This new paperback edition contains important legislative and regulatory changes that have been integrated since the last update in 2023. Major changes such as The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), New SECURE Act & SECURE 2.0 Regulations, Special Needs & Disability Planning, Advanced ILIT & Premium Finance Strategies, Maryland Decoupled Estate Tax & Augmented Estate, as well as Comprehensive Statutory Toolbox & Forms.
New editions have arrived at the Anne Arundel County Public law Library! The library has added new editions on the shelf from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and Thomson Reuters.
New from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)!
Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modification, 2026 edition
Considered the essential guide to Homeowner Rights & Mortgage Servicing Litigation, this edition is perfect for navigating federal and state mortgage servicing disputes, analyzing servicer abuses, and securing loan modifications.
Call No: SELF HELP NCLC KF697 F6 M78 2026
The title not only covers the law and provides practical advice related to mortgage servicing and mortgage loss mitigation alternatives. It also examines federal and state regulation of mortgage servicing, identifies common abusive servicing practices and potential claims, reviews loss mitigation alternatives for borrowers in financial distress, and provides practical guidance on litigating claims against mortgage servicers.
Credit Discrimination, 2026 edition
NCLC’s Credit Discrimination, provides a detailed examination of the federal and state discrimination laws in consumer cases such as: the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), Fair Housing Act, the Civil Rights Acts, state discrimination statutes, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
For 50 years, Fair Credit Reporting has been an amazing tool for handling individual and class actions against major credit bureaus; tenant, employment, as well as other background screening companies; and the creditors and debt collectors that furnish information to them. This current edition features consistent digital updates on the latest case law, government agency actions, and evolving industry practices.
Call No.: SELF HELP NCLC KF1040 .R63 2026
Also, from Thomson Reuters:
Maryland Workers’ Compensation, 2026-2027 edition
This updated edition covers all aspects of Maryland workers’ compensation practice, including affected employers and employees, permanent disability benefits, and appeals. It also contains relevant cases with case summaries and relevant statutes at the end of each chapter, and includes relevant workers’ compensation statutes in two appendixes. Additionally, you can find more than 70 forms, sample pleadings, and sample transcripts relevant to workers’ compensation practice in Maryland in this edition.
negotiate and use mediation to keep costs down and improve future dealings with your ex
find your state’s child support guidelines
advocate for the custody arrangements you want
enforce and change custody and support orders
anticipate how your case will be handled by a judge if you go to trial
recognize the situations where you need a lawyer, and
work with a lawyer.
You’ll also find information on subjects such as what judges consider when they rule on custody arrangements, and what happens when one parent wants to move away with the children.
Call No.: SELF HELP KF 547.A15 N65 2024
Additionally, this guide is ideal for those interested in negotiating agreements with your former partner on topics like:
enforcing custody and support orders
modifying agreements when your circumstances change
finding custody and support rules for your state
avoiding a destructive court battle
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 20th ed.
locate the best legal resources online or in a law library
understand and help locate statutes, cases, and regulations
use the most current research methods so you approach your legal issue like an attorney, and
Call No.: SELF HELP KF242.A1 E43 2024
Represent Yourself in Court: Prepare & Try a Winning Civil Case, 12th ed.
Represent Yourself in Court: Prepare & Try a Winning Civil Case, is ideal for handling a case on your own from start to finish. This guide provides easy-to-understand steps in the pretrial and trial process. With this guide you will be prepared to: draft and file court papers
get help from an attorney or legal coach
obtain and prepare your evidence, including social media posts
handle depositions
line up, prepare, and examine witnesses
present an opening statement
make and respond to objections
pick a jury if necessary, and
deal with the court clerk and judge.
If seeking help handling bankruptcy, divorce, landlord-tenant dispute, breach of contract case, small business dispute, or any other civil lawsuit, this book will help you handle your case.
LexisNexis Practice Guide: Maryland Environmental Law -This guide was designed to address regulatory provisions related to programs overseen by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. It examines rule making, permitting and enforcement issues. This guide includes summaries of certain significant federal environmental laws implemented by the State of Maryland, such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. The guide also addresses areas where the State environmental laws are implemented primarily at the local level.
Chapters discuss the following: • air quality, • water quality, • wetlands, • solid waste and sewage disposal, • hazardous waste, • land remediation, • oil control and storage tank management, • Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Coastal Bay issues and • natural resource issues.
In addition to discussion of the specific laws and regulations and their implementation, the guide includes over 250 practice tips (strategic points, timing, warnings and exceptions).
Maryland Civil Procedure forms (Vols. 3 and 4, Maryland Practice Series), 2025-2026 Edition
Maryland Civil Procedure forms, contains more than 1,000 letters, motions, pleadings, briefs, orders, affidavits, as well as practice tips. It offers valuable insights for adapting the forms for individual use, and provides important information on the proper use and timing of the specific form. It also cross-references to other publications when relevant to the use or drafting of a form.
Call No.: KFM 1730 .A65 L5 2025-2026
From Maryland State Bar Association:
Legal Representation and Fee Agreements for the Maryland Lawyer: Forms and Comments, 3rd Edition
Comprehensive Modernization: This edition incorporates extensive updates to reflect the renumbered, restructured, and revised Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct. This ensures all forms, clauses, and discussions align with current professional standards.
New Trust Account Rules: The book addresses the significant July 1, 2025, amendments to Rule 19-301.15(c) and the updated IOLTA compliance provisions in Rule 19-411.
Updated Case Law: The publication includes recent case law from the Maryland Supreme Court and Appellate Court concerning fee agreements, co-counsel arrangements, and related ethical obligations.
Practical Guidance: The book provides a wide array of forms for various billing methods, including:
Hourly Rate (single, discounted, and blended )
Fixed and Flat Rates
Capped Fees
Contingency and Modified Contingency
Hybrid Arrangements
Pro Bono and Reduced Fee Programs
Traffic, Criminal, and Family Law cases
Ethical Considerations: Commentary throughout the book highlights critical ethical considerations, such as conflicts of interest, attorney liens, and fee-sharing with other lawyers. It also includes sample declination letters and guidance on avoiding malpractice claims.
The Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions, 2025 Update, “contains more than 200 jury instructions accompanied by comprehensive comments explaining the appropriate constitutional, statutory, court rule, and case authority supporting the instruction”. It includes instructions on specific criminal offenses, as well as introductory and cautionary instructions, general instructions, evidentiary instructions, and instructions on defenses, parties, and verdict sheets.
New editions have arrived at the Anne Arundel County Public Law Library!
The library has added new editions on the shelf from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), and Thomson Reuters.
Consumer Credit Regulation, 2025 Edition
This new edition, written and compiled by experts in consumer law, includes topics concerning credit cards, payday loans, auto finance, and other non-mortgage credit issues. It is an amalgamation consisting of chapters on what is interest, what is a loan, and credit math, how to litigate predatory lending cases, and includes summaries regarding lending statutes, installment loan laws, and much more!
Call No.: SELF HELP NCLC KF 1040 .C37 2025
Repossession, 2025 Edition
This new edition includes every aspect of motor vehicle, manufactured home, and household goods repossessions and deficiency claims, and is the #1 resource on consumer repossessions. The book contains a detailed chapter on types of defenses to a deficiency lawsuit, a chapter on affirmative consumer claims and counterclaims, standing issues in federal and state courts, and also includes sample pleadings and discovery.
Call no.: SELF HELP NCLC KF 1058 .S54 2025
Gibber on Estate Administration, 8th Edition
The new edition of Gibber on Estate Administration is a practical guide for navigating probate and is considered the most accurate resource for lawyers handling decedents’ estates. The updated edition includes step-by-step procedural guidance, offers comprehensive checklists, helpful forms, and valuable suggestions.
This new edition of Gibber on Estate Administration covers important changes in the following:
Updated Maryland Estate Tax Regime
Creation of Registered Domestic Partnerships
Transfers on Death for LLCs and Partnerships
Firearms in Estates
Posthumous Conception
Electronic Signatures & Filing
Updated Fees for Foreign Personal Representatives
Call No.: KFM 1347 .G5 2025
Maryland Litigation Forms and Analysis, 2025 ed.
Maryland Litigation Forms and Analysis provides plaintiffs’ and defendants’ counsel pleading and practice forms for use in civil actions in Maryland. The volume set includes:
More than 1,000 letters, motions, briefs, affidavits, orders, and related forms
Practice tips that offer valuable insights for adapting the forms to certain circumstances
Essential information on the correct use and timing of specific forms
The new volumes provide the rules of court needed to practice before the state and federal courts of Maryland. Volume I includes state rules of court such as Circuit Court and District Court—Civil Procedure, criminal causes, and evidence. Volume II includes federal rules of curt such as Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Forms, Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Forms, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Rules, Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Local Bankruptcy Rules of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, and much more.
Lexis Nexis’ Maryland Estate Planning, Will drafting, and Estate Administration forms
Call No.: KFM 1340 .A65 B37 1995
A 2024 edition and new release of the Maryland Estate Planning, Will drafting, and Estate Administration formshas arrived. The Maryland Estate Planning, Will drafting, and Estate Administration forms with practice commentary features clear and concise analysis put together by estate planning experts as well as a comprehensive collection of practice-tested legal forms that can be used to meet the needs of clients. This release includes updates in the following listed areas: estate planning basics, acquisition of necessary data, non-probate assets, powers of attorney, pre-probate planning, income-shifting devices, irrevocable and revocable trusts, complex wills and much more.
LexisNexis’ Maryland Civil Procedure forms
A 2024 fourth edition and new release of the Maryland Civil Procedure forms is now available in the law library. This new edition has been constructed with the intent to assist civil trial attorneys and provide brief and clear examples of pleadings and papers that follow the latest Rules changes and up to date court interpretations of the Rules. The new edition includes the following: updated civil practice forms to conform to Rules changes and case law developments, up-to-date explanations on statutory and Rules changes presiding over current practice in the Maryland Courts, and extensive case law annotations of the Rules.
Call No.: KFM 1730 .A65 K64 2000
The following title is also available:
LexisNexis Practice Guide: Maryland Contract Litigations
A 2025 edition of Maryland Contract Litigations is available to view at the law library. “Maryland Contract Litigation guides you through claims, defenses, and other issues that arise in an action involving contract claims. The guide simplifies the process of litigating a contract case by identifying essential elements and setting them out in an easy to understand way. Insights from Maryland experts are reflected throughout, with practice tips targeting issues of particular interest.”
Call No.: KFM 1351 .L5 2025
New from the Maryland State Bar Associations!
The library has added two new editions from the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA).
The 2024 edition of Guide to Maryland Courts, is “an all-in-one compilation of logistical information you need to know when preparing to appear or attend court in state, county, and federal courts across Maryland. An essential resource for experienced Maryland attorneys, new lawyers, and attorneys from out of state, the Guide to Maryland Courts includes a high-level overview of the structure of Maryland’s judiciary before moving on to jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction breakdown of: contact information for key personnel, security protocols, including processes and prohibited items, courthouse and courtroom technology available, accommodations and accessibility, local Rules, parking, and notes differentiated case management plans where available.”
Call No.: KFM 1710 .G85 2024
Maryland Postconviction Law: A Comprehensive Guide
First edition of Maryland Postconviction Law: A Comprehensive Guide is now available at the law library. This 2024 edition is a guide meant to assist with complex postconviction legal framework in Maryland and contains the following key features: detailed roadmap for attorneys, habeas corpus & coram nobis, probation, parole & pardons, and immigration consequences.
The Federal Register is a daily gazette published by the National Archives and Records Administration that contains executive orders, proposed rules and regulations, public notices, as well as notices of hearings, decisions, and investigations.
To find executive orders, go to Federalregister.gov, hover over the Browse tab with the view icon and select Presidential Documents.
Or, for a faster way to locate executive orders click on the link listed here–https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders. In here, you will find a list of executive orders signed by each President. You can select to view all executive orders that have been signed since 1937 or you can browse by President and year from the list provided on their site. You will also find the Executive Order Disposition Tables, which show what year executive orders have been signed by each President and how many executive orders have been signed per year.
Clarifying instructions that animals are not considered victims in the multiple victims stacking rule
Newly adopted instructions relating to the guidelines scoring for offenses with mandatory consecutive sentences
Modified instructions for scoring weapons presence points for Part C of the offense score when the offense involves the presence of a feigned weapon
Clarifying instructions relating to the guidelines scoring for sentences to probation before judgment (PBJ) pursuant to the criminal Procedure Article (CP), § 6-220(c)
