Paralegal Resource Guide: Massachusetts Miscellaneous Sites

The Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries website provides free links to Massachusetts Legal Forms, arranged by topic and links to city and town ordinances. Also available on this site is Law About... a compilation of information for selected Massachusetts legal issues, such as Domestic Violence, Freedom of Information, Health Care Proxy, and much more.

The "mission to serve the research needs of the executive and legislative branches of government and other users and as the official depository for Massachusetts state documents." The state library's website contains a searchable catalog, annual reports, and detailed resource guides, covering such subjects as abortion, sex offenders, gaming, and legislative hsitory. It is a selective federal government depository and a state depository. The Library holds the "most complete collection of Massachusetts state publications in existence, dating to the inception of the library in 1826."

The Board of Bar Overseers and the Office of the Bar Counsel are independent administrative bodies that investigate complaints against lawyers. The website includes texts of ethics articles, canons of ethics, and ethics rules. Also provides summaries of decisions and admonitions from 1999 to the present.

Find information about the Commission and the conflict of interest and financial disclosure laws, including publicly available advisories, legal opinions and enforcement matters. The Commission’s regulations are also on the website.