Self-Help Resources
The Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder will provide you with contact information for legal aid programs, nonprofits, government agencies and lawyer for the day programs that may be able to help you with your legal issue for free or at a low cost. It will also give you links to legal information and self-help materials.
The MassLegalHelp website contains information about your legal rights and other self-help legal resources.
The Massachusetts Court System has a number of useful documents online in the Self Help Center that will help you understand civil law, the court system, and how to prepare for going to court. You can also access a variety of court forms.
The Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries has information about Massachusetts law. You can also chat live online with a law librarian.
Community Legal Aid has a library of know-your-rights materials that you can view and download below:
General Services
CORI Re-Entry Project
Education Law
Fair Housing
- CLA Springfield & Worcester fair Housing Project (English)
- CLA Springfield & Worcester Fair Housing Projects (Spanish)
- CLA Sexual Violence and Fair Housing Brochure (English)
- CLA Sexual Violence and Fair Housing Brochure (Spanish)
- CLA Substance Use and Fair Housing Brochure (English)
- CLA Substance Use and Fair Housing Brochure (Spanish)
- CLA People with Disabilities and Fair Housing Brochure (English)
- CLA People with Disabilities and Fair Housing (Spanish)
- Springfield Fair Housing Project Poster with Tear-Off (11 × 17 in) (English)
- Worcester Fair Housing Project Poster with Tear-Off (11 × 17 in) (English)
Elder Law
- CLA Senior Citizens’ Legal Advocacy (English)
- CLA Senior Citizens’ Legal Advocacy (Spanish)
- CLA Senior Citizens’ Legal Advocacy (Vietnamese)
- Senior Citizens Legal Advocacy - Client Feedback (English)
- Senior Citizens Legal Advocacy - Client Feedback (Spanish)
- Senior Citizens Legal Advocacy - Client Feedback (Vietnamese)
Resources for Victims of Crimes
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (English)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (English)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Albanian)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Albanian)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Arabic)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Arabic)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Chinese)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Chinese)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Cape Verdean Creole)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Cape Verdean Creole)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (French)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (French)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Greek)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Greek)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Haitian Creole)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Haitian Creole)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Hindi)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Hindi)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Italian)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Italian)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Khmer)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Khmer)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Korean)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Korean)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Polish)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Portuguese)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Romanian)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Portuguese)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Russian)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Spanish)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Spanish)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Turkish)
- MOVA Victim Bill Of Rights brochure (Vietnamese)
- MOVA SafePlan Brochure (Vietnamese)
Employment Law
- Workplace Rights & Responsibilities Brochure from the Office of the MA Attorney General (English)
- Brief Overview of Housing and Employment Rights from the Office of the MA Attorney General (English)
- Fair Employment Law Poster from Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (English)
- MCAD Rights & Enforcement
- Wage Theft Rights & Enforcement
