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How to Find Reputable Legal Information
The American Bar Association offers tips on finding and evaluating legal resources and information particularly as provided on the web

FindLaw for the Public  Articles, research guides, FAQs, forms, links to primary sources, on hundreds of legal topics from adoption to workers' compensation.  Links to resources prepared by national and state bar associations,  law schools, attorneys and publishers

ABA Practical Law Series  - Series prepared by the American Bar Association on how the law affects specific situations, such as buying or selling a home

ABA Legal Guides  The American Bar Association's electronic books include consumer law, and family law, homeownership, wills and estates, the ABA family legal guide

The Law and You 

E-book designed by the Ohio State Bar Association to improve public understanding of the law and the legal system. Chapters include sources of the law, courts, legal procedure, criminal law, torts, contracts, business transactions and organizations, property law, probate law, family law, workplace law, cyberlaw, and the lawyer

Legal Handbook for Ohio Journalists

E-book provides general legal information as well as information about media issues relevant to journalists prepared by the Ohio State Bar Association

Legal Basics for Small Business 
E-book contains chapters on starting up a business, money, utilities, intellectual property concerns, insurance, employee hiring/firing, employer responsibility, employee management, workers' compensation, federal and state laws, environmental issues, handling legal matters.  Prepared by the Ohio State Bar Association

Law You Can Use 
Searchable archive of previously published  articles in Ohio newspapers in question and answer format on specific legal issues, such as what to expect in traffic court, home equity loans, parental consent, truth in sentencing, grandparents' rights, Ohio's lemon laws, among many others.

Law Facts Pamphlets -  Information about commonly encountered legal issues prepared by Ohio  attorneys. Topics include administering an Estate Without a Will, Auto Accidents, bankruptcy, being a witness, buying a home, credit laws, divorce, DNR orders, guardianships, jury service, living wills, marriage laws, probate, tenant/landlord, wills among others:

Cleveland Law Library Association's Frequently Asked Questions  provides resources addressing common legal questions particularly relating to Ohio law

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