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Recent updates:

• Update: January 2023

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for choosing to keep your copy of the Handbook for Legal Research in Massachusetts current with this 2023 edition. Inside, you will find new material on the following topics and more:

  • Tracing the legislative history of a Massachusetts statute. See chapter 3 for two case cites illustrating the courts' power to look for "reliable guideposts" to help construe legislative intent.

  • Docket-level research. In chapter 4, there is new information on the posting of briefs on the appellate site. There is also information on signing up for the clerk's listserv, which provides timely notice of newly posted information.

  • Rules of court. Chapter 5 offers many URLs for accessing updates to trial court and appellate rules.

  • State agencies conducting adjudicatory hearings. Exhibit 6A offers an updated listing of full contact information.

  • Bibliography of legal research. Chapter 11 includes an updated bibliography of treatises and miscellaneous materials of interest to legal researchers.

  We at MCLE trust that you will find this material to be useful in your law library and practice.

  Cordially,

  Maryanne G. Jensen, Esq., Director of Publications

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

The Massachusetts Constitution and Structure of Government

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Karen Breda, Esq., Boston College Law School Library

Exhibit 1A

- Articles of Amendment of the Massachusetts Constitution Buy Form

Chapter 2 expand

Statutes and Session Laws

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Lisa L. Rydin, Harvard Law School

Chapter 3 expand

Massachusetts Legislative Procedure and History

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Kara M. Mack, Goodwin Procter LLP

Exhibit 3A

- Massachusetts Legislative Materials Buy Form

Exhibit 3B

- Glossary of Massachusetts Legislative Terms Buy Form

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The Judicial System

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Hon. Francis V. Kenneally, District Court Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Exhibit 4A

- Massachusetts Court System Buy Form

Exhibit 4B

- Massachusetts Superior Court (Selected Decisions) Buy Form

Exhibit 4C

- Massachusetts Case Law: Supreme Judicial Court and Massachusetts Appeals Court Buy Form

Exhibit 4D

- Massachusetts Appellate Division of the District Court Buy Form

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Rules of Court

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Amy Bruce, Esq., Boston College Law School Library

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Administrative Law—Regulations, Orders, Decisions, Opinions

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Stephanie Farne, Boston College Law School Library

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- State Agencies Conducting Adjudicatory Hearings Buy Form

Exhibit 6B

- Checklist for Opinions of the Attorney General Buy Form

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Municipal Law

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Paul Myer Kominers, Esq., Anderson Kreiger LLP
Nina L. Pickering-Cook, Esq., Anderson Kreiger LLP

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- Selective Bibliography on Municipal Law Buy Form

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State Tax Law

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Judith A. Saint-Amour, Esq., Appellate Tax Board, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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- DOR Administrative Appeal Process Buy Form

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Electronic Legal Research

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Brian J. Harkins, Esq., Social Law Library

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Legal Collections in Massachusetts

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Joan A. Shear, Esq., Boston College Law School Library

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Selected Legal Research Resources

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