GENERAL LEGAL SOURCES

• FindLaw — http://www.findlaw.com/
• NOLO – https://www.nolo.com

LEGAL REFERRALS BY COUNTY

• Aitkin
• Chisago
• Isanti
• Kanabec
• Mille Lacs
• Pine
• All Minnesota County Law Libraries

MINNESOTA SPECIFIC RESOURCES

Free Legal Clinics: 

• Legal Advice Clinics by County —  https://mncourts.gov/help-topics/self-help-centers/legal-advice-clinics
  • 7th District: Mille Lacs
  • 9th District: Aitkin
  • 10th District: Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Pine

• Minnesota State Law Library Clinics —  https://mn.gov/law-library/services/clinics/ — The Minnesota State Law Library offers brief legal advice clinics. All clinics are conducted over the phone and require advance registration. 

Other Helpful Websites

• HOME Line — https://homelinemn.org/ — HOME Line provides free and low-cost legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services so that tenants throughout Minnesota can solve their own rental housing problems. 

• LawHelpMN.org —Helping Minnesotans solve legal problems
  • LawHelpMN Guide —http://www.lawhelpmn.org/
  • Free Minnesota Do-It-Yourself Legal Forms — https://www.lawhelpmn.org/forms 
  • Legal Kiosk Locations — https://www.legalkiosk.org/locations — Community-based Legal Kiosks  for Minnesotans who face technology access and transportation barriers to research legal problems, work on court cases, reach legal services providers, and attend virtual meetings and hearings.
  • Providers & Clinics — https://www.lawhelpmn.org/providers-and-clinics
  • Self Help Library — https://www.lawhelpmn.org/self-help-library

• Minnesota Judicial Branch — https://mncourts.gov/
  • Access Case Records —  https://mncourts.gov/access-case-records
  • Forms and Instructions — https://mncourts.gov/getforms  — (Note: if “packet” available, choose that option. This will include all forms needed for a task.)
  • Help Topics A to Z —  https://mncourts.gov/help-topics
  • Minnesota Guide and File — https://minnesota.tylertech.cloud/SRL/SRL  — Minnesota Guide & File is an electronic tool that helps you create court forms in certain types of cases. In most situations, you can then file your forms electronically (eFile) through Guide & File or print and file on paper.
  • Self-Help Centers —  https://mncourts.gov/help-topics/self-help-centers/locations — Self-Help Centers can help you find helpful information, services, and resources about your legal problem if you are not represented by a lawyer. The Self-Help Centers assist people who represent themselves in the Minnesota District Courts.

• Minnesota State Law Library — Ask a Librarian for help; access the library catalog, online resources, referrals, and self-help clinics
  • Homepage — https://mn.gov/law-library/
  • Legal Topics —  https://mn.gov/law-library/legal-topics/—Click on a topic to find links to statutes, forms, publications, and suggestions on where to go for legal help. 

Statutes, Court Rules & Minnesota Government Publications

• Minnesota Statutes, Rules, & Court Rules — from the Minnesota State Legislature
  • https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs

• Minnesota Attorney General – publications from the Attorney General’s office, available in electronic format, including legal rights for tenants, seniors, veterans and service members, and more
  • https://www.ag.state.mn.us/office/publications.asp