LAW PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT:
FINDING LAWYERS &
INFORMATION ABOUT
THEM
I. National Directories
II. Massachusetts Directories
III. Subject Specific Directories
IV. Finding Information About
Lawyers
I. NATIONAL DIRECTORIES
Print
Online
Martindale Hubbell
Law Directory
The American Bar
Martindale.com
Westlaw & Lexis
lawyers.findlaw.com
www.lawyers.com
WESTLAW & LEXIS
-- Lexis: Select Reference; Martindale
Hubbell & select “Area of Law
Listings,” Law School Listings,
United States Listings, etc. Use the
“Segment Searching” feature.
-- Westlaw: “view database directory” &
select “Directories, References,” then
select “West Legal Directories”
II MASSACHUSETTS
DIRECTORIES
Print
Massachusetts
Lawyers Diary &
Manual
Suffolk University
Law School
Alumni Directory
Online
Massachusetts
Board of Bar
Overseers/Office
of Bar Counsel
III. SUBJECT SPECIFIC
DIRECTORIES
For more titles, search the library’s online catalog
Directory of Corporate Counsel
Directory of Intellectual Property Attorneys (Career Services)
Directory of Lawyers Practicing Disability Law (Career Services)
Lawyer’s Register International by Specialties & Fields of Law
Minority Law Journal Directory of Minority Attorneys
National Directory of Criminal Lawyers (Career Services)
Geographical Directories: Directory of New England In-House
Counsel; Directory of DC Law Offices
IV. Finding Information About
Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis)
where did they go to school, what organizations do
they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
--Find out if the attorney has authored law review
articles, etc.
--Press – have any newspaper articles been written
about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important
cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000
Reference, 6th Floor)
FIND OUT IF THE ATTORNEY HAS
AUTHORED LAW REVIEW ARTICLES,
ETC.
--Westlaw: in the “select these
databases” field enter tp-all – this will
bring you to the “All Law Reviews, Texts
& Bar Journals” library – perform a terms
and connectors search
--Lexis: Select Secondary Sources, Law
Reviews & Journals– perform a terms and
connectors search
IV. Finding Information About
Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis)
where did they go to school, what organizations do
they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review
articles, etc.
--Press – have any newspaper articles been written
about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important
cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000
Reference, 6th Floor)
HAVE ANY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE
ATTORNEY?
--Westlaw: In the “Select these Databases” field enter
All News – this database contains newspapers,
magazines, journals, newsletters, government press
releases, and transcripts of television and radio
shows and congressional testimony. Do a terms and
connecters search.
--Lexis: select the “News & Business” tab & select
“News Group File, All.”
--Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
IV. Finding Information About
Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis)
where did they go to school, what organizations do
they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review
articles, etc.
√--Press – have any newspaper articles been written
about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important
cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000
Reference, 6th Floor)
FIND OUT IF S/HE WAS THE ATTORNEY OF
RECORD IN ANY IMPORTANT CASES
--Westlaw: Select a database (MA-CS Mass
cases, All State and Federal Cases, etc.)
Select the “field restrictions” option to limit
search by attorney name
--Lexis: Select a database (Federal & State
Cases, etc.) Select the document segments-counsel
IV. Finding Information About
Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis)
where did they go to school, what organizations do
they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review
articles, etc.
√--Press – have any newspaper articles been written
about them?
√--Are they the attorney of record in any important
cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000
Reference, 6th Floor)
Includes: associate
and summer
associate salaries,
average hours,
benefits/insurance,
partnership info,
practice areas, etc.
KF 190 .I57 2000
Reference, 6th Floor
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