Looking for Non-English Legal Help?

If you know someone who needs legal help and is not comfortable speaking English, this library section can help you find legal information and connect you to organizations that provide free legal help in other languages. Most of the organizations provide services only to low and moderate-income people and they will not handle all types of cases. Some organizations use a telephone interpretation service that has interpreters for more than 145 languages. 

Instructions on how to view the multilingual pages.

Click on an entry on the left. You will find legal information in the listed language. 

Click on an entry on the right. You will find an English translation of available legal information in the language noted.

"PDF" Files 
Many of the documents on the web are in a special file format called PDF.  To download a free viewer for these documents, visit the Adobe website. 

 Chinese
Spanish
Haitian-Creole
Korean
Russian
Tagalog

Free Translation On-line - Need to get a general idea of what a document or phrase means? These free services on the Internet offer "Machine" translation. It will not give you a completely accurate translation but it will give you an idea of what the document says or what a phrase or word means. It is a good starting point but you will need a full translation to have an accurate translation.

Source: Maryland Legal Assistance Network

Last Date of review (no legal content) 08/06/07 (MLAN/AC/DD)

This site offers legal information, not legal advice. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and to clearly explain your options. However we do not provide legal advice - the application of the law to your individual circumstances. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney. See our section on "Finding Legal Help."

The Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN) sponsors this site in collaboration with a number of legal services providers serving low and moderate income Marylanders. The information on this site is provided by a wide range of attorneys and advocacy organizations. Most files indicate author and attribution information. In the absence of file-specific attribution or copyright, the Maryland Assistance Network (MLAN/MLSC) holds the copyright (all rights reserved) subject to the following exception. You are free to copy the information for your own use or for other non-commercial purposes with the following language “Source: People’s Law Library of Maryland – www.peoples-law.org © Maryland Legal Assistance Network / MLSC, 1999-2003.”