Vln Online Legal Resources Exercise

This page on the VLN website lists most of the resources from legal aid fact sheets to the VLC wiki to the link to look up a court record. Clinic assistants should familiarize themselves with this site and educate volunteer attorneys around it whenever possible.

Most sites that a clinics attorney would frequently use are listed on this VLN webpage.

The correct answer is www.mncourts.gov and http://www.mncourts.gov/. These are the official website URLs for the Minnesota Courts.

True; these include family court, conciliation court, probate court, criminal court and more.

All of the materials on the VLN website are accessible by anyone.

This is the Minnesota Attorney General's website. It provides information on filing a complaint.

This is the exact web address.

On the site: www.lawhelpmn.org; select Debt and Garnishment and choose Fact Sheet C-4. This provides information about wage garnishment to satisfy debts.

This tab is designed to help a person or his/her advocate find a legal aid office or community resource that may be able to help him/her with a civil legal problem.

ProJusticeMN was developed to help attorneys while LawHelpMN was designed to help laypersons. Both can be extremely helpful to attorneys.

The courts webpage is another excellent resource that clinic assistants should take time to familiarize themselves with and, when possible, teach to the volunteer lawyers.

When looking for a court form, it's best to start with the Fourth Judicial District page and then check out the state page. An efficient way to do this is from the VLN webpage noted above.

By visiting the Dept of Commerce's website at: www.commerce.state.mn.us and clicking the Unclaimed Property tab and then the link for List of Names, an individual can find unclaimed property by searching under a person's name here. To claim property, click the link entitled Filing a Claim Form.

True; by accessing their website at: http://local.law.umn.edu/library/home.html, individuals who are non-students or non-faculty can click on the tab at the top of the page that says U of M-TC Community, then click on Research Resources. From that link, he/she can click onto Law-Related Web Resources and find the links to local and state government websites.

The federal minimum wage, as of July 24, 2009, is $7.25.

By visiting the Minnesota Department of Revenue's website at: www.taxes.state.mn.us, a client can find information on getting a CRP by clicking on the Individual Income Tax link, then Refunds, then Property Tax Refund and finally, the hyperlink Certificate of Rent Paid.

This tab provides the forms needed for a particular topic should a person wish to do-it-yourself.

Most court records can be accessed online. Select the "Find Court records" tab at the top of the main page, then click on "access trial court records." You will then be prompted to accept the terms of use and then will be redirected to the page in which you may enter search terms.

While the resources that are in English are almost completely available in Spanish and Somali, there is a wealth of information available in other languages: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Cambodian, Chinese, French, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Oromo, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo/Croatian, Swahili, Tagalog, Urdu and Vietnamese.

The fact sheet is a form, updated by Legal Aid on an annual basis, for clinic attorneys to use that summarizes the law quickly and in language most clients can understand. They are extremely useful to clinic attorneys.

Yes, by selecting "court forms" from the menu on the left side of the main page.

The Contractor Recovery Fund compensates owners or lessees of residential property in Minnesota who have suffered an actual and direct out-of-pocket loss due to a licensed contractor's fraudulent, deceptive or dishonest practices, conversion of funds or failure of performance.

The Court info tab will give court information for any court in the state.

A client must exhaust all other possible legal remedies before making a claim with the recovery fund. The first step is for a client to obtain a judgment.

LawHelpMN.org, managed by the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition, has a wealth of legal information and referrals. Clinic assistants should familiarize themselves with this site and educate volunteer attorneys about it whenever possible.

Yes; from the home page, by clicking on the tab entitled Consumer Complaint, a person wishing to file online can follow the instructions to download a form and file online.

The Minnesota AG's website includes a PDF entitled "Citizen's Guide to Home Building and Remodeling" which includes information about mechanic's liens. It is located at: www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/Housing/CitGuide/Default.asp

ProJusticeMN does require a username and password to access some parts of the site. Private attorneys are approved to use the site, if they do pro bono, in order to restrict the use of resources for their intended purpose (to help those in poverty). LawHelpMN does not require a password-it is open to everyone.

Conciliation court cases are now listed on this same page.

(Choices a and c are the correct answers) The resources on the Wiki include form letters and court forms developed especially for clinic attorneys. Clinic assistants should familiarize themselves with this site and educate volunteer attorneys whenever possible. The username to access the site is: VLNClinic and the password is: 600nicollet.