About Us

The Find Legal Answers website is maintained by staff of the Legal Information Access Centre.

Legal Information Access Centre

The Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) is a specialist information service of the State Library of NSW. It provides access to information about the law for all members of the community in NSW.

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Hours of opening:
Mon-Fri 10am to 5pm
Sat closed
Sun 10am-5pm

LIAC provides a targeted service to assist HSC legal studies students and teachers. See our Legal Studies Research Guide.

LIAC provides legal research assistance and access to the State Library's extensive legal information resources (including current and historical legislation and case law). Our team of specialist librarians can assist you with your legal research.

LIAC is an initiative of the State Library of NSW and the Law and Justice Foundation, jointly funded by the Library and the Public Purpose Fund.

Hot Topics

LIAC publishes the series Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language.

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Find Legal Answers web guide

The Find Legal Answers web guide provides access to current information about the law in NSW. The guide lists useful resources, organised by topic, that are available on the web and in print.

Resources are selected and regularly reviewed by specialist librarians at LIAC, State Library of NSW. To assist your access, all resources are grouped in categories, starting with introductory or simple summaries of the topic followed by more detailed resources.

All resources are freely available on the web, in public libraries across NSW or in the State Library of NSW.

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The Find Legal Answers Tool Kit

The Find Legal Answers tool kit is a collection of up to 20 plain language books to answer everyday questions about the law.

The tool kit is updated twice a year. Titles are selected by specialist law librarians as being the most useful and relevant practical guides to the law in NSW.

Subjects include: renting, wills and estates, family law, drink driving, facing a criminal charge in court, neighbours and the law, bankruptcy, debt and credit problems and consumer law.

The Find Legal Answers tool kit is available in all NSW public libraries.