The following are resources on law library ethics: American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Ethical Principles & AALL UPL Toolkit The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Ethical Principles make a statement about law librarians’ duty to av ...

The Opportunity for All- How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries Report proves the broad use and value of internet access in public libraries. This research, conducted by the University of Washington and funded by the Bill ...

In the fall of 2012 Pro Bono Net produced the Libraries and Access to Justice Webinar Series to increase awareness among librarians and community stakeholders about free, online resources for people with legal needs, how librarians can access and utilize ...

Law libraries provide essential services to self-represented litigants. To highlight the work that law libraries do to promote access to justice as well as available opportunities to expand services, Joan Belistri of the Anne Arundel County Public Law Lib ...

Teams from 15 states participated in a train-the-trainer conference for public librarians and their court and legal paid partners in Austin, Texas on how public libraries can improve access to online information at libraries. These teams were selected fro ...

Barriers to civil legal justice disproportionately affect low-income people in the US, creating the justice gap—the divide between the civil legal needs of low-income people and access to the resources to meet those needs. Public libraries are well-positi ...

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Panelists: Sara Galligan, Terrye Conroy Moderator: James Durham           Program Description: Partnerships are essential ways of doing business for law librarians in all types of libraries. This access to just ...

Tuesday, March 24, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Panelists: Sara Galligan, Joan Bellistri, and Janine Liebert Moderator: James Durham   Program Description: As we claim our role in alleviating the justice gap, law librarians provide unique services for self-re ...

The Law Librarians’ Working Group of the Self-Represented Litigation Network surveyed law libraries in the summer of 2013 about their services, including self-help programs. The full survey results are available below, as well as maps of the various tiers ...

In Maryland, each year the use of public library services rises as the state’s population increases. Along with this increase in library customers, the number of people who need, but struggle to afford legal help, continues to grow. So it follows that mor ...