Anyone seeking out free legal advice would be well served to consult two very different sources in attempt to find legal help. The first, and perhaps simpler would to undertake an internet search. The second would be to survey friends and family about any contacts they have whom may be able to provide legal help
An internet search can provide two different ways of providing free legal advice. Legal help can be gained from websites which hosts devote a section of their websites to hosting a bulletin board section. When seeking free legal advice from a bulletin board site the person requesting help posts their inquiry on the bulletin and it is then responded to by a lawyer experienced in providing legal help. Free legal advice can also be gleamed from the personal websites of some lawyers. A lawyer paying for their own website upon which they provide free legal advice is going to provide very generalized information. One drawback from the website of a lawyer seeking to provide legal help on a website is that statutes vary from state to state. As a result, what may be invaluable free legal advice for individuals residing within the jurisdiction of and facing legal challenges in one state may very well prove useless or even misleading to an individual facing the jurisdiction of another state. This means that anyone looking to attain free legal advice online must make sure that the lawyer with whom they are in consultation is capable of providing legal help both relevant to the individual and applicable in the individual’s state.