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The second best way to protect your legal rights is to know
where look when you need help (having a good lawyer is the first). In Louisiana,
we are lucky to have many private and public agencies with the resources to
provide help. Whether it is just information you want to find online, or
person-to-person help, we have a comprehensive list of places to contact. |
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The best way to find resources on the Internet is to make good use of the available search engines. |
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Clerks of court
For a complete listing of all of the clerks of court throughout Louisiana, go to our clerks of court page.
Legal humor
The wacky world of law is covered at lawhaha.com --from lawyer jokes to improbable laws and decisions.
Closer to home is Ernie the Attorney: Searching for truth and justice (in an unjust world). This site combines humor with good information about law, Louisiana, music and high-tech gadgets.
Louisiana web searches
Searching the web for Louisiana topics? Nothing can beat Louisiana Gumbo and the SearchLA site. It's "Louisiana's own Internet search engine."
Research
The Internet Law Library by Pritchard Law Webs is a good source for doing legal research and law searches on the Internet. Don't forget to also check out our own research page. You might also try American Legal Research - Your online resource for Legal research.
Jeffrey Flax with the D.C. Federal Public Defender's office has an interesting site with many, many legal links. Take a look at the jflax site.
Another site with many links and a good legal research engine is the Law Guru.
For extensive links including international law, see http://mishpat.net.
Mental health
The Mental Health Advocacy Center is a Louisiana organization to aid citizens who feel they have been wrongfully committed to a mental institution.
"Pro bono" free or reduced fee services
Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project: Rapides, Vernon and Avoyelles parishes services for those who pass federal poverty screening guidelines. No criminal cases are accepted. 318-499-9778
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services provide free legal services for the poor, elderly, or victims of domestic violence. You must live in Livingston, St. Tammany, Washington, St. Helena, or Tangipahoa parishes.
For a complete list of legal services available for the those who cannot afford a lawyer, the disabled, or the elderly, see our Free Legal Services page.
Web directories
WebBound is a complete directory listing of web resources
Notaries
Louisiana notaries have more powers than any other state. They can make wills and much more. For more information, visit the Louisiana Notary Association.
Private Detectives
Louisiana-Detectives.com is a good place to find out more about private investigations. Even if you are not located in the greater New Orleans area, which is where Retired USAR Counterintelligence Colonel David W. Kuebler established the home base of Louisiana-Detectives, it has a great deal of interesting information about investigations.
Attorney complaints
Complaints against attorneys in Louisiana are handled exclusively by the Disciplinary Counsel. Go to our attorney complaint page on this topic.
Child support enforcement
Support Enforcement Services is the place to find help when it comes to
questions about child support and paternity issues.
The program is
administered by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support,
Child Support Enforcement Services (SES). Their site also lists the 12 regional
offices located in Louisiana.
The latest child support guidelines can be found here
at La-Legal.
Louisiana Legislature
This is the place where the laws are made. For any information about pending bills, passed legislation, or how to contact your Senator or Representative, go to the Louisiana Legislature web site.
The Louisiana Law Institute, which is part of the LSU Law School, "...is organized for scholarly discussions of current problems in Louisiana law and particularly the projects under consideration by the Council, and for bringing together representatives of the legislature, members of the bench and bar, and representatives of the law-teaching profession."
Louisiana Supreme Court
Want to do your own legal research? Among other things, the Supreme Court's web site lets you search its database of Louisiana cases. Each of Louisiana's circuit courts also have web sites, but the reporting capabilities of those sites are not fully implemented. We will keep you informed when we feel the reporting is reliable. For summaries of the new decisions, see the Louisiana Supreme Court Report.
United States Supreme Court
The Cornell Law School has the best web page for reporting and analyzing Supreme Court decisions.
Consumer fraud
The Louisiana Department of Justice is the place to start for the latest on consumer fraud issues.
If you are specifically concerned about automobile fraud, the Auto Fraud Section of the Department of Justice covers odometer cheating, used car sales, auto repair and other issues. For problems with the purchase of a new car, see the lemon law article here at La-Legal.
Earn $60,000 to $100,000 your first month!
The Federal Trade Commission put together an interesting web site called
Ultimate Prosperity
which is an example of how some fraudulent web sites operate. It then provides
tips on avoiding scams. You can also file a complaint from this site.
Other Louisiana sites of interest
For Acadian genealogy, history and just plain fun, try http://www.acadian.org/
