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Available Online Available to all users.

Limited to users within the Suffolk University community. May require login with unique username and password.

Available in print.

Lexis+ Use is limited to those with a Lexis+ account.

Westlaw Use is limited to those with a Westlaw Precision account.

May require individual username and password for the playing platform.

Audio

Podcast

Online Film/Movie/Short Video

DVD

Law School Research Database Page

These databases have been licensed for Suffolk Law School student, faculty, and staff use only. Some require passwords and can only be used in the law library; see the legal research librarian on duty for assistance. Most others can be accessed from any computer in Sargent Hall or off-campus (after authentication). If you need assistance, please call (617) 573-8516 or email lawref@suffolk.edu.

Click here to see a comprehensive list of our current licensed databases.

Law Library Catalog

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Contact Us

Contact your library liaison with any questions.

If you'd like to reach out to the Research Desk directly, you can call or email:

617-573-8516
lawref@suffolk.edu

There's a librarian available at the desk from 10 to 6, Monday through Thursday, and from 10 to 5 on Friday.

We respond to any voicemails and emails during our shifts.

Learn more about the law library at our website.

Subject-Specific Study Guides

News

General News

Boston Business Journal
Major source of business news for the Greater Boston area, with coverage from 1996 to present. Includes access to business news from other American cities. Note: Boston Business Journal now requires special login credentials. Register with your Suffolk email address using the link above. (Current students, faculty, and staff).
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities.
New York Times
Suffolk Law students, faculty, and staff now have free access to the New York Times through a new subscription brought to you by the Moakley Law Library and the Sawyer Library. To create an account, click the link above and enter your Suffolk email address and password; you will be directed to a NYT page to create your own account.
Project Syndicate
Produces and delivers original, high-quality commentaries to a global audience. Featuring exclusive contributions by prominent political leaders, policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from around the world.
Wall Street Journal
Suffolk University’s libraries have collaborated to provide free access to the Wall Street Journal for all Suffolk students, faculty, and staff. Register with your Suffolk email address using the link above.
Washington Post
You can access the Washington Post for free anywhere by creating your own account using your Suffolk email. You can also read the Washington Post from on campus without logging in.

Legal News

Lexis+ Law 360
One-stop source for legal news and analysis, powered by Lexis+.
Westlaw Today
Westlaw Today, powered by Reuters, provides timely and comprehensive news and exclusive analysis.

Local Legal News

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly newspaper, reports decisions issued by all the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, as well as changes to court rules, verdict & settlement reports, bar-discipline notices and all other news vital to attorneys in the commonwealth.
State House News Service
Provides journalists, lobbyists, government officials and other civic and business leaders with high-quality, comprehensive, objective information about the activities of Massachusetts state government year-round. Covers State and Local Government, House and Senate Sessions, and Press Conferences.

eBooks

CALI
Access free, Creative Commons licensed, peer reviewed casebooks backed by additional CALI resources. Ask at the research desk (lawref@suffolk.edu) for the CALI code.
Elgar Online
Access legal materials from Edward Elgar Publishing.
MCLE OnlinePass
Access a database of eBooks on Massachusetts applied law.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Law Collection
Access a library of Oxford University Press legal eBooks on your mobile devices and computer.
ProView (Thomson Reuters)
Access a library of 1000+ legal resources and Westlaw eBooks from your mobile devices or laptop
West Academic Study Aids
Access popular West series like Hornbooks, Nutshells, Gilbert Law Summaries, Sum and Substance Audio, and more and more from mobile devices or your computer.

Films/Streaming

AVON (Academic Video Online)
Access to a wide variety of films and television series. Collections include American History, Black Studies, PBS, Criminal Justice, Documentaries etc.
Films on Demand
Films from PBS, ABC News, BBC Learning, A&E, History etc.
Subject categories: Criminal Justice & Law, Ethics and Business Law, Finance, Accounting & Taxation, Environmental Issues
Kanopy (streaming video) - Searchable content (limited content)
Access is limited and contingent on funding. There is a wide variety of films provided by this service. Please contact a Research Librarian for assistance.
Kanopy films currently available for streaming
Full list of Kanopy films currently available for streaming at Suffolk University. Check this list first.
MCLE Online Pass (Recorded Webinars)
Use the Professional Development Plans to locate webcasts arranged by topic: Family Law, Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Employment & Labor, Estate Planning, Real Estate & Environmental Law, Practice Development & Lawyer Well-Being.
Use the advanced search option to limit to recorded webinars.

Student Lessons

CALI
A library of over 1,000 interactive legal tutorials written by law professors and geared towards law student that you can assign to students. Ask your library liaison for a faculty code to get access to related teaching resources
Lexis Learn
Lessons on how to conduct legal research that you can assign to your students
Westlaw Knowledge Center
Lessons for students on legal research, transactional law, litigation research, and prepare-to-practice materials that you can assign to students

Practical Resources

Practical Guidance
Practice notes, forms, checklists, drafting tools, and more.
Practical Law
Provides standard documents, checklists, legal updates, how-to guides, and more.

Law Library Services

Circulation/Reserve Services

To place class materials on Reserve, contact Bryan Petit at x8178.
To borrow materials from the Law Library contact the Circulation/Reserve staff at x8177.
To place materials on Electronic Reserve, contact Julie Hogan at x1622.
The library can obtain books or copies of articles that we do not have in our collection through inter-library loan. Please allow 7 to 10 business days for receipt of the material.

Reference/Research Services

Research services are available by calling the Research Desk at x8516 or by e-mail at lawref@suffolk.edu. A legal research librarian will respond to an e-mail request within 24 hours.
Research services include preparing bibliographies and research guides, and presenting classroom lectures on the use of legal research materials. For research requests, contact Diane D'Angelo at x8608.
Training is available on Lexis, Westlaw and other licensed databases for faculty and their research assistants. To request training on any of these services, contact Diane D'Angelo at x8608.

Electronic/Computer Services

Faculty biography pages are available on the Web. To add current information to your page, click the Submit Page Updates link at the bottom of your faculty page..
The Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) provides a weekly online index to the most recent articles published in over 500 law reviews and journals.
Past law school exams can be posted on the library Web site. Contact Diane D'Angelo.

If you have comments or suggestions, please contact: Diane D'Angelo at x8608.