ALERT: Scheduling Family Law Motions Beginning August 17th 2026, the Superior Court will begin reviewing all calendared family law motions to ensure their compliance with Local Family Law Rule (LFLR) 6(b).  This rule requires that within three days of making ...

The King County Clerk’s Office/Department of Judicial Administration will launch a new Self-Service Clerk’s Papers feature in the KC Script Portal on Monday, June 22, 2026.This new online feature allows parties to designate documents and/or exhibits that need to be ...

June 26, 2026 Seatle Public Library Central Branch For those on SSI or SSDI, an overpayment notice often leads to an automatic benefit reduction of 10% to 50%. These cuts push vulnerable neighbors into poverty, yet many are unaware they ...

Injured workers should be cautious if they receive a phone call, email, text message, or social media message from someone claiming to be from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) or the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals ...

Can't Come into the Library for Family Law Forms Help? We have a new Remote Family Law Forms “Drafting Lab” on Zoom where you can ask a volunteer attorney specific questions about your family law forms without coming into the ...

Seattle Public Library (SPL), in partnership with local volunteer attorneys, sponsors free Legal Consults sessions to help you better understand basic business law issues like corporate law, intellectual property, business formation and licensing, etc. Come with questions and consult with ...

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has released an updated guide for Small Claims Courts in Washington State.  Need to know what happens in Small Claims Court?  How to get started with a Small Claims Court case?  How to ...

Generative AI tools are popping up everywhere.  While they can be helpful in a number of ways, you need to use them very carefully for legal issues.Use these guidelines if you're considering using generative AI for your legal documents.  As ...

If you have a FULL Protection Order already in place, you can request a free, wallet-sized Hope Card to use when you need to verify this information.Washington's Hope Card Program offers people an easier way to carry vital information about ...

WashingtonLawhelp has posted a series of guides and related forms you can use to try try to amend your Washington State birth certificate or a birth certificate from another state.  The process can be complicated and varies depending on which ...

There have been a number of important changes that effect the rights of renters in Seattle, and across Washington State - with caps on annual rent increases being the most well-known. Local NPR station KUOW has compiled a very readable ...

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) has compiled a list of resources you can use to learn more about your immigration rights.  The list includes information from NWIRP themselves, the Washington State Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN), Mijente, the National Immigration Law Center ...

The American Civil Liberties Union has posted a series of "Know Your Rights" guides related to protest activities you can rely on as primer for appropriate protesting. These guides include discussions of: How to organize a protest How to attend ...

CoCounsel Generative A.I. at KCLL Rigorously tested, industry-specific generative A.I. from a name you can trust has landed at the King County Law Library - in the form of CoCounsel Core from Thomson-Reuters!With this powerful tool (available at each of ...

Legal Counsel for Youth and Children (LCYC) and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) are partnering to host trainings and answer questions about the Immigrant Safety Plan, a community resource to help parents plan for the care of their child(ren) (with or ...

The Washington State Department of Employment Security publishes a guide which lays out the requirements Federal employees, corporate officers and educational employees need to meet in order to apply for unemployment benefits in Washington State.Read the guide here ...

Are you struggling with post-conviction legal financial obligations (LFOs)?  Would you like to know how you can apply for a waiver of some of the related interest charges?The group Living with Conviction has a wealth of helpful information about this very ...

This free workshop will give you an overview of Social Security benefits, including basic information about applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI). You'll learn what to expect from the process as well as some ...

NPR has an excellent discussion of Washington State's Manufactured Home Dispute Resolution program here. The program, sponsored by the Washington State Attorney General's office, helps with negotiations between manufactured home tenants and their landlords as they work out housing disputes.  It ...

King County Library System is currently sponsoring free online workshops discussing a variety of topics relating to renting and working with landlords including: General renting information Breaking a lease Repairs and landlord duties Dealing with pests and infestations For more information ...