Format: Self-paced Course
Developed by: WebJunction, in collaboration with Legal Services Corporation
Length: 2 hours
In the four lessons of this course you will learn about the civil legal justice gap in the United States, the complexities of our legal systems and procedures, the role that public libraries can play by providing access to legal information and resources to their communities, and how to provide that information without straying into the prohibited activity of offering legal advice.
Learning Objectives
Learners successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Describe the scope and impact of the civil legal justice gap and the role public libraries can play in addressing it
- Provide appropriate legal information to patrons while recognizing and avoiding crossing the line into legal advice
- Describe the 51 US legal systems, three types of primary law, and the distinction between civil and criminal legal issues
