Pro Se means "For Yourself." It refers to people who represent themselves in court or
with a non-court legal problem. There are a lot of websites that provide some pro se
information. Some are good. Some are not. Some charge money for their pro se help and
information. Some do not. If you have to represent yourself in court or deal with a
legal problem by yourself, be careful.
Many of these sites can put you in touch with groups that give free legal help for some
kinds of cases.
Generally, you can be more sure of information from a court website, a university or law school
webiste, or a website from an organization that provides free legal services to low income
people, but not always. The most reliable information will have a date on it. Check to be
sure the law hasn't changed since the material was written.
Even if you are going to represent yourself or try to solve your own legal problem,
you might want to talk with an attorney to be sure there are no hidden legal problems.
Here are a few of the many pro se assistance sites:
- Court Based Pro Se Programs
and Services (from the Pro
Se Law Center.)
- Maricopa County Self Service
Center (Phoenix)
- California Courts
Self-Help Center
- Florida Supreme Court Self Help Center
- Florida's
6th Judicial Circuit
- Hawai'i State
Judiciary - Self-Help
- Illinois
LawHelp
- Self Help Legal Center
(Southern Illinois University School of Law)
- Massachusetts Legal Help
- Montana LawHelp
- HelpMeLaw (Maine)
- People's Law Library of Maryland
- Wisconsin Court System Self-Help Center
- LawHelp has self help websites in many states.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Texas
- Virginia
- Virgin Islands
