Membership Benefits


Here are some of the benefits of your Cleaves Law Library membership
– are you using us enough? Should you become a member?

* 24/7 library access
* Free, unlimited high-speed access to Lexis and Westlaw on five computers
* 80+ hardcopy treatises in 50 topic areas and the USCA, CFR and the New England states statutes in hardcopy
* Liberal borrowing privileges * Fast faxed, emailed or mailed document delivery and cite checking
* Training for new legal resource technologies
* Free Maine state legislative histories
* Law Court briefs delivered to your desk top
* Fast delivery of hard-to-find titles and medical articles
* Expert reference assistance
* Reduced service and copy fees

and did you know ....

* Cleaves was the first law library in the country to offer free, unlimited, public access to Lexis and Westlaw.

* Cleaves has the second largest collection of Maine legislative history documents in the state after the State Law Library in Augusta. We also have hundreds of completed histories on file. Next time you need a legislative history, ask us -- we can do it for you!

* When you can’t make it to the library, Cleaves will email documents and Shepardize results at no cost to members.

* Cleaves offers a “Legal Information Update” membership email service to inform you of important rules and fee changes and other information vital to your law practice (remember to add info@cleaves.org to your acceptable spam list!)

* Cleaves has the largest collection of archived law court briefs and appendices in the state. We can delivery these to you in print or email. Ask for details.

* Cleaves has over 25 oral histories of important figures in the Maine legal community available for check-out.

* Cleaves has the single largest collection of photographs of Maine judges, lawyers and legal scenes. Our index will be posted on our website soon!


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