Legal Referral Resources and Legal Information

Links

• A Guide to Disability Rights Laws
  This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
• American Bar Association Disability Lawyers Directory
  The directory lists lawyers that provide legal representation to persons with disability-related claims or disputes.
• American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia
  A non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the Bill of Rights for all West Virginians and expand the reach of its guarantees to new areas.
• Bazelon Center
  Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
• Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute
  A small research, engineering, and editorial group housed at the Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. Our collaborators include publishers, legal scholars, computer scientists, government agencies, and other groups and individuals that promote open access to law, worldwide.
• Disability Law Handbook
  This handbook is a broad overview of rights and obligations under federal disability laws. Individual state laws may impose more stringent obligations. This handbook is intended to inform rather than to advise, and the information provided is of a general nature. You should consult an attorney for advice about your particular situation.
• FindLaw.com
  FindLaw provides legal information, lawyer profiles and a community to help you make the best legal decisions.
• LawHelp.org
  LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
• Legal Aid of West Virginia
  Legal Aid of West Virginia provides free advocacy services to West Virginians.
• Legal Aid of West Virginia - Guardianship/Conservatorship Information
  Contains information about guardianship and conservatorship in West Virginia.
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives
  Whether you are claiming benefits or providing representation, NOSSCR offers you services, information and support.
• National Veterans Legal Services Program
  The National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) is an independent nonprofit organization that has worked since 1980 to ensure that the U.S. government keeps its pact with our nation's 25 million veterans and active duty personnel by providing them the federal benefits they have earned through their service to our country.
• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Federal homepage. Civil rights laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, together protect your fundamental rights of nondiscrimination and privacy. This site has links and information to file an OCR complaint.
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance
  Provides a list of organizations listed by state that provide free legal assistance to eligible clients.
• The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA)
  This country’s oldest and largest nonprofit association of individual legal professionals and legal organizations devoted to ensuring the delivery of legal services to the poor.
• U.S. Department of Justice
  To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
• U.S. Department of Justice Guide to Disability Rights Laws
  This guide provides an overview of Federal civil rights laws that ensure equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
• West Virginia Advance Directive Planning for Important Healthcare Decisions
  Caring Connections provides free advance directives and instructions for each state that can be opened as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file. These materials are copyrighted by Caring Connections. Permission is granted to download a single copy of any portion of these texts. Use by individuals for personal and family benefit is specifically authorized and encouraged. Further copies or publication are prohibited without express written permission.
• West Virginia Court System Self-Help Center
  This on-line self-help center has been designed to provide valuable information to those persons wishing to represent themselves in court.
• West Virginia Guardianship and Conservatorship Handbook
  A Guide For Court-Appointed Guardians and Conservators
• West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission Complaints
  To file a complaint concerning a justice, circuit judge, family court judge, magistrate, mental hygiene commissioner, juvenile referee, special commissioner or special master.
• West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Council
  The Lawyer Disciplinary Board, with the assistance of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, has jurisdiction to investigate complaints regarding violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct; to hold hearings; and to make recommendations with respect to disciplinary action to be taken against lawyers.
• West Virginia Pro Bono Referral Project
  A state-wide organization that works to secure free and reduced cost legal representation for low-income citizens.
• West Virginia Social Security Lawyers
  A directory of Social Security lawyers across West Virginia and the country.
• West Virginia State Bar
  The homepage of West Virginia's State Bar.
• West Virginia State Code
  A direct link to the searchable portion of the West Virginia Legislature website for locating sections of the State Code.
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  Homepage of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.