From the county law library's website:
"The Monterey County Law Library is dedicated to supplying the public and legal community with the best possible access to legal materials through hard copy holdings and electronic media, including the internet.
In most counties, including Monterey, the county public law library is the major, if not the only, source of legal materials for the general public. The majority of the library budget is used to insure that the public has access to California and Federal case and statutory law. The library also attempts to satisfy the legal community's need for reference and practice books to the full extent that the budget will permit."
I had the privilege of being a volunteer at the law library last winter. The law library is a a very useful resource for the public and many of the patrons who come in are either practicing attorneys or people interested in looking up information related to divorce, custody or adoption statutes. The law library's website has a listing of the library's holdings, borrowing policy, services and other relevant law sites. Mr. Cobb, the library director and Melissa Foster, the assistant librarian are very helpful and friendly as well. There are also legal workshops that are held for the public to attend in the Monterey branch. read more