This section of
the website was created by the MSBA Leadership Academy Class
of 2006. Since June 2007, it has been maintained and
expanded by the
Maryland
Legal Assistance Network (MLAN).
Maryland's Peoples Law Library (PLL) is a legal
information and self-help website maintained by the Maryland
State Law Library, a court-related agency of the Maryland
Judiciary, and supported by Maryland's non-profit
legal services providers. Various sections of this
site have been developed by different legal aid programs,
public interest attorneys, other community advocacy groups
and the Maryland
Legal Assistance Network (MLAN). This award-winning
website uses established standards
of excellence for the content available on it.
This site provides information on Maryland and Federal
law affecting low- and moderate-income Marylanders and
their families. The public can find help using this site
at Outreach
Centers and law
libraries throughout the state. Note that this site
is geared specifically for Maryland's citizens. If you
need legal information or legal assistance outside of
Maryland, this
resource page or your local
law library may be helpful. Please also note that
this site is not an attorney advertisement or an e-mail
legal advice service.
Through 2007, PLL had been a project of MLAN,
which was initially created by a 3-year grant from the Open
Society Institute to the Maryland
Legal Services Corporation (a nonprofit organization
that funds legal aid providers offering free legal help to
low-
and moderate-income people in Maryland). This website
served as a collaborative effort (managed by MLAN)
of the Maryland non-profit legal services providers with
the goal of providing a single "portal" to
Maryland legal and self-help information. The Legal
Aid Bureau was a major partner in the development and
maintenance of this website. With funding from the Legal
Services Corporation, Legal Aid contributed the
platform and navigation scheme for this site. In November
2007, the Maryland
State Law Library assumed responsibility for the
management and continued updating of this site. Please contact
us if you have questions or suggestions about this
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