South Bay Libraries Host Legal Info Seminars
"Help Yourself to Legal Information @ Your Library" Introduces Resources Available Through Online and Self-Service Legal Centers
March 7, 2007 -
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"Help
Yourself to Legal Information @ Your Library"
Seminar
Schedule
April 4, 2007
Milpitas Public
Library
40 N. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas
(408) 262-1171
(Bilingual: Spanish-English)
April 11, 2007
Biblioteca Latinoamericana
921 S. First St., San Jose
(408) 294-1237
April 18, 2007
Santa Clara Public
Library
2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara
(408) 615-2900
April 25, 2007
Mountain View Public
Library
585 Franklin St., Mountain View
(650) 903-6887
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Four South Bay libraries will offer one-hour
seminars in April intended to demystify the legal process and empower
residents to access available legal resources. "Help Yourself
to Legal Information @ Your Library" seminars will be held
every Wednesday in April at 7:00 p.m., free of charge.
Attorneys and administrators from LawHelpCA (Public Interest Clearinghouse)
and the Superior Courts of both Santa Clara and the San Mateo County
will introduce tools, resources and links for legal information
in the areas most needed by self-represented litigants, including
bankruptcy, guardianship, landlord-tenant rights, and Small Claims
Court.
"There is a high demand for legal information," says
Sylvia Baker, chair of the Adult Service Committee of the Silicon
Valley Library System. People who request such information typically
cannot afford a lawyer, prefer to handle matters themselves or simply
want to better understand the process. "While the library
cannot offer legal advice, we can connect people with resources
that they can utilize themselves."
To preview some of the websites that will be featured, look at the
following:
• Santa
Clara County Superior Court's Self Service Center
• San
Mateo Superior Court's EZ Legal File
• Public
Interest Clearinghouse's LawHelpCalifornia
For more information, contact one of the participating libraries.
The Silicon Valley Library System is a regional cooperative comprised of seven library systems serving the South Bay communities of Los Gatos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County and Sunnyvale. Through their combined resources, Santa Clara Valley residents enjoy the best, most timely and cost-efficient library service.
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