covers all aspects of divorce and other family law matters.
9 Legal
Tactics: self defense for tenants in Massachusetts
Go-to source for information about landlord tenant law, written from
the tenants’ point of view but this source can be helpful to landlords
also.
8 Your
Rights on the Job
Answers
most questions about labor law in Massachusetts. For the remaining questions, Jeffrey Hirsch’s Labor and Employment in Massachusetts is good.
7 Black’s
Law Dictionary
Learning the meaning of words in their legal
sense can point the way to a better understanding of a problem. Words are sometimes defined in
the statutes themselves for a specific instance, but Black’s is a good tool to remember to use.
6 Suppression Matters under Massachusetts Law
One
of the most circulated books in our libraries. In the criminal realm, a guide
to analyzing, preparing and judging motions to suppress
evidence, statements, and identifications in the context of constitutional
protections unique to Massachusetts.
5 Massachusetts General Laws Annotated or Annotated
Laws of Massachusetts
Codifications
of Massachusetts statutes published by leading legal publishers, Thomson Reuters (West) and LexisNexis, with annotations
detailing histories of the statutes, secondary source references and relevant case notes.
4 Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
(M.C.L.E.) manuals
Affectionately known as the blue puffies,
a series of manuals written for lawyers that follow a case from complaint to post-trial remedies for
various Massachusetts Courts and specific practice areas.
3 Massachusetts Practice series
57 titles, some with multiple volumes, providing analysis of the full scope of Massachusetts law, including forms, rules, and instructions for civil and criminal procedure, written by practicing attorneys, law professors, and judges.
2 Westlaw
and Lexis online
The two primary online legal research services
which provide access to databases of case law from all jurisdictions, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, law journals, treatises and legal forms.
Your
gateway to free Massachusetts primary source law, Trial Court Law Library
services including “Ask A Librarian!”, and the “Massachusetts Law
About . . .” web pages.
This is today’s
list. Tomorrow’s list could be different.
