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Legal.com guides you past the Legalese so that you can quickly and affordably find the answers to your legal questions or problems. Use our online tools to find a self-help law book, legal form or the right lawyer for the job. You can also read up on the law, using our free online legal research tool.

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Free Online Legal Research

You can use Legal.com's legal research tool to search for the answers to your legal questions. Just enter keywords to find statutes, cases and articles about your area of law. Your searches will find everything from quick overviews to complex articles written for legal professionals. In fact, Legal.com's search tool is so useful that attorneys use it when starting their reasearch. You'll never get a bill, no matter how many things you look up, because it's free! This is a good one to bookmark and share.

Legal Forms

There are tens of thousands of legal forms. How do you find the one you need? Legal.com organizes forms intuitively, helping you identify the one(s) you need quickly. First, choose an area of law. Then, select the jurisdiction (state or country). Once you've narrowed your search to just a few forms, know that you can purchase and download a form or forms kit, where you can edit it to your exact needs.

Articles Explaining the Law

For expanded information and resources about a particular area of the law, click a selection under Legal Areas. Most recently updated: Legal.com's Guide to State & Federal Income Taxes: Preparing Your 2012 Tax Returns.

Law Books

Legal.com started as Legal Recourse, a law-specialty bookstore in Palo Alto, CA in 1991. We put our book catalog online in 1993, where you can shop for self-help law titles. We also offer a complete selection of study aids for law school students, and codes and treatises for legal professionals.