Statewide Legal Services is a telephone hotline helping callers with legal problems in Connecticut. We talk to callers about many different non-criminal legal problems. Some of the problems we can talk to you about include family, employment, public benefits, housing and consumer problems like bankruptcy. There is no charge for our services, but we can only help people with very low income.

Click here to learn how to apply for legal aid.

If you are eligible for our services, we would provide advice to help you with your legal problem. We might also refer you to another legal aid office or to a Pro Bono attorney.

Self-Help Guides

This web site brings together many different materials to help you with a legal problem.  First you should click on "Self Help Guides" or one of the "Legal Problem" topics on this page.  You will then see a display of our resources about your topic.  If you scroll down in the page that opens, you will see a list of pamphlets.  There are tabs at the top of that page that will take you to lists of related court forms, audio and video guides, agencies that can help you (click on Local Help), and links to helpful sites on the Internet (click on Links).

You can also type a word or phrase in the box at the top of this page and click on the big red "Search" button.  You will get a list of links to materials about your topic.