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NCLC has compiled resources for advocates navigating trending consumer law topics. Resources include free NCLC articles, links to relevant NCLC treatise material, pleadings and discovery, written submissions from past NCLC conferences, some of which is free to the consumer law community and some is restricted to vetted practitioners, and more.

Surviving Debt is NCLC's best-selling consumer guide for navigating crushing debt affecting millions of Americans. A leading resource for 30 years and recently named "the best all-around guide to navigating debt" by Business Insider, Surviving Debt is available electronically for free on the NCLC Digital Library and for just $20 in print. 

The Student Loan Toolkit (May 2024) (52 pp.) is an essential aid in advising student loan borrowers nationwide. Borrowers themselves can also profit from using the toolkit. Download copies and feel free to disseminate widely. As the toolkit is updated over time, return periodically to download the most recent version.

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice’s Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys guides legal aid and public interest lawyers through all stages of federal litigation. Previously coordinated by the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, this Revised 2024 Edition provides the most comprehensive expertise for practitioners litigating on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients against government defendants. Simply add the book to your library by "purchasing" it for free on the bookstore.

Free access to federal consumer law statutes, regulations, and official staff interpretations. Plus special tools to facilitate use are available after setting up a free account: the ability to annotate, bookmark, and email content and arrange bookmarks into collections.

View NCLC's free materials on policy and legal analysis, including parts of NCLC's treatises made free to the public.

NCLC's Digital Library provides access to over 2000 significant and searchable federal appellate decisions on consumer law topics. We also provide over 500 hard-to-find lower court consumer law decisions of note, only available on the NCLC Digital Library.