RESEARCH GUIDES

• Connecticut Legal Research (Jessica G. Hynes) KFC3675 H96 2009
• Connecticut Legal Research Handbook, (Lawrence G. Cheeseman) KFC3675 .C53 1992
  

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Electronic: The Connecticut constitution K150 .N46
• Lexis: CT - Connecticut Constitution
• Internet: Constitution of the State of Connecticut

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • General Statutes of Connecticut (official) KFC3630 1958 .A247 2003
    
  • Connecticut General Statutes Annotated (unofficial) KFC3630 1958 .A43
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: CT-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: CT - General Statutes of Connecticut, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
• Internet:
  • General Statutes of Connecticut
  • Colonial Connecticut Records (1636-1776)

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • LLMC Digital (1901 - 1986)
  • HeinOnline (1672 - , including Connecticut Colony)
• Janis Fusaris, Connecticut Legislative History, 30 Legal Reference Services Q. 17 (2011) (K12 .E357 Print, Electronic version)
• Connecticut Legislative History (University of Connecticut School of Law Library)
• Guide to Connecticut Legislative History (Connecticut State Library)
• Short Video on Connecticut Legislative History (Connecticut State Library)
• How to Compile a Connecticut Legislative History (State of Connecticut Judicial Branch)

Legislature

• Legislative Home Page (Includes bills and related information)
• Connecticut Legislative Guide

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies KFC3635 1962 .A25 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated on 2003)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: CT-ADC
  • Lexis: CTADMN

Agencies

• Governor's Office
• • Bills signed by current governor
  • Executive Orders by current governor
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1899 - 1959)
  • HeinOnline (1899 - most recently published)
    
  • LexisNexis Academic (1968 - )
  • Internet (1990 - )
• State Agencies

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Atlantic Reporter (1st series) (1886-1938) KF135 .A7
  • Atlantic Reporter. Second Series (1939-1988) KF135 .A712
  • West's Atlantic reporter. Second series (1988- ) KF135 .A712
• Electronic:
  • Connecticut reports
  • Westlaw: CT-CS (state cases) & CT-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: CT State Cases, Combined (state cases) & CT Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
• Internet: Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions

Courts

• Judicial Branch Home Page
• Connecticut Court Structure
• Supreme & Appellate Courts Home Page (includes archive of opinions, July 2000 - )
• Court Forms

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Connecticut Towns and Cities
• Connecticut Municipal Codes

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Connecticut Law Review
  • Print: K3 .O665 (Subscription: 1968 - 2010)
  • Electronic Versions (1968 - )
• Yale Law Journal
  • Print: K29 .A4 (1891 - )
  • Electronic Versions (1891 - )

ETHICS

• Statewide Grievance Committee:
  • Ethics opinions
  • Grievance Decisions
• Connecticut Bar Association
• Legal Information Institute: Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct
• State Bar Professional Ethics Committee (Opinions not available)
• Westlaw: CTETH-EO (formal opinions: 1979-1999; informal opinions: 1994-2004)
• Lexis: Connecticut State Case Law and Ethics Opinions (coverage varies by court)

GENERAL

• Print: Connecticut Practice Library (West Group)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: CTPRAC
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet: Connecticut Practice Book
• Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries
• Connecticut State Library
• Tax Forms
• Connecticut State Legal Resources (Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries)
• Connecticut Law and Legislation (Connecticut State Library)
• Legal Information Institute: Connecticut Legal Materials
• Law Library of Congress: Connecticut
• Internet Law Library: Connecticut
• Findlaw: Connecticut
• Hartford County Bar Association Lawyer Referral
• New Haven County Bar Association Lawyer Referral
• New London County Bar Association Lawyer Referral
  

Updated 08/2011 (ET)
Updated 07/2012 (ET)