1. PATRONS
&
LEGAL
RESEARCH
Free online sources for the general public

2. Self Represented Litigants
 A person who does not
have an attorney to
represent them
 Florida State Courts
 American Association of
Law Libraries
 Florida Bar

3. Florida Law

4. Florida Bar
The Florida Bar provides information for the
public on certain general areas of law as well
as specific legal issues in their Consumer
Pamphlets.
Consumer Pamphlets
 http://goo.gl/BIWA5
 Civil, credit, family, immigration, real property,
trusts &wills

5. County or Court Law Libraries
 Florida State, Court,
and County Law
Libraries
 County and Court
Law Libraries are
open to the public
 In the courthouse, or
adjacent buildings
 Some have been
integrated into the
Public Library

6. Online Sunshine
 Florida Statutes  Search Historical
 goo.gl/CN8e2 Statutes & Laws
 Florida Constitution (back to 1997)
 goo.gl/McSfd
 Laws of Florida
 goo.gl/ssmhE

7. Florida Administrative Code
https://www.flrules.org/
Florida Department of State, State Library and
Archives of Florida
Floridians have access to the rules and
regulations, proposed rules, public meetings,
bid proposals and other items.

8. Florida Rules of Court
• Rules of Procedure &
Proposed Amendments
• Appellate, civil, criminal,
family, judicial, juvenile,
probate, small claims, traffic
• http://goo.gl/ONC6v

9. Florida Cases
 District Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of
Florida
 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/courts/Florida

10. Florida County Sites
 Florida Clerk of Courts
 http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/coclerks.h
tml
 Florida County Government
Websites
 http://www.myflorida.com/counties/

11. County Codes and Ordinances
• Land Development
Codes
• Ordinances
• Development
Procedures
• http://www.municode.c
om/Library/FL

12. Corporate Entities
Florida State  SunBiz
Division of
Corporations  http://www.sunbiz.org
 Search for Corporations, Trademarks,
Limited Partnerships, & Limited
Liability Companies
 Profits and Non-Profits

13. Family Law
Florida State Family Law Forms
Courts Self
Help  http://goo.gl/CUC28
 Petitions & Answers
 Dissolution of Marriage
 Parenting & Custody

14. Landlord Tenant
Florida Bar  Forms Approved by the Supreme
Consumer
Information Court
 Tenant
eviction, residential lease,
agreements
 http://goo.gl/9TCC2

15. Federal Law

16. United States Code
 codification by
subject matter of
the general and
permanent laws of
the United States
 http://www.gpo.gov/
fdsys/search/home.
action

17. Federal Cases
 U.S. Supreme Court
 http://www.findlaw.co
m/casecode/supreme.
html
 U.S. Court of Appeals
11th Circuit
 http://caselaw.findlaw.
com/court/us-11th-
circuit/

18. Copyright
 United States Copyright
 http://www.copyright.gov/

19. Patent & Trademark
 United States Patent
and Trademark
 http://www.uspto.gov/

20. Legal Information Institute
 Cornell Law School
 http://www.law.cornell.edu/
 They are a not-for-profit group that believes
everyone should be able to read and understand
the laws that govern them, without cost.
 collaborators include publishers, legal scholars,
computer scientists, government agencies, and
other groups and individuals that promote open
access to law, worldwide.

21. Free Legal Resources
 Jessie Riggins
rigginsj@tblc.org