RESEARCH GUIDES

• State Documents Bibliography: Vermont : An Updated Guide to the Vermont Legal System, Cynthia Lewis KFV1 . W57
  

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: Vermont Statutes Annotated, KFV30 1959 .A4
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: VT-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: VT;VTCODE
  • Internet:
    • Vermont Statutes
    • Vermont Constitution

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 1941 -
• Legislative History: Variations on a Theme
• University of Vermont Legislative Research Service

Legislature

• Vermont Legislature Home Page (Includes full text of bills, bill histories, journals, reports and session laws; 1987- )
• Bill Tracking System
• Legislative Reports and Publications

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Code of Vermont Rules, KFV35 1989 .A23
• Electronic:
  • Internet: Notices of Rulemaking (2004 - present)

Agencies

• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders
• Attorney General
  • Opinions, 2000-, also available on HeinOnline
    
• Agencies and Departments
• Air Pollution Control Division - Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Decisions of the Environmental Court (2001 - )
• Labor Relations Board Decisions
• Professional Conduct Board Decisions

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Atlantic Reporter (1st and 2d series), KF135 .A712
  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, KFV45 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: VT-CS (state cases) & VT-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: VT;VTCTS (state cases) & MEGA;VTMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Vermont Supreme Court Decisions

Courts

• Vermont Judiciary Home Page
• Vermont Superior & Supreme Court Rules & Opinions

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Municipalities and Regional Web Sites
• Municipal Ordinances
• Vermont League of Cities and Towns

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Vermont Law Review
  • In print: K26 .E8 (cancelled in 2010)
  • Online
    
• Vermont Bar Journal & Law Digest: Highlights of recent legal topics and trends.
  • K26 .E78 Micro, also available on HeinOnline
    
  • Lexis: VT;VERBJ
  • Westlaw: VTBJ database.
    
    
    

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Opinions
• Professional Responsibility Rules
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis:
  • VTETOP (1987 - present)

GENERAL

• Print: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Vermont.
• Internet:
  • Guide to Law Online: Vermont, Law Library of Congress
  • FindLaw: Vermont
  • Vermont Bar Association
  • Vermont Department of Libraries
  • Tax Forms

Last Updated 06/11 (MK)