The Yolo County Law Library’s mission is to provide free public access to the best collection of legal resources within its means; to provide an organized, safe and quiet environment conducive to legal study; to strive to continuously improve services and programming; and to create mutually beneficial and responsive relationships with the community of users.

The Law Library is small-to-medium-sized with the following resources:

– Online legal databases (Westlaw, CEB OnLAW) — In library use only
– Ebsco Legal Information Reference Center (online access to all the Nolo Press self-help legal books)
– LexisNexis Digital Library, including remote access to California Forms of Pleading and Practice and other Matthew Bender treatises (contact the Law Library to obtain a login) 
– Practice and general legal reference material for attorneys and lay patrons (including Matthew Bender, California Continuing Education of the Bar and Rutter practice guides and treatises, James Publishing treatises, etc.)
– Local, California and federal codes and regulations (online and print)
– Self-help collection (Nolo Press books in print, dictionaries, encyclopedias, practical guides, etc.)

Through interlibrary loan services, the Law Library has access to the collections of other law libraries around the state.

Library staff members serve as research facilitators to help you find information in the library’s collection, legal databases, and community sources to enable your research or address your legal concern. Telephone and email reference services are limited to short, specific questions. We are not attorneys and take great care to avoid the unauthorized practice of law. Staff cannot help fill out forms, provide legal advice, or explain the meaning of the material.