Need FREE Legal Advice?
Check out the LAWYER IN THE LIBRARY sessions listed below:
Each month at local public libraries in the First Judicial Circuit, volunteer attorneys are working to help self-represented litigants through the Lawyer in the Library program. With eight locations across the Southern Illinois region, and three additional locations coming soon, free legal advice is available nearby.
The Lawyer in the Library program provides patrons needing help with a legal issue the opportunity to sit down with an attorney for a private, one-on-one, approximately 20-minute session, to receive advice or help with legal documents. There is no fee but pre-registration is required at most locations. On the date of your session, check in at the library registration desk and bring paperwork pertaining to your legal question or situation, if applicable. This program may be limited to one visit per patron.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
For more information about the program, or to pre-register to speak to an attorney, you may call one of the following participating libraries:
March 11, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Marion, IL – Marion Carnegie Library, 618-993-5935
• Attorney Julian Valdes
March 14, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Herrin, IL — Herrin
City Library, (618) 942-6109
• Attorney: Julian Valdes
April 29, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Marion, IL – Marion Carnegie Library, 618-993-5935
• Attorney Elisha Sanders
PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY FOR THE NEXT DATE:
Anna, IL – Stinson Memorial Public Library, 618-833-2521
• Attorney Gene Turk
Carterville, IL – Anne West Lindsey District Library, 618-985-3298
• Attorney Winter Campanella
Thank you to the following for their support of this program: Chief Judge William J. Thurston, First Circuit Judges and Circuit Clerks, Volunteer Attorneys, Library Directors, Library Program Coordinators, and other library staff members.
Each Lawyer in the Library program is initially launched with a Self-Represented Litigant/Access to Justice Improvement Grant (ATJ Grant) funding through the Access to Justice Division, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
The programs continue with each Volunteer Attorney coordinating with the Library and the Office of the Chief Judge, Brenda Sprague, Administrative Assistant and ATJ Grant Coordinator.
Learn more at this link: https://www.firstcircuitil.org... More >><< Less