http://www.findlaw.com
This is a free general legal search site that has info on cases, statutes, etc. from across the United States.

http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/help/
Lexis Nexis is a paid site for lawyers, however, some features are available to students for free. You can also access Lexis Nexis through the MCC library website with your student library card.

http://www.Westlaw.com
This is a paid site for lawyers. You can access a student version of the site through the MCC library website with your student library card.

http://www.legalengine.com
Links to multiple web sites, many states.

http://www.law.cornell.edu
Cornell Law School. This site has links to the Code of Federal Regulations, the US Code, and numerous other information links.

http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll
U.Penn Law School’s Biddle Law Library. It has links to many legal research sources that cannot be found elsewhere, such as the Uniform Laws website NCCUSL.

http://www.lectlaw.com/
The Electric Law Library. A research tool (with a sense of humor.) Articles and forms for free on legal topics. They also connect to other sites where you can buy forms.

http://www.lawguru.com
General law questions asked and answered. But take each answer with a grain of salt, and remember you need to evaluate the answers in terms of your own state’s laws.

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Bluebook
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation

Business and Entrepeneurship
www.tannedfeet.com
A crazy name but lots of info on forming and operating businesses, including free forms.

Code of Federal Regulations
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/cfr/

Copyright Laws
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

Definitions
http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm
A legal publisher site with a free glossary of legal terms

http://www.law.cornell.edu/lexicon/
A legal “lexicon”

The Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/

Federal Rules of Evidence
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/

Forms for free
www.allaboutforms.com
www.tannedfeet.com
www.siccode.com/forms.php3
www.legalwiz.com

“Law about…(choose your topic)”
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/index.html
Provides helpful info about a wide range of legal topics including immigration, taxes, divorce, adoption, etc.

Limited Liability Companies
www.llcweb.com
www.llc-reporter.com
Basic info on LLC’s

Martindale-Hubbell (for locating lawyers)
http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml

Patent and Trademark Laws (the US Patent and Trademark Office)
http://www.uspto.gov

Real Estate
http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/realestate.html

State specific real estate topics.
http://www.hud.gov/
Department of Housing and Urban Development web site

Taxes
www.irs.gov

US Supreme Court
www.usscplus.com
You have to pay to get decisions, but you can get free info in articles about the court and justices.

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
This term’s cases are available plus more.

US Code
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

US Constitution
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

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http://www.mass.gov
Anything having to do with Mass. government can be reached from this site. But there are lots of links to click, and it sometimes can get confusing.

http://www.masslaw.com
This is a link to Mass. Lawyers Weekly, the weekly newspaper used by Mass. legal professionals. It contains job listings as well as articles and current case reports.

http://www.massreports.com
This site provides slip opinions of recent Mass. court cases at no charge. They will even e-mail them to your email address.

http://lowelldeeds.com
This is the site for the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds. You can get to any registry from here. And this is a website with a sense of fun and wonder! Always changing; great stuff.

http://www.mass.gov/legal/notaries.html
This provides info and regulations for Mass. notaries public, including a form for applying to become a NP.

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/index.htm
The Secretary of State’s home page. Provides links to all the state divisions, all the Registries of deeds, etc.

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cor/coridx.htm
Massachusetts Division of Corporations site.

http://www.ago.state.ma.us/
Massachusetts Attorney General’s web site.

http://www.mab.uscourts.gov/
Massachusetts’ Bankruptcy Court website.

http://www.massconsumers.org
Massachusetts Consumers Coalition web site; includes good info on automobile issues.

http://www.mass.gov/obcbbo/rpcnet.htm
Mass. rules of professional conduct (ethical code) for lawyers and judges.

http://www.bostonbar.org
Boston Bar Association.

http://www.massbar.org
Mass. Bar Association

http://www.massrelaw.org/links.htm
Mass. Real Estate Lawyers bar association. Has very useful links to HUD documents, registries, etc. As well as info on all real estate topics such as lead paint, etc.

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Paralegal Specific Sites

http://www.paralegals.org
National Federation of Paralegal Associations. This Association gives the PACE certification examination. You can also go to their Career Center to search for jobs.

http://www.nala.org
National Association of Legal Assistants. This organization gives the exams that lead to a Certified Legal Ass’t or Certified Paralegal designation. They do not provide job searches however.

http://nationalparalegal.org
National Paralegal Association website.

http://www.paralegalmanagement.org/ipma/
International Paralegal Management Association website.

www.aafpe.org
American Association for Paralegal Education

http://www.legalauthority.com
Free resume and interviewing tips specifically for legal professionals.

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General Job Search & Information

http://www.rileyguide.com - Avery useful site with lots of links to other sites.
http://www.monstertrak.monster.com
http://www.jobweb.com
http://bostonworks.boston.com
http://www.monster.com
http://www.jobfind.com
http://www.jobhunt.com
http://www.quintcareers.com (Choose : Career or Industry - Legal Services)
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com (Choose: Category: Legal and narrow search by location)
http://www.legalauthority.com
Although this site is intended for lawyers not paralegals, it has some good articles and tips on the legal profession. Help with resume writing and interviewing for legal professionals.

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Legal and Paralegal Job Search & Information

http://www.lawyersweeklyjobs.com
This is the place to start for Massachusetts legal jobs. It is part of Lawyers Weekly and you can go to it from either the Mass. Lawyers Weekly or the US Lawyers Weekly site also.

http://www.paralegals.org
This is the NFPA site. Enter the Career Center and you can do a free search for jobs.

http://paralegals.legalstaff.com/jobs/cobrand_job_search.asp
This link takes you directly to the NFPA job site.

http://ceo.hrd.state.ma.us
This takes you to all the Mass. state job openings. Search by Occupational Group to find legal jobs.

http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/oed/hrmo/jobops.htm
Jobs with the FTC

http://www.federaljobsearch.com
Jobs with the Federal government. They will send you free job search alerts.

http://www.mass.gov/courts/admin/hr/openings.html
This site lists employment opportunities within the Mass. Trial Court system.

http://massbar.legalstaff.com/
Search for jobs on the Mass. Bar website.

http://www.work.com
Has ads for paralegals to work at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. (Note: insurance companies typically hire lots of paralegals.)

http://www.libertymutual.com
You can also search directly for legal jobs at Liberty Mutual’s own site. Enter through “Careers”

http://www.lawcrossing.com
A large collection of legal jobs, but they are all across the US.

http://www.nationjob.com/legal/jobs
No jobs in Mass. when I checked.

http://careers.findlaw.com/
FindLaw has its own legal job search. Again, lots of jobs, but not many in Massachusetts.

http://www.law.com/index.shtml
Free search turned up some Mass. Jobs.

http://www.lawjobs.com/
Same website as www.law.com above.

http://www.paralegalmanagement.org/ipma/
International Paralegal Management Association website (choose “Job Bank”). Has job listings all over the country.

http://www.legalstaff.com
Has many contacts with numbers and names, but there were not many actual listings of current jobs when I searched. Good to use for sending out resumes though.

http://www.degreehunter.com
You have to sign up, but it is free.

www.paralegaljobs.org
Even though it says paralegal jobs, I didn’t find any when I searched in April 2005.

www.paralegaljobs.com
Free to sign up, but I didn’t find any jobs in Mass.

www.newenglandlegalsearch.com
617-266-8510 Primarily for lawyers.

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Placement and Temp Agencies

NOTE: Typically the employer will pay a temp or placement agency a fee for finding an employee. But some may charge the employee instead. Be sure to understand what they are doing for you and what they are charging you. MOST of these sites will let you search their listings for free.

http://www.beaconhillstaffing.com
(Beacon Hill Legal 617-326-4000) Well known in Boston legal circles.

http://www.bickertongordon.com
Bickerton & Gordon LLC 617-371-2999 Well known in Boston legal circles.

http://www.paralegalboston.com
Shelley Widoff of BU has run this for many years. Well known in Boston legal circles.

http://www.bostonlegalstaffing.com
Another well known Boston based firm.

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Additional Job Related Sites

http://www.athascom.com/
Although you cannot search for jobs here, this is a placement agency that specializes in working with minorities and companies looking for minorities. Based in Massachusetts.

http://www.careerbuilder.com/
Has lots of ads from placement agencies, but some others as well.

http://www.cunneyjospe.com/jobs.html
Although it doesn’t look like you can search for a job, if you put your cursor over Finding A Job, you can choose to look at Permanent or Temporary positions. A Boston based firm.

http://www.net-temps.com/
Legal Secretary jobs are mixed in with Lawyer jobs. Don’t try to narrow your search, you will miss some potentially interesting jobs.

http://www.johnleonard.com/flash.html
Don’t let the name fool you. This is a woman owned firm in Boston.

http://www.kaplanjass.com/
The job search button is not yet working, but maybe it will be someday!

http://www.knft.com/
Another woman owned firm. Go through Find A Job, and then choose Temp or Permanent Buttons at the top of the middle section (hard to figure out because the buttons that work look just like the buttons that don’t work)

http://www.lauferandassociates.com
Site opens Very Slowwwwwwly!

http://www.olsten.com
Places legal professionals. No job base available to search, but you will see their name in lots of Boston ads.

http://www.psgboston.com/index.asp
You have to register to look at jobs. I don’t think it costs you, but the website was not clear.

www.us.randstad.com
Shows up in Boston ads quite often..

http://www.rcarnegie.com
Their clients include Lucent Technologies and 3Com Corp; but most of the jobs they post are not legal.

http://www.roberthalflegal.com/
Robert Half Legal Staffing - 800-870-8367 - A large placement firm, this is their legal wing. Probably best known for “Account Temps” placement agency. They show up in lots of ads in Boston.

http://www.routhierplacement.com
Legal placement specialists located in Faneuil Hall, Boston.

http://www.stonelegal.com
Legal Placement specialists. Only drawback is jobs are listed under New England, so you don’t know where they are.

http://sullivanconsult.com
A Boston Human Resource firm, but they do get some paralegal job listings.

http://www.updatelegal.com
There were paralegal jobs, but none in Mass. when I looked.

http://legal.jobs.net/Massachusetts.htm
Plenty of jobs listed for paralegals; many through placement firms already listed above (Stone and Robert Half)

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