Legal Resources

Legal Information

  • Legal Information Source offers full text from top consumer legal reference books and guides for personal, business, real estate, litigation, wills/trusts and more. Includes thousands of legal forms.
  • Public Records Online offers public records on marriage, divorce, arrests, misdemeanors, real estate and property transactions and more.
  • NexisUni provides information on federal and state laws, rules and regulations. Includes some court cases jury verdict and settlements.
  • Westlaw provides information on federal and state laws, rules and regulations. Includes all Supreme Court and Illinois Federal cases. 

Legal Assistance

  • CARPLS provides free legal services through telephone hotline that helps low-moderate income Illinois residents.
  • Chicago Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service provides information on screened, qualified lawyers in Cook County experienced in almost every area of law.
  • Chicago Volunteer Legal Assistance provides information on volunteer attorneys who donate free services to low-income Chicagoans annually.
  • Cook County Clerk of Court provides services including paying tickets and fines online, case portal lookup and more.
  • Illinois Lawyer Finder offers a way to search for a lawyer and a referral program by the Illinois State Bar Association.
  • Illinois Legal Aid helps people who are unable to find or afford lawyers and get open opportunities for justice.
  • Legal Aid Chicago offers free legal assistance to those living in poverty in civil cases to people living in Chicago and suburban Cook County.
  • North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic offers free legal services in the areas of domestic violence, housing and immigration to give low-income, at-risk community members access to justice.
  • Pro Se Representing Yourself is a U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois court program. 

Illinois Legal Forms

  • Gale Legal Forms offers access to Illinois legal forms for personal, business, real estate/landlord-tenant, litigation, wills/trusts and more.
  • Illinois Courts Forms offers approved Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Supreme Court forms.
  • eFileIL delivers electronic filing via a secure web portal for attorneys, self-represented litigants and government agencies.