Research Guides

The Yale Law Library's research guides, created by Yale Law Librarians, are an invaluable resource for legal researchers. These guides provide detailed information on a wide range of topics, from specific legal areas to the use of legal databases. They provide step-by-step guidance on how to conduct legal research and use various legal resources effectively. The research guides are well-organized and easy to use, making them an invaluable resource for anyone researching the law.

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Foreign & International Law
Chinese Legal Research
Foreign & International Law
Collected Travaux Préparatoires
General & U.S. Law
Community & Economic Development Resource Guide
General & U.S. Law
Connecticut Legislative History
Foreign & International Law
Country by Country Guide to Foreign Legal Research
Empirical Legal Research
Datasets for Empirical Legal Research
General & U.S. Law
Docket Research
Foreign & International Law
English Cases and Statutes
Foreign & International Law
Finding the Law of Latin America
General & U.S. Law
Guide for Substantial and Supervised Analytical Writing (SAW) Research
Historical Research
Guide to using the Stephan Kuttner Institute of Medieval Canon Law library
Historical Research
Historical American Legal Research
Foreign & International Law
Islamic Law Research Guide
General & U.S. Law
Locating Court Records, Briefs and Oral Arguments
General & U.S. Law
Preemption Checking
Foreign & International Law
Researching Foreign and Comparative Law
Historical Research
Researching Legislative History
Empirical Legal Research
Student Guide for Human Subjects Research
General & U.S. Law
Summer Survival Guide
Historical Research
The Taft Court