Court & Hearings
Fees
A filing fee is the amount of money you must pay to the court to begin your court case.
Learn your rights (1 resources)
Explains the immigration documents you can file with a fee waiver and how to use our guided interview to apply for a fee waiver.
Guide
Forms (6 resources)
A program to help you fill out the forms to ask the court to waive or reduce filing fees.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to waive or reduce criminal court assessments.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to waive filing fees and/or to appoint a lawyer to your federal court case.
Easy Form
A program to help you fill out the forms to ask the court to waive or reduce filing fees for an appeal.
Easy Form
Other resources for the public (12 resources)
Steps to file court papers for free including the forms you need and a list of the services you won't have to pay for.
How-To
Explains how much it could cost to legally dissolve a marriage.
Text article
Explains the money you might have to pay as a guarantee that you will return for your court date.
Text article
Lawyer resources (4 resources)
Information on Illinois Civil Procedure, from filing a complaint to post-trial motions to enforcement of judgments.
Text article
Now that we are approaching implementation of the new law on July 1st, join us for a discussion with stakeholders from the court and legal aid.
Video
Manual on state and federal review courts, post-judgment motions, standards of review, cross-appeals, oral arguments. 2022 edition
IICLE
Manual on Rule 23, court proceedings, shareholder derivative suits, attorneys' fees, etc. 2020 edition.
IICLE