Research Guides

• Maine Legal Research Guide (William W. Wells, 1989) KFM75 .W44 1989
  
  
• Compiling a Maine Legislative History (from the Garbrecht Law Library, University of Maine School of Law)

Statutes & Legislation

Constitution

• Maine Constitution (from the Maine State Law and Legislative Library)
  
  
• The legislative library's site also contains proposed constitutional legislation from 1820 - present, enacted constitutional amendments from 1834, and the 1820 Constitution.

Statutes/Code

• Print: Maine Revised Statutes Annotated (official) KFM30 1964 .A4
  
  
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: ME-ST-ANN
  • LexisNexis: ME - Maine Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Maine Revised Statutes (from the Maine State Legislature)

Legislative History

• Session Laws
  • Session Laws of Maine (from the Maine State Legislature) (118th legislature (1996) to present)
  • HeinOnline (112th legislature (1984) to present)
• Bills
  • Text, History & Final Disposition (from the Maine State Legislature)
  • Votes (from MaineVotes) (2006 - )
  • Bill Summaries: 1996 - 2000; 2001 - present (from the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis at the Maine State Legislature)
• Legislative Record (from the Maine State Legislature)
  • House: Current (124th), Past (118th - )
  • Senate: 118th to present
• Reports (from the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis at the Maine State Legislature) (117th-122st legislatures (2004))
• Fiscal Legislative Studies (from the Office of Fiscal Program Review at the Maine State Legislature) (118th legislature (1997) to present)
• Compiling a Maine Legislative History (from the Garbrecht Law Library, University of Maine School of Law)
• Legislator's Handbook (from the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, Maine State Legislature)
  Practical information on the legislative process.

Legislature

• Maine Legislature
  • Maine House of Representatives
  • Maine Senate

Regulations & Agencies

Regulations

• Print: Code of Maine Rules, KFM35 1986 .A22 (Subscription cancelled in 2008)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: ME-ADC
  • LexisNexis: ME - Code of Maine Rules
  • Code of Maine Rules (from the State of Maine)
  • Weekly Rule-Making Notices and Changes to Rules Online (October 1996 - ) (from the State of Maine)

Agencies

• Office of the Governor
• Office of the Attorney General
• Attorney General Opinions
  • Westlaw: ME-AG (1977 to present)
  • LexisNexis: ME Attorney General Opinions (1973 to present; select documents July 1940 - Nov. 1972)
  • LLMC Digital (1889-1972)

Cases & Courts

Cases

• Print: Atlantic Reporter, KF135 .A7 (1st Series), and KF135 .A712 (2d series)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: ME-CS (state cases) & ME-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • LexisNexis:
    • ME State Cases, Combined
    • ME Federal & State Cases, Combined
  • Supreme Court Opinions (from State of Maine Courts) (1997 to present)
  • Superior Court Opinions (from the Garbrecht Law Library, University of Maine School of Law) (2000 to present)

Courts

• Maine Judiciary
• Supreme Judicial Court
• Court Rules
  • State of Maine Courts (state rules)
  • LexisNexis: ME - State & Federal Court Rules (state and federal rules)
  • Westlaw: ME-RULES (federal rules)
• Judicial Statistics
  • Annual Report of the Maine Judicial Branch (2003 - )
    Contains caseload statistics

Local Government

• Maine Cities and Towns
• County and Municipal Ordinances (Selected ordinances, from Municode.com)

State Law and Bar Journals

• Maine Law Review (1908 to present) K13 .A38
  • Westlaw: MELR (1994 to present; selected coverage 1984-1993)
  • LexisNexis: Maine Law Review (Spring 1993 to present)
• Maine Bar Journal (formerly Maine Bar Bulletin) (1980 to present) K13 .A36 Micro (MBJ) and K2 .A759 Micro (MBB)
  • Westlaw: MEBJ (Selected coverage, 1992 to present)
  • LexisNexis: Maine Bar Journal (1996 to present)
  • HeinOnline (1986 to present)

Ethics

• State Bar Association
• Ethics Opinions
  • Maine Manual on Professional Responsibility (Rev. ed.) (Contains opinions 1-138 (1979-1994)) KFM 76.5.A2 A25 1991
  • Professional Ethics Opinions (from the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar) (1979 - )
  • LexisNexis: National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Prof. Responsibility - ME Opinions (Selected opinions, not currently updated)

General

• Legal Encyclopedia: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Maine.
• Maine.gov (State of Maine portal site with links to agencies, legislature, courts, state statistics, news, and more)
• Maine State Library
• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library
• Maine Trial Lawyers' Association
• Maine Municipal Association
• Legal Information Institute: Maine Legal Materials
• Tax Forms
• FindLaw: Maine
• Internet Law Library: Maine
• Law Library of Congress: Maine
• Maine Law Blogs
  • ABA Journal Blawg Directory
  • Justia Blawg Directory

Updated 7/10 (MS)