Legal Research Guide

Legal Self-Help Books  - A selection of books in the library. To find more books, search our library catalog. 

Legal Information Reference Center provides exclusive online full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Reference Center contains hundreds of publications and thousands of multi-state legal forms, with more content added on a regular basis. It is available on the E-Resources page. 

Legal Assistance and Self-Help Information

American Indian Wills Clinic provides wills drafting services to American Indians in Oklahoma who own an interest in trust or restricted American Indian land.

For Fort Sill service members, Fort Sill Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) and Legal Assistance papers.

Oklahoma Law for the People free and low-cost legal resources from the Oklahoma Bar Association. 

Find a Lawyer from the Oklahoma Bar Association. 

Know Your Rights by ACLU of Oklahoma

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma provides legal assistance to low-income Oklahomans.

Legal Information for Oklahomans from ODL and Oklahoma Access to Justice. They also produced quick guides to common legal issues. 

OKLegalConnect.org helps find legal help for eligible low-income people with civil legal problems in Oklahoma.

National Disability Rights Network

Office of Disability Concerns - ADA information, grievance filing under ADA, and CAP (client assistance program). 

Oklahoma Consumer Protection Unit  handles consumer complaints against individuals and businesses.

Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit - File a complaint against pawnbrokers, mortgage, and other consumer lenders. 

Oklahoma Indian Legal Services - For low-income members of federally recognized tribes who live in Oklahoma. 

OKLaw.org, LegalAid's legal information site, has sections for legal help and information on housing, tax, expungement and pardon, relationship, abuse, and domestic violence, senior, family and health law.

Legal Forms

Oklahoma Legal Forms has a small selection of legal forms for child support, veterans and military, family law, etc.

OKLaw Self-Help Forms 

Adult Name Change Forms

Advance Directive Forms includes living will and healthcare proxies. 

Divorce Form, No fault with assets and without Children   and other Oklahoma Divorce forms and instructions.

Divorce Forms and Procedures

Divorce Uncontested no-fault forms with or without children. Scroll down to see lists of forms and procedures. Forms are free to download as PDF or Word doc. 

General Appearance and Waiver of Summons

Guardianship of an Adult - Law guide with linked forms. 

Guardianship of a Minor - Law guide with linked forms. 

Identity theft letters - helps write letters to creditors, debt collectors, and credit bureaus. 

Pauper's Affidavit

Power of Attorney, Durable Personal and Medical  

Power of Attorney, Durable Healthcare Only   from Oklahoma DHS.

Power of Attorney forms - forms are free if you use downloads instead of create. 

Rental lease agreements - Download if you do not want to fill it out on their website. 

For more legal forms, see the legal databases on the E-resources page. 

Legal Research

Congress.gov  has the text of bills and track their progress and find how congressmen/women have voted. 

Electronic Law Library for Oklahoma, which links to forms and Oklahoma statutes, laws, cases, etc. along with Federal legal resources, such as Supreme court cases.

Lawton Municipal Code / City Ordinances

Legal Information Institute with open access legal resources.