Resources

Business Resources

• Audit Your Own Business: A Checklist to Avoid Common Legal Pitfalls
• How Long Should You Keep Business Documents? Business Record Retention Schedule
• Minnesota Small Business Resource Guide
• A Guide to Starting a Business in Minnesota

Free Legal Services in Minnesota

• Mitchell Hamline’s Pro se Clinic offers free legal advice on criminal expungement, child support modification, dissolution/divorce, establishing custody and parenting time, modifying parenting time, and eviction expungement.
• Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid runs Minnesota Legal Advice, offering free legal advice to low-income individuals.
• Volunteer Lawyer Network helps economically disadvantaged people with legal problems through volunteer attorneys and without charge to the clients in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Justice Foundation connects law students and attorneys to pro bono legal projects that help low income and underprivileged individuals in Minnesota.
• Legal Corps connects volunteer lawyers with small businesses and nonprofits.
• Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota (LASNEM) provides free legal advice and representation to low income people who live in Northeastern Minnesota.
• Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA) provides legal services to low-income and elderly people in 20 central Minnesota counties.
• ProjusticeMN supports volunteer attorneys and legal aid staff attorneys handing cases through Minnesota legal services and volunteer attorney and Judicare programs. The site is free, and it offers an extensive library of forms and practice materials. ProJusticeMN.org serves as Minnesota’s online poverty law resource for anyone advising low-income or disadvantaged clients, including pro bono and legal services practitioners, law students, and faculty advising low-income or disadvantaged clients.
• Twin Cities Christian Legal Aid was formed to “serve the poor, disabled and homeless by offering legal advice, limited assistance and spiritual counsel as well as referrals to Christian and other agencies in order to help individuals and their families become free of legal entanglements and become reconciled with God.”
• The Neighborhood Development Center offers to small business owners who qualify a variety of small business services including training and some legal help.
• Aaron Hall Live on YouTube is a public education show for business owners. This isn’t the same as legal advice, but you can ask questions and get general legal education without charge.
• ChatGPT and Claude are AI tools that can provide general information for legal questions. Although not entirely reliable, AI can be a good starting place.

Legal Resources

• Minnesota Court Forms include a wide variety of legal forms published by the Minnesota courts.
• Minnesota Federal District Court Forms offers a variety of legal forms for civil or criminal court practice.
• ProjusticeMN has legal forms and practice materials on civil law, family law, immigration law, and real estate. Registration is free.
• Find a Case offers free proximity and Boolean case searches.
• HomeLine has a number of resources for tenants/renters dealing with difficult landlords including sample letters, legal forms, and more.
• Law Help MN features articles for consumers on a wide variety of legal issues in Minnesota.
• Briefs filed by the DOJ provide research and analysis on a wide range of topics.
• National Paralegal College Constitutional Law & Criminal Procedure

Small Business Resources

• Minnesota Small Business Assistance Office is a state agency that provides business related publications and technical assistance free-of-charge.
• Small Business Administration in Minnesota is the Minnesota District Office for the SBA.

Business Brokers

• Calhoun Companies
• Sunbelt Midwest
  
• Lists of others: 1 2

Non-Minnesota Attorneys

• Fredericksburg Lawyer is the Law Office of attorney Andrew Flusche.
• California DUI Attorney
• Louisiana Personal Injury Attorney
• San Rafael DUI Lawyer
• Immigration Attorney in Ocala FL
• Foreclosure Defense Attorney in New York
• NY Elder Law Attorney
• Tacoma DUI Defense Attorney
• Tax Resolution Attorney in Ohio
• Texas Business Litigation Attorney
• Family Law Attorney in Richmond, VA

Links to Other Legal Resources

• Cornell / Legal Info. Institute
• LawMoose
• Minnesota Legislature
• Minnesota State Law Library
• U of M Law School Library
• Mitchell Hamline Law Library
• Loss Mitigagtion Attorney