Welcome
The mission of the Norfolk Law Library, a public law library and non-profit foundation, is to serve the legal research needs of the general public, lawyers, and the courts. The library seeks to cooperate with the wider community to improve access to legal and law-related information and to support the law library profession. Legal information and resources for both legal professionals and self-represented litigants as well as public access to the internet, computers, and printers are available the library.
Additional Resources:
- City of Norfolk Eviction Prevention Information and Resources are available here: https://www.norfolk.gov/evictionpreventionassistancescreening
- Patrons can now access both Westlaw and LexisNexis databases on library computers: https://norfolklawlibrary.org/library-resources/.
- Virginia UPL Opinion 152; Public Law Library Employees’ Provision of Information to the Public: 152.pdf (vsb.org)
- Virginia UPL Opinion 161; Assistance Provided by Non-Lawyer Library Staff to Library Patrons: UPL OPINION 161 (vsb.org)