The resources below are intended to help people who are new to data analysis become better acquainted with techniques and tools for accessing, analyzing, and visualizing data. We welcome any suggestions you may have for additions to the guidance and resources on this page. If you are a legal service provider and are willing to share guidance, examples, or templates for the benefit of other programs, we would be interested in featuring that work here.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is committed to increasing access to data to help grantees, the media, researchers and the public understand the nature of civil legal needs and services. In addition to making data open and accessible via DATA.GOV, LSC provides access to research data in a variety of formats for secondary analysis. Each data file comes with a detailed codebook.