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Student Survival Kit

This guide covers the library facilities and services available to incoming and current law students through the Law Library and its faculty/staff.

About the Teaching & Research Department

About the Teaching & Research Department

The members of the Teaching & Research (T&R) department provide reference and research assistance to all members of the Boston College Law School community. They are also responsible for legal research instruction and offer weekly research training sessions for the law school community. T&R also teaches elective courses, Advanced Legal Research and other specialized research courses that are available as experiential electives in your 2L & 3L years. All T&R librarians have a JD and an MS in Library & Information Science. 

For more information on the T&R librarians, including their individual contact information, please visit this page.


How We Can Help

Below are examples of the type of research help T&R provides:

  • Consult on legal and non-legal research 
  • Recommend search strategy
  • Identify starting points for legal research
  • Advise on identifying and researching paper topics
  • Assist with law review citation checks and source collection
  • Help identify and locate legal materials

Contacting Research Services

Email Us: You can also submit a question to us at any time via email by sending it to lawresearchhelp@bc.edu. We'll get back to you by the next business day. To submit a questions, click the button to the right. 

Call Us: You can always reach us by telephone during our scheduled reference hours at 617-552-2971.

Meet with Us: If you have an in depth question or would like to consult with us on a research assignment you can visit us at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the library next to the Information Desk. You can also schedule an in person or video meeting with an available librarian here.  

Live Research Training

Locate Research Guides

If you need help when we are not available, we have created many research guides for students. The full list is available here.  A few Research Guides that might be of particular use to you as a 1L include: 

Basic Legal Research Tips             

Federal Judicial Materials

Federal Statutes and Legislation

Massachusetts Legal Research

Reading Legal Citations

Secondary Sources

Study Aids and Exam Preparation Resources

You can also conduct a search for your research topic using the search box below.