Free Legal Research Resources

This free search engine searches the free full-text of over 400 online law reviews and law journals, as well as document repositories hosting academic papers and related publications such as Congressional Research Service reports. Several of the law reviews and legal journals (such as the Stanford Technology Law Review), working papers, and reports are available online only.

The Law Review Commons brings together a growing collection of law reviews and legal journals in an easily browsable and searchable format. All Law Review Commons publications are made freely available online through their institutions’ bepress Digital Commons repositories or current issues and archival content.

Meta search engine that searches open access law journals from the United States, Canada, and Europe. Created by Annette Demers, the Associate Dean of Law Library and Legal Research Services at the University of Windsor in Canada.

Free access to over 8260 definitions of legal terms. Search for a definition or browse our legal glossaries.

Wex is a free legal dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School. Wex entries are collaboratively created and edited by legal experts.

The easiest way to find Massachusetts law on a particularity topic. Over 150 Massachusetts law-related sites grouped by subject area from A-Z.

Nolo Press, a publisher of legal self-help books, provides thousands of free articles on everyday legal topics written in plain English.

The Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries provide information on how the Massachusetts Court System operates and how to locate other services that might be available to you.