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Pennsylvania Legal Resources

Comprehensive list of Pennsylvania related legal resources available on the web.

PA County Courts

Links to county courts can be found on the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania website

PA Legal Forms

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania
Commonly used civil and criminal forms
Dauphin County Forms
Dauphin County Prothonotary
Self-Help Forms
Dauphin County Law Library
Child & Spousal Support Forms
PA Department of Public Welfare
PaLawHELP.org
Legal information and forms for pro se litigants.

PA State Courts

PA Federal Courts

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

U.S. District Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals

Third Circuit

Class Presentation:

Video Tutorial: PA Rules and Forms

Video of Appellate Court Proceedings

Select appellate proceedings from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Court are made available from the Pennsylvania Cable Network's website.

PA Court Rules

PA Court Rule Books in the Library

Pennsylvania Rules of Court (West)
Call Number: KFP529.A197
The library has copies of Local Rules-Western, Eastern and Middle District, and Federal. The KeyRules edition contain analysis on how to apply the rules.
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
Call Number: KFP529.A2
Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence
Call Number: KFP540.A45.P46

PA Local Court Rules

Adams County Local Rules of Court
Cumberland County Local Rules of Court (PDF)
Dauphin County Local Rules of Court
Including Dauphin County Standard Interrogatories
Lebanon County Local Rules of Court
Perry County Local Rules of Court (doc)