California Court and Library Partnership (CCLP)

Welcome!

This site is designed to be useful to you in assisting patrons find help with their legal issues. The three sites below should address most of your questions, but you may find more under "Resources and Research" and "County Resources".

Legal Sites for Californians

California Courts Online Self-Help Center

Organizes legal information by topic e.g. Free and Low Cost Legal Help, Seniors, Traffic. Other topics include Going to Court, Lawyers and Legal Help, Help From Your Court and Resolving Your Dispute Out of Court

LawHelp California

Home page is organized by topic. Click on the Referral Directory to see all the topics organized alphabetically or by county served.

California Public Law Libraries

Find self-help services, legal links, find your local law library, how to do legal research and AskNow

AskNow - Ask questions and get answers from County law librarians in real time

Visit www.courts.ca.gov/lawday.htm for resources, tools, and ideas on ways libraries can celebrate Law Day on May 1

The site includes:
• Recommendations for Law Day book and resource displays for youth showcasing a court-related theme.
• Links to free, reliable self-help legal information
• Ideas and resources to produce interactive, and entertaining Law Day Events (Mock Trials, Law Day Film Festival, Careers in the Law workshop, etc.)
• Publicity material templates to help you advertise events.

If you have an interest in celebrating Law Day in your library, please contact Deirdre Benedict, Court Services Analyst, Administrative Office of the Courts, at deirdre.benedict@jud.ca.gov or 415-865-8915.

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