Lawyer in the Library: Eight Locations Serving the First Judicial Circuit
Each month at local public libraries in the First Judicial Circuit, volunteer attorneys are  working to help self-represented litigants through the Lawyer in the Library program. With eight  locations across the Southern Illinois region, free legal advice is available nearby.
The Lawyer in the Library program provides patrons needing help with a legal issue the  opportunity to sit down with an attorney for a private, one-on-one, approximately 20-minute  session, to receive advice or help with legal documents. There is no fee but pre-registration is  required at most locations. On the date of your session, check in at the library registration desk and bring paperwork pertaining to your legal question or situation, if applicable. This program  may be limited to one visit per patron.  
For more information about the program, or to pre-register to speak to an attorney, you  may call one of the following participating libraries:
• Anna, IL – Stinson Memorial Public Library, 618-833-2521
o Attorney Gene Turk – next session May 15, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
• Carbondale, IL – Carbondale Public Library, 618-457-0354
o Attorneys Christine Heins and Gene Turk – next session May 23, 12:00 pm – 2:00  pm
• Carterville, IL – Anne West Lindsey District Library, 618-985-3298
o Attorney Winter Campanella – next session May 20, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
• Harrisburg, IL – Harrisburg District Library, 618-253-7455
o Attorney Nina Brown – next session May 21, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Marion, IL – Marion Carnegie Library, 618-993-5935
o Attorney Michael Hampleman – next session May 14, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm  
• Metropolis, IL – Metropolis Public Library, 618-524-4312 (quarterly sessions) o Attorney Julian Valdes – next session June 5, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Mounds, IL – Mounds Public Library, 618-745-6610 (quarterly sessions, walk-in only) o Attorney Julian Valdes – next session June 8, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Vienna, IL – Vienna Carnegie Public Library, 618-658-5051
o Attorney Michael Hampleman – Please call the library for the next session
Thank you to the following for their support of this program: Chief Judge William J.  Thurston, First Circuit Judges and Circuit Clerks, Volunteer Attorneys, Library Directors,  Library Program Coordinators, and other library staff members.
Each Lawyer in the Library program is initially launched with a Self-Represented  Litigant/Access to Justice Improvement Grant (ATJ Grant) funding through the Access to Justice  Division, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. The programs continue with each  Volunteer Attorney coordinating with the Library and the Office of the Chief Judge, Brenda  Sprague, Executive Assistant to the Chief Judges and ATJ Grant Coordinator. www.firstcircuitil.org