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.
Zoom:
- LIVE ZOOM: Cleaning Your Criminal Record: Where You Begin
- Thursday, October 02, 2025: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
- Thursday, April 03, 2025: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
- Civil Rights: Where You Begin
- Thursday, January 23, 2025: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
- Thursday, May 15, 2025: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
- Thursday, August 28, 2025: 12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
On Demand Videos: Access to recordings of some of our most popular classes.
- Civil Rights: Where You Begin
- Cleaning Your Criminal Record: Where You Begin
- Know Your Rights When Interacting With Police
- What Is Due Process? Know Your Rights
- New U.S. Supreme Court Decisions & What They Mean
- Addressing Bias in Special Education
Civil Rights: Fundamental legal rights of every person, like equality before the law, due process, free speech and petition, among many others.
- Civil Rights, Legal Information Institute
- Civil Rights Department, State of California
- Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- County of Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations
- LA Civil Rights
- Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Human Rights Campaign
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- UNIDOS US
- Getting Uncle Sam To Enforce Your Civil Rights, United States Commission on Civil Rights
Prisoners' Rights and Prison Release Protocols: Fundamental legal rights of every person, like equality before the law, due process, free speech and petition, among many others.
- Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
- Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- California Office of Youth and Community Restoration
- Corrections & Reentry, Bureau of Justice Assistance DOJ
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs DOJ
- Reentry Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Workforce Development, California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA)
- Proposition 57: "Nonviolent Offender" Parole, Prison Law Office
- The California Prison and Parole Law Handbook, Prison Law Office
- Know Your Rights: Prisoners’ Rights, ACLU
- Root & Rebound: Reentry Advocates
- Prison Legal News
- Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Protesting and First Amendment Rights: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech, religion, and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and to petition the government.
- First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms, Legal Information Institute
- Freedom of Speech: An Overview, Congressional Research Service
- The First Amendment - Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press, FindLaw
- Know Your Rights, ACLU
- Legal Resources for Activists Advocating for Palestine Across the U.S., Palestine Legal
- Palestine Resource Guide, CAIR California
- Protestors, ACLU Southern California
- Mass Defense Program, National Lawyers Guild
- Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE)
- Know Your Rights: Free Speech, Protests & Demonstrations, ACLU Northern California
- How To Stay Safer At A Protest, American Friends Service Committee