Minnesota Legal Advice Online (MLAO)

Legal Education and Information

Basic information about various legal topics

Description

Provides information about different types of law, the criminal justice system or other legal topics

Additional Information

Allows eligible individuals to post legal questions for free. Questions posted may be answered by volunteer lawyers.

Personal information and questions are kept private. Only the lawyer who answers your question will see your name.

Clients who meet the eligibility criteria can sign up and post a question.

All questions that are waiting for an answer are available to any registered volunteer lawyer to answer.

Lawyers provide information and basic legal advice without any expectation of long-term representation.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Aitkin County
  • Anoka County
  • Becker County
  • Beltrami County
  • Benton County
  • Big Stone County
  • Blue Earth County
  • Brown County
  • Carlton County
  • Carver County
  • Cass County
  • Chippewa County
  • Chisago County
  • Clay County
  • Clearwater County
  • Cook County
  • Cottonwood County
  • Crow Wing County
  • Dakota County
  • Dodge County
  • Douglas County
  • Faribault County
  • Fillmore County
  • Freeborn County
  • Goodhue County
  • Grant County
  • Hennepin County
  • Houston County
  • Hubbard County
  • Isanti County
  • Itasca County
  • Jackson County
  • Kanabec County
  • Kandiyohi County
  • Kittson County
  • Koochiching County
  • Lac qui Parle County
  • Lake County
  • Lake of the Woods County
  • Le Sueur County
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Mahnomen County
  • Marshall County
  • Martin County
  • McLeod County
  • Meeker County
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County
  • Mower County
  • Murray County
  • Nicollet County
  • Nobles County
  • Norman County
  • Olmsted County
  • Otter Tail County
  • Pennington County
  • Pine County
  • Pipestone County
  • Polk County
  • Pope County
  • Ramsey County
  • Red Lake County
  • Redwood County
  • Renville County
  • Rice County
  • Rock County
  • Roseau County
  • Scott County
  • Sherburne County
  • Sibley County
  • St. Louis County
  • Statewide
  • Stearns County
  • Steele County
  • Stevens County
  • Swift County
  • Todd County
  • Traverse County
  • Wabasha County
  • Wadena County
  • Waseca County
  • Washington County
  • Watonwan County
  • Wilkin County
  • Winona County
  • Wright County
  • Yellow Medicine County

• Payment
  • Free / no cost to eligible clients

• Specialization
  • People with low income

Eligibility

To be eligible individuals must:

• Be a Minnesota resident
• The user must have household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level
• Must be at least 14 years old

Application Instructions

New users can register online to find out if they can get help. You will be asked questions about yourself, your income, and your legal problem. All of your answers are confidential. Only the lawyer who answers your question will see your name.