Legal Reference

Featured Resources

These trusted resources will help you find answers to your legal questions.

Legal Forms

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Take the law into your own hands and create accurate, reliable legal documents with no hassle with Gale LegalForms. It offers Connecticut-specific “attorney forms” – officially approved forms actually used by law firms.

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Legal Information Reference Center

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Indexes law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. Also contains law-related articles from business and general interest titles.

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Martindale-Hubbell

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Includes profiles for over one million lawyers and firms in the United States, Canada and 160 other countries.

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Community Resources

These community organizations can provide legal assistance, whether you need help finding an attorney, want to learn to represent yourself, or anything in between.

2-1-1 is the one-stop connection to local services from utility assistance, food, housing, child care, after-school programs, elder care, and crisis intervention.

Information you need to become licensed, renew a permit, or solve a problem. They are here to protect Connecticut citizens from fraud, unfair business practices and physical injury from unsafe goods or services.

Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries provide in-person legal reference assistance, as well as print materials and electronic resources for your legal research needs. They are staffed by Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Librarians and serve all Connecticut residents.

CTLawHelp helps Connecticut residents solve their legal problems. In addition to providing legal advice to low income residents, this organization provides access to templates for living wills, advanced directives, and powers of attorney through their self-help dashboard.

P2P serves 28,000 residents in lower Fairfield County with the following programs: three food pantries, grocery home delivery, mobile pantry and casework team, clothing center, caseworker assistance, emergency financial assistance, scholarships/mentorships, camperships, and seasonal enrichment programs.

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Our Librarians can connect you with local organizations or provide you with basic information for your legal questions. For more involved questions or research, contact a law librarian.

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Document Templates

CT Law Help provides access to templates for Advanced Healthcare Directives, Power of Attorney, and Living Wills. Help is either self-guided or answer online questions to get started.

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