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Information on locating, accessing, and applying free legal resources on the internet.

California Courts

The Judicial Council is the judicial branch of California and oversees the Superior, Appellate, and Supreme Courts. It creates the rules of court and official forms for all levels of courts.

  • Official Forms: optional and mandatory fillable forms developed by the courts. 
  • Official Rules of Court: statewide rules.
  • Online Self-Help Center: information about the court system, lawyers, legal aid, and other help from the courts.
    • Help on topics such as divorce, eviction & housing, immigration, debt collection, traffic, small claims, guardianship, wills, estates & probate, name change, abuse & harassment, gender change, and much more
    • Available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese

California Case Law

California Official Reports

  • Published cases from California's official authorized publisher (updated quarterly).
    • California Supreme Court opinions 1850-present
    • Appeals Court opinions 1905-present

Opinions from the California Courts

Dockets

  • Case information for California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal cases

Supreme Court of California Resources 

  • Opinions 1934-present and annotations, briefs, documents and news relating to California Supreme Court opinions provided by Justia and Stanford Law School.