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- Court Basics
- Find Legal Help
- Find Mediation Resources
- Researching the Law
- Abuse & Harassment
- Civil Appeals
- Civil Lawsuit & Procedures
- Criminal Law
- Divorce and Separation
- Eviction & Housing
- Families & Children
- Find a Lawyer
- Gender Change
- Name Change
- Seniors & Conservatorship
- Small Claims
- Traffic
- Wills, Estates & Probate
Court Basics - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
How Courts Work - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Court Info - California Online Self-Help Center
Types of Cases - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Your Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Preparing for Court - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Before You File Your Case - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Filing a Lawsuit: Figuring Out Who Can Sue - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Jurisdiction and Venue: Where to File a Case - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Statute of Limitations - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
- Court Forms
Basics of Court Forms - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Court Forms - LA Law Library
- Court Based Services
- Find a Lawyer
- Law Libraries & Online Resources
- LA Law Library- Classes, Workshops and Online Videos
- Search for Legal Help by Topic
Los Angeles Superior Court
Los Angeles Superior Court Services
Self-Help Resource Centers - Los Angeles Superior Court
Family Law Facilitators - Los Angeles Superior Court
Family Court Services - Los Angeles Superior Court
Small Claims Advisor - Los Angeles Superior Court
Find Your Court - California Courts
Find Court Resources in Your County - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Court Based Self-Help Services - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find a Court Program - LawHelpCalifornia
Find Family Law Facilitators in Your County - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Family Court Services & Custody Mediation in Your County - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Small Claims Advisor in Your County - California Courts
Find Resources to Resolve Your Dispute Out of Court - California Courts
Free & Low Cost Legal Help - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Find Free & Low-Cost Help - LawHelpCalifornia
Free & Low-Cost Legal Help in Los Angeles County - LA Law Library
Legal Assistance & Other Services in Los Angeles County - 211 Los Angeles County
Finding a Lawyer - California Courts Online Self-Help Center
Lawyers Referral Services in Los Angeles County - LA Law Library
Find Public Defenders in Your County - California Public Defenders Association
Los Angeles Incubator Consortium
Abogado.com
Find a Los Angeles Lawyer Referral Service - The State Bar of California
LA Law Library
Find County Law Libraries in California
California Courts Self-Help Center
California Online Self-Help Law Center - Contra Costa Superior Court
LawHelpCalifornia.org
Online Classes at LA Law Library
Civil Lawsuit Basics at LA Law Library
Civil Lawsuit Basics at LA Law Library
Resources for Getting Legal Help - LA Law Library
Lawyers in the Library at LA Law Library
Ask a Law Librarian
Find a County Law Library
County Law Library Research Guides
Alameda County Law Library
Sacramento County Public Law Library
San Diego Law Library
- Hein Online
- LA Law Library Website
- Legal Infornation Reference Center
- LegalTrac
- Lexis Advance
- Westlaw
Law journals, the Federal Register, CFR, USC, and US Treaties. Please click here to visit the database.
Nearly one million volume equivalents with Federal and State materials, a comprehensive California collection and one of the nation’s largest foreign and international law collections. Please click here to visit our website.
Coverage of more than 225 publications published by Nolo Press with full text search ability. Please click here to visit the database.
Indexing for more than 1,500 major law reviews, legal newspapers, and international legal journals. Please click here to visit the database.
Coverage of state and federal cases and statutes, Matthew Bender California treatises, and Shepard’s. Please click here to visit the database.
New Westlaw search interface includes state and federal cases and statutes, jury verdicts, court filings, trial court documents, and secondary sources. Please click here to visit the database.
As the second largest public law library in the United States, LA Law Library meets the needs of the public, self-represented litigants and the legal community in a dynamic, ever-evolving global environment where information is shared, updated and accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
For more information on the library's events, classes and workshops, please click here.
THE LA LAW LIBRARY IS:
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- A curator and cultivator of a superior collection of one million volume equivalents. This collection includes Federal and State materials, a comprehensive California collection and one of the nation's largest foreign and international law collections.
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- A gateway to legal information and resources. LA Law Library serves a primary connection between the courts, legal service providers, and the public, and the most current legal information (accessible online and print) coupled with extensive historical information.
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- A navigator of the courts and legal system. LA Law Library serves as an integral partner with the Los Angeles County Superior Court and other courthouses and administrators throughout the county and state, thereby giving the public and self-represented litigants unique direction on how to address their legal concerns.
- With a newly renovated Main Library in Downtown Los Angeles, located steps from the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, self-service digital research stations recently introduced in the Norwalk and Pomona county courthouses, and expanding relationships with legal aid foundations, pro bono organizations, bar associations and public libraries, LA Law Library is becoming a robust community education center for the residents of Los Angeles County, the state of California and the world.
- Downtown Los Angeles - Main Library
- Compton Library
- Lancaster Regional Library
- Long Beach
- Norwalk
- Pasadena
- Pomona
- Torrance
- Van Nuys
Mildred L. Lillie Building
301 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 785-2529
Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Parking:
108 N. Hill Street, at Hill & 1st Streets, directly across from the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Cost varies by time.
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
240 West Compton Boulevard
Compton, CA 90220
(310) 637-0202
Hours:
Tuesday - Thursday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday - Monday: CLOSED
For more information, please visit: Compton Library
Librarian Office Hours
A Librarian from LA Law Library will visit public library partner locations to offer assistance in finding information that will help answer legal questions, getting started on learning about the law or going to court.
Hours:
Second Thursday of the month: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
601 West Lancaster Blvd
Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 948-5029
Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 am - 8 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Friday: 8 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 8 am - 6 pm
Sunday: CLOSED
For more information, please visit:
Lancaster Regional Library
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse
275 Magnolia Avenue, 3rd floor (in the Mediation office)
Long Beach, CA 90802
562-508-4882
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 pm
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
Southeast Superior Court Building
12720 Norwalk Blvd
Norwalk, CA 90650
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Librarian Office Hours
Thursdays - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
LA Law Library staff will visit the courthouse eBranch to offer assistance in finding information that will help answer legal questions, getting started on learning about the law or going to court.
Norwalk Public Library, 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
12350 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650 - right across the Civic Center plaza
Norwalk Courthouse eBranch: 4th Thursdays of the month
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
PASADENA
Pasadena Public Library
285 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 744-4066
Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday & Saturday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
For more information, please visit the Pasadena Public Library
Librarian Office Hours
A Librarian from LA Law Library will visit public library partner locations to offer assistance in finding information that will help answer legal questions, getting started on learning about the law or going to court.
Hours: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Thursdays
Directions
For directions, please click here.
East District Superior Court Building
400 Civic Center Plaza, 1st Floor, Court Clerk's Office Lobby, 1st floor
Pomona, CA 91766
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed on court holidays
Librarian Office Hours
Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
A Librarian from LA Law Library will visit the courthouse eBranch to offer assistance in finding information that will help answer legal questions, getting started on learning about the law or going to court.
Directions:
For directions, please click here.
South Bay County Building
825 Maple Ave., Room 110
Torrance, CA 90503
(310) 222-8816
Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Parking:
Library users may park in the free public parking adjacent to the courthouse on Maple Avenue.
DIRECTIONS:
For directions, please click here.