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.