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Legal Help in Chicago or Cook County

Category: Law Department

Circuit Court of Cook County Legal Advice Hotline at (312) 738-9200. Free and low-cost legal services available in IL, website (https://www.cookcountycourt.org/FOR-PEOPLE-WITHOUT-LAWYERS/Apply-for-a-Free-Attorney)


If you are looking for free legal help in Chicago or Cook County, in most cases, the best place to start is by calling the CARPLS Legal Aid Hotline at (312) 738-9200 -https://www.carpls.org/. The hotline is staffed by lawyers who can give you free legal advice by phone. If there is a free legal aid or pro bono organization that may be able to offer more help, the CARPLS lawyers will tell you who else to call. You may apply for free legal help online at Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO).


You can learn more about free and affordable legal help in the Chicago area in the Free and Affordable Legal Help in the Chicago Area guide - (https://www.cookcountycourt.org/Portals/0/Free%20and%20Affordable%20Legal%20Help.pdf?ver=xp6m0NtX8ak%3D).

Updated 10/11/2023 4:23 PM
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