Library Guides: Self-Help Legal Research Guide: Missouri

Missouri Resources

Attorney General's Page on Protecting Senior Missourians
Introduction to Small Claims Court (Missouri Bar)
Legal Services of Missouri
A resource for low income and elderly residents to learn more about Missouri law. The Public Law Library offers some legal education and self help materials.
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Legal Aid of Western Missouri (LAWMo) has been providing essential legal services to low-income citizens since 1964. LAWMo staff attorneys, paralegals and volunteers assist over 20,000 people each year with problems that seriously affect their ability to provide for themselves and their families.
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
The mission of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR) is to develop, recommend, and implement ways to prevent and eliminate discrimination and to provide fair and timely resolutions of discrimination claims through enforcement of the Missouri Human Rights Act.
Missouri Public Service Commission
The Missouri Public Service Commission regulates investor-owned electric, steam, natural gas, water and sewer and telephone companies. Its mission is to ensure Missouri consumers have access to safe, reliable and reasonably priced utility service while allowing those utility companies under our jurisdiction an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on their investment. The PSC also regulates manufacturers and retail dealers who sell new and used manufactured homes and modular units.
Missouri Department of Mental Health- Crisis Services
Contact information for hotlines include: suicide prevention, psychiatric crisis, gambling problems, alcohol abuse or other drug abuse crisis, and mental retardation or other develomental disability crisis.
Representing Yourself in Court
General information from the Missouri Courts for people representing themselves in Family Court.

More Resources from the Missouri Bar Association

The Missouri Bar Association provides resources for the general public.

The Law in Your Life
The Law in Your Life is a strictly informational podcast designed to help you understand your rights.
Public Information Resources
Public resources created by Missouri lawyers.

Missouri Law Practice Books

Missouri Practice Series by Published by West Group
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Available on Westlaw Public. Print version available in the Reference Alcove. For library use only.
A practice guide that is geared toward Missouri law which offers guidance based on statutory and case law. Also includes sample forms and templates.
The publication was created to provide the user with accurate and authoritative information concerning the subject matter covered. It was not necessarily prepared by persons licensed to practice law in a particular jurisdiction. If you require legal or other expert advice, you should seek the services of a competent attorney or other professional.
MoBarCLE Publications by Published by the Missouri Bar
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Available in the Reference Alcove. For library use only.
This publication offers overviews of many areas of Missouri law. The explanations include cases, statutes, and overviews of the current state of law in Missouri.
This publication is intended to assist Missouri attorneys. The material is presented as research information to be used by attoeneys and it not considered legal advice. Original and fully current sources of authority should be researched.

Other Libraries in Missouri

There are other government and law libraries in Missouri that might also have the Missouri legal information you need.