Contra Costa Public Law Library
Your First Stop For Finding Answers To Your Legal Questions
Are you looking for a place to find answers to legal questions such as?
• How to create a health care directive or prepare a simple will;
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• How to handle credit card and other debt collection actions;
• How to handle traffic tickets;
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• How to handle Landlord-Tenant issues;
The Contra Costa County Law Library has branches in Richmond, Martinez (main branch) and Pittsburg, serving all cities in the County. In addition to providing access to legal materials for the legal community, a prime mission of the Law Library is to provide access to legal resources to the general public. To that end, the Law Library is constantly adding print and online legal resources written for the general public. For example, the Law Library has books like Fight your ticket & win in California, Defending a Credit Card Collection Case, Nolo’s Simple Will Book – all written for the non-lawyer.
The Law Library’s website (http://www.cccpllib.org/) provides online access to its catalog as well as links to self-help legal resources (http://www.cccpllib.org/self-help.html), including links to California and Federal laws.
The Law Library also provides information about workshops and clinics serving the general public, including workshops about Housing Law, Small Claims, Bankruptcy. In addition, the Law Library hosts “Lawyer in the Library Clinic,” a monthly clinic for individuals without a lawyer, held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in Martinez.
As part of its outreach to the general public, the Law Library provides presentations to community groups and participates in information fairs, including the Senior Information & Health Fair held annually in Richmond. This year’s Fair was a great success attended by some 700+ seniors and advocates for seniors, providing yet another opportunity for the Law Library to spread the word about its available resources.
Please stop in, visit online, or call the Contra Costa County Law Library...Your Source For Legal Information.
The Richmond Branch of the Contra Costa County Public Law Library is located at the Superior Court Building, 100 37th Street, Room 237. Phone: (510) 374-3019.
El Cerrito resident Deborah Kemp is an attorney and part-time law librarian. Carey Rowan has been the Law Library Director since 2008 and previously served with libraries in Solano and Los Angeles County
