Law Library

Please note that during the Peacetime Emergency, the Expungement Clinic has been suspended. You may call the Volunteer Lawyers Network at 612-752-6677 for questions about criminal expungement.

Criminal expungement workshops are presented in the Law Library by Court staff on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 1-3 p.m.

Other criminal expungement workshops are presented by the Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) at the Ramsey County Library in Roseville and select branches of the Saint Paul Public Library.

• View schedule of upcoming workshops at public libraries

• View expungement workshop brochure (PDF)

Note: Expungement is typically denied to people who: are on probation or parole; are currently charged with a new crime; owe fines or fees to Ramsey County; or request expungement for a driving offense.

Procedures during the Peacetime Emergency: The following clinic is held through phone consultation only. Please call the law library at 651-266-8391 after 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning to schedule an appointment.

Free legal consultation from volunteer attorneys is available every Tuesday from 1-4 p.m. at the Ramsey County Law Library for those with Conciliation and Housing Court issues.

Please note our sign-in process has changed. A drawing will occur at 12:30 p.m. to assign individuals a slot on our clinic schedule. Those arriving after 12:30 will sign in for the slots still open after the drawing. Please call the library for further information.

• View housing and conciliation brochure (PDF)

Last updated on Aug. 21, 2020.

Have you tried the Minnesota State Law Library's  Legal Topics index? Libguides are available covering many subjects.

Learn more about your legal problem and going to court (for non-attorneys)

Westlaw

• Online research service available in the library that provides access to Minnesota and U.S. cases, headnotes, statutes, court orders, court rules and administrative decisions.
• Contains federal cases and statutes (8th Circuit Court of Appeals and District Court cases in the 8th Circuit), law reviews and other secondary sources.
• A list of online materials is available or you may call the library for specific titles.

Books

• Core collection for research in most subject areas.
• Complete regional reporters, federal reporters, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, United States Code and Minnesota Statutes.
• Briefs on microfiche includes Minnesota cases with cite from 300 N.W.2d to date.

Resource documents

• Affordable Care Act resources (PDF)
• Affordable Care Act pathfinder (PDF)
• Alternative Caregiving and Custody resources (PDF)
• HCC resources for volunteer attorneys (PDF)
• Tax resources (PDF)

Current members of the Ramsey County Law Library Board of Trustees:

• John Trojack, Esq., Law Library Board Chair
• The Honorable Robyn Millenacker
• The Honorable Nicole J. Starr
• The Honorable Thomas A. Gilligan, Jr.
• Commissioner Mary Jo McGuire
• Thomas Boyd, Esq.
• Rosita Severin, Esq.