LA Law Library Resources:
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Lawyers in the Library: This program provides free 20-30 minute consultations with volunteer lawyers for people who have legal problems to discuss but do not have a lawyer representing them. Consultations may be either in person or by telephone depending on the patron’s preference and the availability of lawyers with expertise on the requested topic.
Live Classes: Learn the basics of common areas of law, and how to take the next step.
On Demand Videos: Access to recordings of some of our most popular classes.
- Addressing Bias in Special Education
- Custody and Child Support: Where You Begin
- Enforcing Custody and Visitation Orders
- Get Ahead with California Public Benefits
- How to Resolve Custody and Visitation Conflicts
- Modification of Child Custody Orders
Child Welfare & Benefits: Services designed to ensure that children are safe and families have the necessary tools for the child’s well-being.
- BenefitsCal: Portal where Californians can get and manage benefits online
- Child Care Law Center
- Child Services, California Department of Social Services
- Children, Youth & Families, Public Counsel
- Children’s Institute
- findhelp: Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance healthcare and more
- Parent Resources, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
- Women, Infants & Children Program, California Department of Public Health
Child Custody: Rights and responsibilities between parents and their child or children.
- Child custody and parenting time, California Courts Self-Help Guide
- Child custody and parenting time Index | California Courts | Self Help Guide
- Domestic Violence/Family Law, LAFLA
- Índice de custodia de los hijos y horario de crianza | California Courts | Self Help Guide
- Levitt Quinn Family Law Center
- Family Law Online Dispute Resolution Center
Education: The rights of students to an equal education.
- California Early Start, California Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
- CPIR Online Resource Library, Center for Parent Information & Resources
- Grade Spans, California Department of Education
- Individualized Education Plan, Parents Helping Parents
- Kindergarten in California, California Department of Education
- Learning Rights Law Center
- Resources on IEPs for Students with Disabilities, California Department of Education
- Seeds of Partnership: Family Engagement and Professional Development in Special Education
- Self-Help Information for Special Education Cases, CA Office of Administrative Hearings
Foster Youth: Information relating to minor children placed in the foster care.
- Alliance for Children’s Rights
- Children’s Law Center of California
- California Foster Care Ombudsperson: Know Your Rights
- Family Support and Advocacy Network: Former Foster Youth Support
- Former Foster Youth Program, LA County Department of Public Social Services
- Foster Youth, Children’s Institute
- iFoster: Need(s) Request
- Legal Services for Youth in Foster Care and/or on Probation, Public Counsel
- Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
- One Simple Wish: Submit a Wish
- United Friends of the Children
Guardianship: The legal authority to make decisions for a minor whose parents cannot or will not properly care for them.
- California Alliance of Caregivers
- Guardianship, LA Court Self Help
- Guardianship, CA Courts Self-Help Guide
- Guardianship Clinic, Public Counsel
- Legal Guardianship, Alliance for Children’s Rights
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