Since launching in 2016, our community of Wisconsin volunteer attorneys has answered over 15,000 civil legal questions, helping more than 13,600 Wisconsin residents find understand their legal issue and navigate the legal system.
Wisconsin Free Legal Answers is an easy to use service that allows people to get brief legal advice from licensed Wisconsin attorneys. Our free, online legal clinic is always open. Attorneys volunteer their time to answer civil legal questions from eligible individuals.
Income limits do apply. Not everyone will qualify but most people do. All communications are confidential.
To ask a question, go to wi.freelegalanswers.org and click on Get Started to create your free account.
Important Note on Response Times: This is not a same-day or emergency service. Because our volunteer attorneys also have busy law practices, it can take a few days or often longer to get a response. It depends on how busy they are and how complicated your question is. If you have an urgent legal deadline, you should use the guided interview function at Wisconsin Law Help to find a local legal aid organization that may be able to help you sooner.
Volunteers can help with questions about any civil (not criminal) law topic, including divorce, child custody, child placement, tenant-landlord, debts or purchases, bankruptcy, real estate, probate, and employment issues.
Attorneys, you can earn CLE credit for your volunteer time providing legal advice through this project. To get started volunteering, go here.
Help us get the word out. Download this printable flyer (pdf) and post it in your courthouse, library, agency, senior center, grocery store or anywhere else that you think is appropriate.
Our service is part of the national Free Legal Answers network which was developed with assistance from the American Bar Association, the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission, the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services and the Baker Donelson law firm.