Massachusetts Legal Research - Finding Advisory Opinions
For Massachusetts Advisory Opinions issued by the Attorney General
Massachusetts Register
Attorney General opinions are published chronologically in the Massachusetts
Register. The Massachusetts Register is located in print at KFM
2436 .M35 Langdell Hall 3 North, and in microfiche in drawer 1054 in the
microfiche room. In addition to the full text version of the Massachusetts Register
on Lexis.com,
Lexis also has a Massachusetts
Attorney General database, which contains materials dating back to 1977.
Westlaw
has a similar database dating back to 1976.
Report of the Attorney General for the Year ending … Available
in print at KFM
2840 .A552 Langdell Hall 3 North and in microfiche KFM
2840 .A552. Coverage begins in 1834.
Social Law Library Database The Massachusetts
Administrative Law Library, available to members of the Harvard community
through the Social Law Library, contains Attorney General advisory opinions
from 1985-present.
Non-Attorney General Advisory Opinions
Commercial loose-leaf publications Commercial loose-leaf publications
containing agency decisions may also include advisory opinions. Search HOLLIS
to find these looseleaf services. Some state agency advisory opinions are available
on the Internet through the State Agencies link on the Mass.gov
web site.
Social Law Library Database The Massachusetts
Administrative Law Library, database available through the Social Law Library
and available to the Harvard Law School Library community, contains select agency
opinions.
Westlaw and LexisNexis Massachusetts agency decisions databases may include advisory opinions. Check the database description or scope notes.