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A Selective Annotated Bibliography

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 5

G eneral Publications 5

Reference and Research Sources 5

Statutory Sources 6

M aryland Constitution 6

M aryland Code M aterials 6

Electronic Resources 7

Other Online Resources for the Maryland Code 8

Legislative M aterials 8

Session L aw s 8

Electronic Resources for Session Laws 9

Other Online Resources for Session Laws 9

Bills and Pending Legislation 9

Electronic Resources 10

Online Resources 11

Legislative H istory 11

Electronic Resources 11

Judicial M aterials 12

C ase R eports 12

Electronic Resources 13

Court Records and Briefs 14

Electronic Resources 14

Online Resources 15

D igests and Citators 16

Court Orders and Rules 17

Electronic Resources 19

Executive and Administrative Materials 19

Attorney General Opinions 19

Electronic Resources 20

Ethics O pinions 20

Electronic Resources 20

Other Executive and Administrative Decisions 21

Electronic Resources 21

Administrative Law Resources 21

Administrative Rules and Regulations 22

Electronic Resources 23

M unicipal Law Sources 24

M aryland County Codes 25

Electronic Resource 28

Online Resources 28

City of Baltimore M aterials 29

D irectories 30

Electronic Resource 30

Encyclopedias 31

P eriodicals 3 1 Journals 3 1 G eneral 3 1 T opical 32

Electronic Resources 34

Bar Association Publications 35

Newspapers and Newsletters 35

Internet R esources 36

State H om e Page 36

Governor and State Agencies 36

Executive Departments 37

Selected Government Offices 38

L egislature 40

C ourts 40

B ar A ssociations 40

County Bar Associations 40

Topical Bar Associations 42

L aw L ibraries 43

Circuit Court Law Libraries 44

L aw Schools 49

Practice Treatises and M aterials 49

Adm inistrative Law 49

Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation/Arbitration 51

Appellate Practice and Procedure 52

Automobile Law/Vehicle Law 52

Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Rights 53

Electronic Resource 53

Business Law, Corporations and Commercial Law 53

Civil Practice and Procedure 55

C ollections Law 57

Constitutional Law 58

Construction Law 58

C ontracts 59

Criminal Law, Practice, and Procedure 59

D am ages 62

Debtor-Creditor Law 62

D isability Law 63

D iscovery 63

E lder L aw 63

Electronic Resource 64

Environm ental Law 64

Electronic Resource 64

Estate Planning and Trusts, Probate, and Wills 64

E vidence 66

Fam ily L aw 68

O nline R esources 71

Foreclosure 72

Intellectual Property 72

Jury Instructions 72

Electronic Resources 73

Jury V erdicts 73

Electronic Resources 73

Juvenile L aw 74

Labor and Employment Law 75

Landlord-Tenant 76

L egal E thics 77

Online Resources 78

L egislation 80

M edical and Health Law 80

Personal Injury 81

Practice of Law 81

Electronic Resources 82

Products Liability 82

Real Estate and Real Property 82

School L aw 84

Secured Transactions 84

Electronic Resources 85

T axation 85

Electronic Resources 87

Online Resource 87

T ort L aw 87

Electronic Resource 88

Trial Practice 88

Electronic Resources 90

W orkers' Com pensation 90

Electronic Resources 91

Z on ing 9 1 Online Resource 92

Appendix: Publishers of Maryland Legal Materials 93

A Selective Annotated Bibliography

General Publications

Reference and Research Sources

Practice Manual for the Maryland Lawyer Baltimore, Md.: Young Lawyers

Section, Maryland State Bar Association, 1978.2 looseleaf vols., updatedannually with supplements

Covers almost every aspect of law practice in Maryland including bankruptcy,criminal law, family law, landlord and tenant, wills and estate planning, andmore Includes forms Also available on LexisNexis (MD/PMLMDL)

* J.D American University, Washington College of Law and Catholic University

of America, M.L.S expected, May 2013

** Deputy Director and Adjunct Professor, American University, WashingtonCollege of Law The authors wish to thank Dean Claudio Grossman and Associ-ate Dean for Library and Information Resources Billie Jo Kaufman for theirsupport and encouragement of this many years in the making project The authorswould also like to thank Frank Houdek and the Hein Publishing Co for thealmost infinite patience they displayed waiting for the completion of this chapter

Statutory Sources

Maryland Constitution

Maryland Constitution Secretary of State Biennial Edition.

West's Annotated Code of Maryland U.S Constitution & Maryland

Constitu-tion St Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2002- 1 vol., updated annually with

pocket part

Full-text of the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution.Available on Westlaw (MD-ST-ANN) or (MD-STM-ANN)

Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland Constitutions.

Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Publishing, 1981- 1 vol., updated withannual pocket part

Full-text of the United States Constitution and the Maryland Constitution.Available on LexisNexis (MD/MDCNST)

Maryland Manual Annapolis, Md.: Maryland State Archives (formerly

published by Wm J.C Dulaney Co.), 1885- Issued biennially, onlineversion is updated daily

The constitution, as published in the Maryland Manual, can also be found in html

format on the Maryland Archives website (http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/const.html) or in PDF (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/43const/pdf/2006const.pdf)

ProposedAmendments to the Constitution ofMaryland Annapolis, Md.: Dept.

of Legislative Services, 1988- 1 vol., updated biennially with newedition

Maryland Code Materials

The Maryland Code is a topical compilation of the Public General Lawscurrently in effect in Maryland Originally published in 1957, this version isorganized by numbered articles and is gradually being replaced by topicalvolumes The two versions co-exist and there is one subject index for the twoformats

Annotated Code of the Public General Laws ofMaryland Charlottesville, Va.:

Michie Publishing Co., 1957 50 vols., updated annually by pocket part,cumulative supplement and replacement volume

Topical compilation of the public general laws of Maryland currently in affect

Includes annotations to cases, references to the MarylandLaw Review, University

of Baltimore Law Review, commentaries and historical information

Selected numbered articles have been removed, revised, clarified, andpublished in the recodified set (red volumes) which will replace the black set.Either the article number (black set) or the abbreviated subject title (red set) isused as the first element in citing law in Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland

or in references found in the index volumes The annotated version of the code,which is updated quarterly, is also available on LexisNexis (MD/CODE) or(CODES/ MDCD)

West's Annotated Code of Maryland St Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2002 60

vols., updated annually with pocketparts and cumulative supplements and

as needed with replacement volumes/binders

The West version of the annotated code gives the full text of Maryland Statutes

and court rules in an annotated format with some cross references to the Code of MarylandRegulations, MarylandLaw Encyclopedia, other West publications and annotations to cases West's Annotated Code of Maryland is also available on

Westlaw (MD-ST-ANN) and LexisNexis (MD/CODE) and (CODES/MDCD)

* West's Annotated Code of Maryland (Annotated) (MD-ST-ANN)

* West's Annotated Code of Maryland (Unannotated) (MD-ST)

* Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland -Annotated (MD-STM-ANN)

* Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland -(Unannotated) (MD-STM)

* West's Annotated Code of Maryland -General Index (MD-ST-IDX)

Other Online Resources for the Maryland Code

Unannotated Code of Maryland and Rules Maryland General Assembly Website, at http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/mdcode/.

Index of the Annotated Code of Maryland Articles from LexisNexis The statutesare broken down by title and subtitle

Legislative Materials

Session Laws

Legislative Wrap Up Annapolis, Md.: Library and Information Services, Dept.

of Legislative Services, 1987- Annual

Bills passed during the reported session arranged by topic Each bill includes aproposed schedule for ratification and session statistics Issues from 1996-2001 are

in HTML format, issues after 2002 are in PDF format Available on the Department

of Legislative Services site (http://dls.state.md.us/Content.aspx?page- 167)

Laws of Maryland Annapolis, Md.: Maryland Dept of Legislative Reference

(formerly published by Frederick Green), 1800- Annual

Full text of all Public General and Public Local laws passed by the Maryland

General Assembly Includes Journals of the House of Delegates as well asExecutive Orders and Governor's vetoes Arranged chronologically and indexed

by subject and code section

Laws of Maryland: Advance Sheets Annapolis, Md.: Maryland Dept of

Legislative Services, 1983- Updated irregularly

Pamphlets containing the Laws of Maryland passed during General AssemblySessions before they are codified

Michie's Annotated Code of Maryland: Advance Legislative Service

Char-lottesville, Va.: Michie Publishing Co., 1996-.Updated three times a year.Print updates to the Maryland Code containing all of the chapters enacted by thecurrent legislature Includes a table of contents listing each chapter by title and

a table of sections affected Also available via LexisNexis (MD/MDALS)

Synopsis of Laws Enacted by the State of Maryland Annapolis, Md.: State

Dept of Legislative Services, 1952- Updated annually with new edition

A synopsis of laws enacted by the State of Maryland during the previouslegislative session

West's Maryland Legislative Service St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, [n.d.]-.

Updated with advance sheets as needed

Update of laws enacted during the Maryland General Assembly's current session.The text of each law shows additions and deletions from the prior version of eachMaryland Code section and the General Assembly Act that is affected by the law.Each volume contains a preface, rules of interpretation and a chart of actscontained in the pamphlet Service includes legislative highlights, cumulativetables, and index Available on Westlaw (MD-LEGIS); for prior sessions choose(MD-LEGIS-OLD)

Electronic Resources for Session Laws

Maryland Legislative Service (MD-LEGIS)

Other Online Resources for Session Laws

Archives of Maryland, at http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/laws5.html

Session laws are included from 1634 to present

Maryland General Assembly Website, at http://mlis.state.md.us.

Session laws from 1999 to present are available through the "Chapters" button onthe Search page of the Maryland General Assembly Website

Hein Online, at http://www.heinonline.org

Maryland session laws from 1777

Bills and Pending Legislation

House ofDelegates Bills Annapolis, Md.: Dept of Legislative Services, 1832-.

Updated annually with new edition

Text of bills pending in the current legislative session Available in HTML or PlainText format on the Maryland General Assembly Website (http://mlis.state.md.us/#indx) Also available on LexisNexis (MD/MDTEXT) and Westlaw (MD-BILLTXT)

House Joint Resolutions Annapolis, Md.: General Assembly, 1977- 1 vol.,

updated annually with new edition

Available in HTML or Plain Text format on the Maryland General AssemblyWebsite (http://mlis.state.md.us/#indx)

Senate Bills Annapolis, Md.: Dept of Legislative Services, 1987-.

Maryland General Assembly Bills and Resolutions

Bill text from the current session available at the Maryland General Assemblywebsite (http://mlis.state.md.us/#indx) Also available on LexisNexis (MD/MDTEXT) and Westlaw (MD-BILLTXT)

Maryland Bills Archives (MD-BILLS-OLD) (1996-) Bill text andsummary for bills presented during past sessions of the Maryland GeneralAssembly

Maryland Text Archives (MD-BILLTXT-OLD) (1996-) Full text of billsthat were considered during past sessions of the legislature (regular andspecial)

Maryland Bill Track Summary Archives (MD-BILLTRK-OLD) (1992) Bill summaries and status information for Maryland.

Online Resources

Maryland General Assembly Website, at http://mlis.state.md.us.

Presents bill history by date, different versions of the bill are provided if available and state budget information since 2001 Also features audio files of Senate and House proceedings and roll call votes.

Westlaw

* Maryland Legislative History (MD-LH) Laws passed by the state legislature including bill histories, conference committee reports and amendments, House and Senate amendments and roll call votes, and

governors' messages Documents included are: Bill Histories (1996 ); Fiscal Notes (1996-); Legislative Wrap Ups (1996 ); Conference Commit- tee Reports (1997 ); Conference Committee Amendments (1997-); House Amendments (2000 ); Senate Amendments (2000-); 90-Day Reports (1999-); House Roll Call Votes (1998 ); Senate Roll Call Votes (1999);

and Governor's Messages (2003 ).

Maryland Legislative History Governor's Messages (MD-LH-MSG) (2003 ) Governor's Messages from 2003 through current sessions Maryland Legislative History Reports (MD-LH-REP) Legislative history

documents, including: Bill Histories (1996 ); Fiscal Notes from (1996-); Legislative Wrap Ups (1996 ); Conference Committee Reports (1997 );

Conference Committee Amendments (1997-); House Amendments

(2000 ); Senate Amendments (2000-); and 90-Day Reports (1999-).

Maryland Legislative History Votes (MD-LH-VOTES) (1998 ) House Roll Call Votes from 1998 through current sessions Senate Roll Call Votes from 1998 through current sessions.

Judicial Materials

There are eight circuit courts and this is the highest common law andequity court of record in Maryland The District Court handles claims thatinvolve landlord-tenant cases, replevin actions, motor vehicle violations, mis-demeanors and certain felonies The Orphans' Courts hear all matters involvingdecedents' estates and supervises judicially probated estates

Atlantic Reporter 3d St Paul, Minn.: West Pub Co., 1988- 5 vols., updated

weekly with advance sheets

The Atlantic Reporter is the regional case law reporter for Maryland cases Thecases include headnotes and the key number topics as grouped in the Westdigests Also available in HTML and PDF format on LexisNexis and Westlaw

Court of Special Appeals Unreported Opinions Index Annapolis, Md.:

Mary-land Court of Special Appeals, 1988-

Index of unreported opinions Unreported opinions since 2001 can be accessed

on the Maryland Judiciary Webpage (http://www.courts.state.md.us/unreportedopinions/index.html)

Daily Record Baltimore, Md.: Daily Record Co., 1888- Daily.

Daily legal newspaper containing legal announcements, court calendars, articles,Opinions of the Attorney General, and synopses of important court decisions

Daily Record is also available for a fee on the publisher's website (http://www.mddailyrecord.com)

Maryland Advance Reports St Paul, Minn.: West Pub Co., 1979- Updated

weekly and replaced periodically by bound volumes

Reports appellate court opinions in advance, published weekly except for the lastweek of September and first week of October

Maryland Appellate Reports St Paul, Minn.: West Pub., 1967- Updated

weekly with advance sheets

The official state reporter covering all published decisions issued by Maryland'sintermediate appellate court, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (theMaryland Court of Appeals) Also available on LexisNexis and Westlaw

Maryland Appellate Reports Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1967- 167,

vols., updated with advance sheets

Full-text of Maryland Court of Special Appeals opinions

Maryland Blue and White Book St Paul, Minn.: West Pub Co., 1986- 1

softbound vol., replaced annually with new edition

Cross-references parallel citations between official Maryland reporters and theAtlantic Reporter

Maryland Reporter 3d St Paul, Minn.: West Pub., 1979- Updated weekly

with advance sheets and annually with new volumes

This state reporter retains the pagination and citation style of the regional

reporter, but only includes the Maryland cases published in the Atlantic Reporter Maryland Reports St Paul, Minn.: West Pub Co., 1984- 416 vols., updated

weekly with advance sheets and annually with new volumes

Official state reporter containing the full text of opinions from the Maryland Court

of Appeals, and its predecessor, the General Court of Maryland Opinions arearranged chronologically and each volume contains a table of cases reported, a list

of the names of the judges of the court, an index of petitions for writ of certiorari,

a list of words and phrases construed, a table of statutes cited, and an index digest

Electronic Resources

Maryland Appellate Court Opinions, at http://mdcourts.gov/opinions.html.

Full text of Maryland Appellate Court Opinions in the Court of Appeals andCourt of Special Appeals from 1995 to the present Cases can be searched andsorted by case docket number, official case citation, party name, date opinion isfiled, or judge

Maryland Appellate Courts Listing of Unreported Opinions, athttp://mdcourts.gov/unreported opinions/index.html

Listing of unreported opinions filed by the appellate courts, including the Court

of Special Appeals and the intermediate appellate court

Maryland Court of Appeals Highlighted Cases, at http://mdcourts.gov/coappeals/highlightedcases/index.html.

Each highlight contains the order, party briefs, and oral argument webcast ofrecent Highlighted Cases decided in the Maryland Court of Appeals

Court Records and Briefs

Briefs and Records Abstracts Annapolis, Md.: The Court of Appeals, 1886-.

These records are available in print from each county clerk's office, with dateranges from 1698 to date There is a microfiche version from the October term,

Maryland Combined Civil Filings (MDREC/MDCIVL) (1988 ) Filings

in civil and landlord tenant suits from the District Courts in all the land counties, the independent city of Baltimore and the four BaltimoreCounty District Courts This resource does not include foreclosure actions.Maryland State Briefs and Motions (CRTFLS/MDMTBR) (2000 ).

Mary-Collection of briefs and motions containing a variety of Maryland statecases including the Court of Appeals, Special Court of Appeals and CircuitCourt levels

Maryland State Pleadings (CRTFLS/MDPLDG) (2000-) Variety ofMaryland state cases at the Court of Appeals, Special Court of appeals andCircuit Court levels

Maryland U.S District Civil and Criminal Court Filings (MDREC/USMDDK) Civil and criminal docket summaries from the District Court

of Maryland Coverage begins in: 1998 (Civil) and 1991 (Criminal).Maryland U.S District Civil Court Filings (MDREC/USMDCV) (1998-).Civil Docket Summaries from the Maryland U.S District Court

Maryland U.S District Criminal Court filings (MDREC/USMDCR)(1991 ) Criminal docket summaries from the Maryland U.S DistrictCourt

Maryland State and Federal Civil Trial Court Filings (MD-FILING-ALL)(1997 ) Selected motions, trial court memoranda, trial pleadings and othercivil trial filings from the Maryland state and federal courts

Maryland Civil Trial Court Filings (MD-FILING) (1994-) Selectedmotions, trial court memoranda, trial pleadings and other civil trial filingsfrom the Maryland state courts

United States District Court, D Maryland Civil Trial Filings FILING) Selected motions, trial court memoranda, trial pleadings andother civil trial filings from the United States District Court in Maryland,U.S District Court, D Maryland Criminal Trial Filings (MD-DCT-CRFIL1NG) (2000-) Selected criminal motions, trial court memoranda,trial pleadings and other criminal trial filings from the United StatesDistrict Court in Maryland

(MD-DCT-United States Bankruptcy Court, D Maryland Trial Filings FILING) (2003-) Selected motions, trial court memoranda, trial pleadingsand other civil trial filings are available from the United States BankruptcyCourt in Maryland

(MD-BKR-Maryland Briefs Multibase (MD-BRIEF-ALL) (1972-) Selected briefsfiled with MD Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals

Maryland Court ofAppeals Briefs (MD-COA-BRIEF) (2004 ) Briefs filed

in cases scheduled for argument before the Maryland Court of Appeals.Maryland Court of Special Appeals Briefs (MD-COSA-BRIEF) (1997-).Briefs filed with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals

is a free service searchable by party name and docket number

Digests and Citators

Citations to the Rules for the Maryland Rules of Procedure Bethesda, Md.:

Rules Service Co., 1975- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically withreplacement pages

Maryland Rules of Procedure citation service

Fourth Circuit Review Brentwood, Tenn.: M Lee Smith Publishers, LLC,

1985- Monthly.

Case digest for all of for all published Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions

Shepard's Atlantic Reporter Citations New York: LexisNexis Pub Co

(for-merly published by Shepard's), 1873- 11 vols., Updated irregularly withcumulative supplement and annual bound volumes

Citator listing citing cases, statutes and other legal authority for the jurisdictions

reported in the Atlantic Reporter, including U.S Supreme Court and lower federal

and state cases citing Maryland decisions, with history and analysis of unrelateddecisions that might affect the precedential value of a case Shepard's is available

on LexisNexis

Shepard's Maryland Citations Colorado Springs, Colo.: LexisNexis (formerly

published by Shepard's), 1923- 89 vols., updated periodically withcumulative soft covered supplements and advance sheets and annuallywith bound permanent supplement volumes

Case citator presenting the procedural history of cases including cites to decisionsthat have cited particular cases and analysis of the significance of those citations

Parallel references are given when a case is reported in the Maryland Reports, or the Atlantic Reporter Covers all Maryland case and statutory law, court rules,

and ordinances with information on later history and other cases that have cited

a particular decision or section of the code or regulation Includes references toattorney general opinions and law review articles that have been published by lawschools within Maryland Shepard's is available on LexisNexis

West's Atlantic Digest 2d St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1986- 43 vols.,

updated annually with pocket parts and new editions

Digest summarizing and indexing decisions from 1968 to present reported in the

Atlantic Reporter; the first series should be used for earlier cases Lists topics in

alphabetical order and begins with scope notes about subjects covered The digestuses the West Key Number System, and includes headnotes, a descriptive wordindex, table of cases, references to CJS and other West publications, and keynumber disposition tables Also available on Westlaw

West's Maryland Digest 2d St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1993- 49

vols., updated annually with pocket parts

State and federal case law digest with cases from 1658 to the present organizedusing West's Topic and Key number system Also includes District of Columbiaand cases in Maryland federal courts There are tables of cases, citations, subse-quent case history and key numbers for each point of law Also available onWestlaw

Court Orders and Rules

Maryland Civil Procedure Laws St Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2004- 1

soft-bound vol., updated annually

Includes Maryland Code provisions governing civil procedure and related issuessuch as jurisdiction, limitations of actions, immunities, juries, witnesses,evidence, judgments, and appeals Includes an index

Maryland Court Rules Silver Spring, Md.: Pike & Fischer Rules Service,

1971- 3 looseleaf vols., updated bi-monthly with supplement.

Maryland Rules of Procedure, Maryland District Civil Rules, Rules of the U.S.District Court for the District of Maryland, U.S Bankruptcy Court for the District

of Maryland and U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Includes a changesheet with date of issuance, update number, rule number and effective date ofamendments

Maryland District Civil Rules Silver Spring, Md.: Pike & Fischer Rules

Service, 1971- 2 looseleaf vols., updated bi-monthly with supplement.Maryland Rules of Procedure applicable in the District Court of Maryland

Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland Court Rules

Char-lottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1974- 1 vol., updated periodically

Code volume containing the annotated Maryland Court Rules

Annotated Code ofthe Public GeneralLaws ofMaryland." Advance Court Rules Service Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1974- Pamphlets updated

bimonthly

Court rules service which updates the Michie Code volume containing theannotated Maryland Court Rules

West's Annotated Code of Maryland: Maryland Rules St Paul, Minn.: West

Pub Co., 2002- 1 vol., updated periodically by pocket parts, ments, and new editions

supple-Code volume containing the annotated Maryland Court Rules

District Court Administrative Regulations Annapolis, Md.: District Court of

Maryland, 1995- 1 vol., 7 p

Full text of the District Court Administrative Regulations These regulations can

be accessed on the Maryland Judiciary website (www.courts.state.md.us/district/admin regulations.pdf)

Maryland Court Rules Annotated St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 2002-.

2 vols., updated annually

Covers Maryland state and federal court rules with annotations to cases arising

in Maryland state and federal courts Includes indexes and references to the West

Topic and Key Number system as well as to Maryland Law Encyclopedia, American Law Reports, and American Jurisprudence 2d.

Maryland Rules of Court, State & Federal St Paul, Minn.: West Group,

1989- 2 softbound vols., updated annually

Complete set of Maryland state and federal court rules organized in outline formatwith margin tabs and multiple indexes Includes practice guides with excerptsfrom local district court rules, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and federalstatutes, annotations to case law and secondary source materials as well ascommonly filed trial documents and discovery requests, checklists and sampleforms The appendix has examples of filed documents and relevant Westlawsearch terms Volumes may be purchased separately

Maryland Rules of Procedure Charlottesville, Va.: Michie Co., 1955-

Multi-ple looseleaf vols., updated annually with replacement pages

Multi-volume looseleaf organized by rule number

Niemeyer, Paul V., et al Maryland Rules Commentary Charlottesville Va.:

Michie Co., 1984- 1 vol., updated periodically with pocket supplements.Treatise presenting the Maryland Court Rules with analysis of each rule andinformation on the source of the rule, its relationship with other rules and itsintended purpose Available on LexisNexis (LITGAT/MDRCOM)

Maryland Rules Update Orders (MD-RULESUPDATES) Court orders that update court rules governing state and local federal courts in Maryland Criminal Justice - Maryland Court Rules (MDCJ-RULES) Court rules governing criminal acts, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes in state and local federal courts in Maryland.

Executive and Administrative Materials

Attorney General Opinions

Maryland Opinions ofthe Attorney General Silver Spring, Md.: Pike & Fischer

Rules Service, 1971- 1 looseleaf vol., updated bi-monthly.

Full text of Maryland Attorney General Opinions with commentary and annotations Opinions are also available on the Maryland Office of the Attorney General Website (http://www.oag.state.md.us/opinions/index.htm).

Annual Report and Official Opinions of the Attorney General of Maryland.

Baltimore, Md.: Maryland Attorney General's Office (formerly published

by the Dept of Law), 1916- Updated annually.

Includes report of the business and proceedings of the Dept of Law, 1916-83, and the Office of the Attorney General, 1984- Also available in microfiche from

1916 Opinions 1993 to present are available on the Office of the Attorney

Gen-eral website (http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/index.htm) Opinions 1916-71are available through the Library Microform Consortium (http://www.llmc.com/)

Judicial Ethics Committee Ethics Opinions Annapolis, Md.: Maryland Judicial

Ethics Committee, 1971-, available at http://www.courts.state.md.us/ethics/opinions.html

Ethics opinions of the Judicial Ethics Committee

Machen, Arthur W ed., Opinions on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Baltimore, Md.: Committee on Ethics, Maryland State Bar Association,

1978- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically.

Full text of opinions on ethics and professional responsibility

MarylandJudicial Ethics Handbook Annapolis, Md.: Administrative Office of

the Courts, 1975- 1 vol., updated periodically with supplement or newedition

Materials formerly contained in this binder are also available at the JudicialEthics Committee website (http://mdcourts.gov/ethics/index.html)

Maryland State Bar Association Ethics Opinions Baltimore, Md.: Maryland

State Bar Association, 1974-

Ethics opinions are also available on the Maryland State Bar Association website(http://www.msba.org/members/ethics.asp)

Electronic Resources

LexisNexis

National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Prof Responsibility -MD Opinions(MD/MDETOP) (1987-) Selectedjudicial ethics opinions fromMaryland

provided by the National Reporter on Legal Ethics and ProfessionalResponsibility.

Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct, at http://www.courts.state.md.us/cjd/code.html

Basic standards and guidance for the conduct for Maryland judges

Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee, at http://www.courts.state.md.us/ethics.Maryland State Bar Association Ethics Committee Guidelines, at http://www.msba.org/seccomm/committees/ethics/guide lines htm

State of Maryland Ethics Commission, at http://ethics.gov.state.md.us

Other Executive and Administrative Decisions

Maryland Public Service Commission Decisions (MD/MDPUC) (1976.Full-text of decisions by the Maryland Public Service Commission, theregulatory committee for public utilities

Westlaw

* Maryland Administrative Decisions (MD-ADM1N) Includes decisionsfrom: Attorney General of Maryland, Maryland Dept of NaturalResources, Maryland Dept of the Environment, Maryland Higher Educa-tion Labor Relations Board, Maryland Insurance Administration, MarylandSecurities Division and the Maryland State Labor Relations Board.Coverage varies by department

Administrative Law Resources

Open Meetings Act Manual Baltimore, Md.: Office of the Maryland Attorney

General, 1992- 1 vol., updated periodically

Presents the text and overview of the Open Meetings Act, including theprocedural requirements, a review of open and closed meetings, and enforcement.

It also includes a compliance checklist, model rules, and complaint procedures.Also available online at the Office of the Attorney General website (http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opengov/Openmeetings/support.htm)

Public Information Act Manual Baltimore, Md.: Office of the Maryland

Attor-ney General, 1980- 1 vol., updated periodically

Information on the scope of the Public Information Act, commentary on agencyresponsibilities, rights of access to records and remedies to violations of the act,and how to request, research and correct public records Appendices includesample request and denial letters, model rules and opinions of the attorneygeneral The manual and supplements are also available at the Office of theAttorney General website (http://www.oag.state.md.us/opengov/pia.htm)

Administrative Rules and Regulations

Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Annapolis, Md.: Division of State

Documents, 1977- 27 looseleaf vols., updated regularly with ments and replacement pages

supple-COMAR was created in 1974 to formally compile the rules and regulations issued

by Maryland agencies Generally, each department of state government has itsown title in COMAR At the beginning of each chapter of regulations, there is thestatutory authority for the regulations, and at the end, there is an "administrativehistory" that gives the original effective date of the chapter as well as the dates

of any amendments COMAR is updated in the interim by the Maryland Register,which is issued every other week Also available on the Department of Secretary

of State website (http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/) (updated bi-weekly) and atWestlaw (MD-ADC) and Lexis (COMAR)

Hall, Robert T COMAR Deskbook Baltimore, Md.: R.T Associates, 1991- 1

looseleaf vol., updated periodically, kept up-to-date by supplement,replacement pages and new editions

Companion publication to Code of Maryland Regulations with indexes to

COMAR and a comprehensive finding aid for COMAR divided into severalsections Includes index, regulation titles table, and an authority table whichreports the regulations promulgated under each section of the Maryland Anno-tated Code This is the only publication which cross-references the MarylandCode to COMAR

Maryland Register Annapolis, Md.: State of Mary land, Division of State

Docu-ments, 1974- Updated bi-weekly while General Assembly is in session

Official publication of the State of Maryland with executive orders of thegovernor and opinions of attorney general, new and changed court rules and finalchanges and additions to administrative regulations It also includes governor'sappointments to state offices, open meeting and compliance board opinions, stateethics commission opinions, district court administrative memoranda, courts ofappeal hearing calendars, agency hearing and meeting notices and other docu-ments considered to be of public interest Cumulative indexes are publishedquarterly Available in print and online (http://www.dsd.state.md.us/M DRegister/mdregister.aspx).

Michie's Index to the Code of Maryland Regulations Charlottesville, Va.:

LexisNexis Matthew Bender Co (formerly published by Bernan Press),2001- Updated biennially with semi-annual supplement and annuallywith new edition

Electronic Resources

LexisNexis

Maryland -Maryland Administrative Code Archive (MD/MDADAR).Administrative archive for the Maryland Administrative Code, beginningwith the 2004 edition This source also has a link to the Maryland Register.Maryland - Code of Maryland Regulations and Maryland Register(MD/MDREGS) Documents from the Code of Maryland Regulations(COMAR) and the Maryland Register

Maryland -Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) (MD/MDADMN).Current version of the Code of Maryland

Maryland -Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Table of Contents(MD/MDADTC) Table of Contents ofthe Code of Maryland Regulations.Maryland - Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Index (MD/MDADIX) Index to the Code of Maryland Regulations

Maryland Register (MD/MDRGST) (2000-) Full text of the MarylandRegister

Maryland State Regulation Tracking (MD/MDRGTR) (1995 ) Summaries

of proposed regulations and status information for regulations promulgated

by Maryland agencies

Westlaw

Maryland Administrative Code (MD-ADC) Full Text of the Code ofMaryland Regulations (COMAR)

Maryland Regulation Tracking (MD-REGTRK) Updated daily Trackinginformation for proposed and recently adopted administrative rules andregulations.

Maryland Regulation Tracking and Text - Combined (MD-REG-NET).Updated daily Proposed and recently adopted administrative rules andregulations presented with tracking information

Maryland Regulation Tracking -Full Text (M D-REGTXT).Updated daily.Full text of proposed and recently adopted administrative rules andregulations

Municipal Law Sources

Maryland's local governments consist of 23 counties and the city ofBaltimore Counties provide local services and act as administrative arms of thestate Only 11 counties have a county commission form of governance.Legislative and executive powers are granted directly to the Board of CountyCommissioners by the Maryland General Assembly These laws are found inindividual codifications of the public local laws The other 12 Marylandcounties operate under a "home rule" form of governance where the state hastransferred legislative power in local matters to the county

Maryland Local Government Handbook Annapolis, Md.: Dept of Legislative

Services, 1986- 1 vol., replaced annually (Legislative Handbook Series,vol 6)

Overview of local government in Maryland, with a discussion on counties andtheir governmental roles It also covers municipal corporations, special taxingdistricts and regional agencies, and the interrelationship between the MarylandGeneral Assembly and local government entities The appendices reprint selectprovisions of the Maryland Constitution and also look at the express powersgranted charter counties and municipal corporations

Maryland Manual Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records (formerly published by

Win J.C Dulaney Co.), 1885- Issued biennially, online version isupdated daily

Guide to Maryland government with an overview of the organizational structureand staffing of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Marylandgovernment Contains a copy of the state budget, the Maryland Constitution, andinformation on election returns It includes agency budgets and organizationalcharts, lists mandated reports, and provides the historical evolution of agencies,their origin and functions There are also biographies of legislators and members

of the state government The Maryland Manual is also available on the Maryland

State Archives website (http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/OOfront/html/title.html).

Maryland County Publications Checklist Baltimore, Md.: Law Library

Associ-ation of Maryland, 1989-

Comprehensive bibliography of published sources for Baltimore City andMaryland counties arranged by jurisdiction with general codes, zoning regula-tions, building codes, model codes and standards, other specialized codes as

adopted by the jurisdiction and superseded compilations The Checklist is

available on the University of Maryland website (http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall 1/1lam/county/index.htm)

Viani, Mark Maryland Local Government Law and Structure Baltimore, Md.:

Maryland Bar Association (formerly published by the Maryland Institutefor Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers), 1998 1 vol.Information on the structure and function of the local and municipal governments

in Maryland

Maryland Association of Counties, at http://www.mdcounties.org.

Maryland Association of Counties is a nonprofit organization that advocatescounty issues at the state government level, promoting communication betweenlevels of government and the public

Maryland County Codes

Allegany County Code Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publishers, 1983- 1

looseleafvol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code ofPublicLocal Laws of Maryland, Art 1)

Anne Arundel County Code Cincinnati, Ohio: American Legal Pub Corp.,

2005- 2 looseleaf vols., updated periodically with supplement (TheCode of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 2) Available online athttp://www.aacounty.org/CountyCode/

Baltimore County Code Cincinnati, Ohio: American Legal Pub Corp., 2004-.

2 looseleaf vols., updated periodically with supplement (The Code ofPublic Local Laws of Maryland, Art 3) Available online at http://www

aacounty.org/CountyCode /.

Code of Calvert County Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publishers, 2000- 2

looseleaf vols., updated periodically with supplement (The Code of

Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 5) Available online at http://gcp.esub.net/cgi-bin/omisapi.dll?clientlD=63384&infobase=cal 802.nfo&softpage=Browse Frame Pg42.

Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County Rochester, NY: General Code

Publishers, 1996- 1 looseleafvol., updated periodically with supplement.(The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 6) Available online

at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=CA 1090

Code of the Public Local Laws of Carroll County Westminster, Md.: County

Attorney, 2004- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with supplement.(The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 7)

Code of Cecil County Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publishers Corp., 1961-.

1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code ofPublic Local Laws of Maryland, Art 8) Available online at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=CE0748

Code of Charles County Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publishers Corp.,

1994- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code

of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 9) Available online at http://gcp.esub.net/cgi-bin/om isapi.dll?clientlD= 136364&infobase=ch0836.nfo

&softpage=BrowseFramePg42

Dorchester County Code Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publishers Corp.,

1984- 1 looseleaf vol., updated with supplement (The Code of PublicLocal Laws of Maryland, Art 10) Available online at http://ecode360.com/?custld=DO0950

Frederick County Code-General Ordinances of the County Cincinnati, Ohio:

American Legal Pub Corp., 2004- Updated periodically with ment (The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 11) Availableonline at http://www.amlegal.com/frederickco%/ 5Fmd/

supple-Garrett County Code (Code of Ordinances) Cincinnati, Ohio: American Legal

Pub Corp., 2006- 1 looseleafvol., updated periodically with supplement.(The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 12) Available online

at http://www.amlegal.com/library/md/garrettco.shtml

Harford County Code Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Pubs Corp., 1986- 1

looseleafvol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, Art 13) Available online at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=HIA0904.

Howard County Code Tallahassee, Fla.: Municipal Code Corporation, 1977-.

1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code ofPublic Local Laws of Maryland, Art 14) Available online at http://library.municode com/index.aspx?clientlD= 14680&statelD=20&statename=Maryland

Code of Public Local Laws of Kent County Rochester, NY: General Code

Publishers Corp., 1994- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically withsupplement (The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 15).Available online at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=KE1414

Montgomery County Code Rockville, Md.: Office of the County Attorney,

1994- 3 looseleaf vols., updated periodically with supplement (TheCode of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 16) Available online athttp://www.amlegal.com/montgomerycounty md/

Code of Prince George's County, Maryland Upper Marlboro, Md.: County

Council, 1999- 3 looseleaf vol., updated as needed with supplement.(The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 17) Available online

at http://egov.co.pg.md.us/lis/default.asp?File=&Type=TOC

Code of the Public Local Laws of Queen Anne's County Rochester, N.Y.:

General Code Publishers Corp., 2004- 1 looseleaf vol., updatedperiodically with supplement (Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,Art 18) Available online at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=QU 1770

Code of the County St Mary's, Maryland Tallahassee, Fla.: Municipal Code

Corporation, 2002- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with ment (The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 19) Availableonline at http://www.municode.com/library/clientCodePage.aspx?client

supple-ID =12179

Code of the Public Local Laws of Somerset County Annapolis, Md.: Dept of

Legislative Services, 2003- 1 vol., 61 pages (Code of the Public LocalLaws of Maryland, Art 20) Available online at http://www.somersetmd.us/Documents/2003 CountyCode.pdf

Talbot County Code Rochester, N.Y.: General Code Publisher Corp., 2001-.

1 vol., updated periodically with supplement (The Code of Public LocalLaws of Maryland, Art 21) Available online at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=TA0795

Code ofPublic Local Laws of Washington County Hagerstown, Md.: Office of

the County Attorney, 2007- 1 vol., updated periodically with ment (The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 22) Availableonline at http://www.washco-md.net/countyattorney/legal.shtm

supple-Charter and Code of Wicomico County Rochester, N.Y.: General Code

Publishers, 1997- 1 looseleafvol., updated periodically with supplement.

(The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 23) Available online

at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=WI0638

Code ofPublic Local Laws of Worcester County Rochester, NY: General Code

Pubs Corp., 1994- 1 looseleaf vol., updated periodically with ment (The Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, Art 24) Availableonline at http://www.ecode360.com/?custld=WO1426

supple-Electronic Resource

LexisNexis

Maryland Municipal Codes (CODES/MDMCDE) or (MD/MDMCDE).Annapolis Code of Ordinances, the Cumberland Code of Ordinances,Frederick Code of Ordinances, Gaithersburg Code of Ordinances, OceanCity Code of Ordinances and Rockville Code of Ordinances

Municode.com, at http://www.municode.com/library/ClientListing.aspx?stateID=20.

Publisher of some Maryland municipal and county codes

City of Baltimore Materials

Baltimore City Charter Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore City Dept of Legislative

Reference, 1994-

1994 edition as amended through 2010 Available on the Baltimore City ernment website (http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/CityCharterCodes.aspx)

Gov-Baltimore City Code Gov-Baltimore, Md.: Gov-Baltimore City Dept of Legislative

Reference, 2000- 3 looseleaf vols., updated periodically with ment

supple-Available on the Baltimore City Government website (http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/CityCharterCodes.aspx)

Baltimore Municipal Handbook Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore City Dept of

Legislative Reference, 1906-

Information on all city agencies with an organization chart for Baltimore Citygovernment and an explanation of the duties of the city agencies, contact infor-mation for all the Baltimore City courts and agencies and a description of the law-making process in the city of Baltimore

Code ofPublic Local Laws of Baltimore City Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore City

Dept of Legislative Reference, 2010

Laws passed by the Maryland General Assembly that apply only to BaltimoreCity As last amended by Ch 600, Acts of 2011

Ordinances and Resolutions of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co (formerly published by King Bros., JamesLucas and E.K Deaver), 1870- Annual

Lists ordinances by ordinance number

Rules of the City Council Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore City Dept of Legislative

Reference, 1989-

Rules of the Baltimore City Council

Zoning Code of Baltimore Baltimore, Md.: Dept of Legislative Reference,

1971-

Vol 1 of the Baltimore City Code incorporates the zoning articles and is availableonline (http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Government/CityCharterCodes.aspx)

Directories

Hubbell Law Directory New Providence, N.J.:

Martindale-Hubbell, 1868- 1 vol., updated annually with new edition

Entries contain basic profile data on almost every attorney in Maryland and arearranged geographically by state and city Includes detailed professionalbiographies of leading lawyers and firms and ratings based upon peer review.Available on LexisNexis (MD/MDDIR)

Maryland Legal Deskbook Baltimore, Md.: Daily Record, 1993- Annual.

Index to the Maryland Code, plus tables, charts, and directories, of special interest

to attorneys in Maryland

Maryland Lawyer's Manual Baltimore, Md.: Mary land State Bar Association,

1968- Annual.

Directory of lawyers, judges, courts and government agencies in Maryland

Maryland Manual Annapolis, Md.: Hall of Records (formerly published by

Win J.C Dulaney Co.), 1885- Issued biennially, online version isupdated daily

Guide to Maryland government with an overview of the organizational structureand staffing of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Marylandgovernment Includes a copy of the state budget, the Maryland Constitution, andinformation on election returns It includes agency budgets and organizationalcharts, lists mandated reports, and provides the historical evolution of agencies,their origin and functions There are also biographies of legislators and members

of the state government The Maryland Manual is also available on the Maryland

State Archives website (http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/OOfront/html/title.html)

Electronic Resource

Westlaw

Sourcebook Maryland County Courts (SB-MD-CTYCTS) (2002) ments and contact information for county courts in Maryland maintainingpublic records

West's Maryland Law Encyclopedia St Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co.,

1960- 23 vols., updated with cumulative pocket parts and recompiledvols

Reference material to be used as a topical introductory guide to Maryland law.Provides summary discussion of all areas of Maryland law and references to statestatutes and rules, cases, law reviews, state attorney general's opinions, andfederal cases from Maryland Includes citations to West's Key Number DigestSystem, American Jurisprudence 2d, Corpus Juris Secondum, and proceduralforms Available on Westlaw (MD-ENC)

Periodicals

Journals

General

The Advocate Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association Young

Law-yers' Section, [n.d.] Quarterly

Newsletter of the Young Lawyers' Section of the Maryland Bar Association

Justice Matters Annapolis, Md.: Court Information Office, 1996- Quarterly.

Maryland's judicial newsletter Recent issues can be accessed at http://mdcourts.gov/publications.html; Archives since 1999 are available at http://mdcourts.gov/publications/justicematters.html

Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues Baltimore, Md.: University

of Maryland School of Law, 1990-

A student-run journal of social, civil rights, and contemporary concerns.Available on LexisNexis (LAWREV/MDJCLI)

Maryland Law Review Baltimore, Md.: University of Maryland School of Law,

1936- Quarterly

Covers developments in Maryland case law One issue of each volume is aSurvey of Maryland and Fourth Circuit Law comprised of student-authored casenotes and comments on recent Maryland or Fourth Circuit cases Also availablefrom the University of Maryland (http://www.law.umaryland.edu/journal/mdlr/),Westlaw (MDLR), and LexisNexis (MD/MDLREV)

University ofBaltimore Law Forum Baltimore: University of Baltimore School

of Law, 1970- Three times per year

Student-runjournal covering developing trends in the law in Maryland Available

on the University of Baltimore website (http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page

-653), Westlaw (UBALF), and LexisNexis (MD/LFUBAL).

University of Baltimore Law Review Baltimore, Md.: University of Baltimore

School of Law, 1971 - Three times a year.

A scholarly, student-run journal published three times a year Information onarticle submission and subscription can be found on its website (http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page-705) Available on Westlaw (UBALR) andLexisNexis (MD/BALTLR)

Elder Law Extra Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Assn., 1998- Biennial.

Newsletter with information and news of interest to attorneys practicing elderlaw

Intellectual Property Law Journal Baltimore, Md.: University of Baltimore

School of Law, 1992- Semi-Annual

Studentjournal covering intellectual property issues Information on back issues,subscriptions, and article submission can be found on the website (http://law.ubalt.edu),Westlaw (UBAIPLJ), and LexisNexis (MD/UBIPJ)

International Legal Theory Washington, D.C.: American Society of

Inter-national Law, 1995-

A publication of the American Society of International Law Interest Group on theTheory of International Law at the University of Baltimore that covers inter-national law, constitutional law, legal history, and jurisprudence Available onWestlaw (INTLLEGT) and LexisNexis (MD/INTLT)

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Baltimore, Md.:

University of Baltimore School of Law Center for International andComparative Law, 1995-

Student-edited law journal from the University of Baltimore School of LawCenter for International and Comparative Law Available on the University ofBaltimore School of Law Center website (http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?

page-615#ius), Westlaw (IUSGEN), and LexisNexis (MD/IUSGEN).

Journal of Business and Technology Law Baltimore, Md.: University of

Maryland Law School, 2005- Semi-Annual.

Student-run publication that focuses on business and technology issues Available

617).

Journal of Health Care Law & Policy Baltimore, Md.: University of Mary land

School of Law, Law and Health Care Program, 1997- Semi-Annual.

Provides a forum for discussion of issues related to health law, medicine, andhealth policy Contributors to this student-run journal include physicians, legalscholars, practitioners, and other experts in the health law field Available on

Westlaw (JHTHCLP) and LexisNexis (MD/JHCLP).

Law and Health Care Newsletter Baltimore, Md.: University of Maryland

School of Law, Law & Healthcare Program, 1993- Monthly.

Newsletter reporting on legal related issues and news in the healthcare field.Issues from 2004 are available on the University of Maryland School of Law,

Law & Healthcare program page (http://www.law.umaryland.edu/programs/

health/publications/newsletters.html)

Maryland Family Law Monthly Baltimore, Md.: The Daily Record Company,

1989-.

Includes briefs of Maryland family Law cases with in-depth analysis, articles, and

a monthly column featuring emerging issues in family law

Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class University of

Maryland School of Law, 2004- Semi-Annual

Examines the intersection between the law and its impact on individuals andcommunities on issues relating to race, religion, gender, and class Available on

Westlaw (UMDRRGC) and LexisNexis (MD/MARGIN).

Maryland Employment Law Letter Nashville, Tenn.: M Lee Smith Publishers

& Printers, 1990- Monthly

Gives current developments in Maryland employment law Produced by the firmVenable, Baetjer & Howard Available via LexisNexis (MD/MSMDEM)

Maryland Environmental Law Letter Nashville, Tenn.: Piper & Marbury

Pub-lishers & Printers, 1992- Monthly

Maryland Journal of International Law Baltimore, Md.: University of

Mary-land, 2009-

Formerly Maryland Journal of International Law and Trade Available on

Westlaw (MDJIL) and LexisNexis (MD/MJIT)

MarylandLitigator Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association LitigationSection, (n.d.) 3 times per year

Newsletter of the MSBA Litigation Section

Tax Talk Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association Section of Taxation,

[n.d.]- Quarterly

Newsletter containing information for tax practitioners in Maryland Available

on the MSBA Section of Taxation website (http://www.msba.org/sec comm/sections/taxation/)

University of Baltimore Journal of Environmental Law Baltimore, Md.:

University of Baltimore School of Law, 1991- Semi-Annual

Available on Westlaw (UBAJEL) and LexisNexis (MD/UBJEL)

University of Baltimore Journal of Land and Development Baltimore, Md.:

University of Baltimore School of Law, [n.d.]-

Electronic Resources

LexisNexis

* Maryland Law Reviews, Combined (MD/MDLRV) (1982-) Full-text ofdocuments from all law reviews published by schools in Maryland.Westlaw

* Journals & Law Reviews Combined (MD-JLR) Full-text articles from lawreviews, bar journals, and other legal periodicals published in the state ofMaryland Coverage varies by publication

Bar Association Publications

The Barrister Annapolis, Md.: Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 1979-.Monthly

The official newsletter of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association Archivedissues from January 2006 can be found on the Anne Arundel County BarAssociation website (http://www.aabar.org/barrister.html)

Maryland Bar Journal Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association,

1968- Bi-Monthly (formerly published quarterly 1968-80)

Each issue of this journal is devoted to a particular legal theme Issues back to

1999 can be found on the Association's website (http://www.msba.org/

departments/commpubl/publications/barjoum/index.htm) and Westlaw (MDBJ)

Bar Brief Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association, [n.d.]- Monthly.

Maryland State Bar Association's monthly e-newsletter Archives for the lastthree months can be found on the Maryland State Bar Association website(http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl /barbrief/default.asp)

Maryland Bar Bulletin Baltimore, Md.: Maryland State Bar Association,

[n.d.]- Monthly.

Provides information about legal trends and issues; legislative and judicialupdates; MSBA positions on key legal issues; MSBA activities, events, andprograms; public service and pro bono projects; and news about individual mem-bers Section and committee activities are also highlighted Archived issues from

2003 to present on Association's website (http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/bar bult/index.htm)

Western Maryland Law Journal Cumberland, Md.: Western Maryland Law

Journal/Allegany/Garrett Counties Criminal Defense Attorney Assn.,

1998- Quarterly.

News and articles of interest to practitioners

Newspapers and Newsletters

Baltimore Business Journal Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore Business Publications,

1983-

New and coverage of local business in Baltimore, Maryland Available online athttp://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/ and LexisNexis (MD/BALTBJ)

Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Md.: Baltimore Sun, 1837-.

General daily newspaper published in Baltimore Available online at http://www.baltimoresun.com/ and on Lexis (BALSUN 1990-.) and Westlaw (1990-BALTSUN)

Daily Record Baltimore, Md.: Daily Record Co., 1888- Daily.

Daily legal newspaper containing legal announcements, court calendars, articles,opinions of the Attorney General, and synopses of important court decisions The

Daily Record is also available for a fee on its website (http://www.mddaily

record.com)

Report from State Circle (formerly Legislative News Service) Annapolis, Md.:

League of Women Voters of Maryland, 1968-

Reports of bills, pending legislation, and other General Assembly activity.Available on the League of Women Voters website (http://www.lwvmd.org/n/taxonomy/term/622)

Internet Resources

State Home Page

State ofMaryland Home Page, at http://www.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx.

Governor and State Agencies

Office of the Governor, at http://www.gov.state.md.us/.

Office of the Lieutenant Governor, at http://www.governor.maryland.gov/

ltgovernor/

Comptroller of Maryland, at http://www.comp.state.md.us/.

Governor's Grants Office, at http://grants.maryland.gov/Pages/grantshome.

aspx

Governor's Office for Children, at http://goc.maryland.gov/.

Governor's Office of Community Initiatives, at http://www.goci.maryland.

gov/

Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, at http://www.goccp.mary land.gov/.

Governor's Office of Homeland Security, at http://www.governor.maryland.gov/gohs/

Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, at http://www.mdminoritybusiness.corn/

Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, at http://www.odhh.mary land.gov/index.asp

Maryland Attorney General, at http://www.oag.state.md.us/

Maryland Attorney's Grievance Commission, at http://www.courts.state.md.us/attygrievance/index.html

Maryland Board of Public Works, at http://www.bpw.state.md.us/

Maryland Secretary of State, at http://www.gov.state.md.us/

State of Maryland Treasurer's Office, at http://www.treasurer.state.md.us/

Executive Departments

Maryland Department of Aging, at http://www.mdoa.state.md.us

Maryland Department of Agriculture, at http://www.mda.state.md.us

Maryland Department offBudget and Management, at http://dbm.maryland.gov/Pages/home.aspx

Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, athttp://www.choosemary land.org

Mary land Department of Disabilities, at http://www.mdod.maryland.gov/.Mary land Department of Education, at http://marylandpublicschools.org.Mary land Department of Environment, at http://www.mde.state.md.us/