r/legaladvice

3.5M members
r/legaladvice is a subreddit with 3.5M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses legal, struggling, worst, looking for a lawyer, and annoying.
A place to ask simple legal questions.

Popular Themes in r/legaladvice

#1
Advice Requests
: "Repair shop shipped my laptop to another customer and refuses to replace it. What are my options?"
65 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Landlord stole my internet and allowed my neighbors to use it for five months."
34 posts

Popular Topics in r/legaladvice

#1

Legal

35 posts
#2

Struggling

35 posts
#3

Worst

15 posts
#4

Looking For A Lawyer

7 posts
#5

Annoying

6 posts
#6

Lawyer

5 posts
#7

Divorce

5 posts
#8

Advice

5 posts
#9

Financially

4 posts
#10

Case

4 posts

Flair Used in r/legaladvice

#1
Landlord Tenant Housing
: "Landlord stole my internet and allowed my neighbors to use it for five months."
15 posts
#2
Custody Divorce and Family
: "My mom is struggling to respond to a petition to modify alimony due to her functional illiteracy"
13 posts
#3
Real Estate law
: "Do I have to go?"
10 posts
#4
Other Civil Matters
: "Neighbor is suing me for shooting his dogs that were attacking my animals on my property"
9 posts
#5
Criminal Law
: "I was assaulted on a public side walk by hired security in Chicago"
7 posts
#6
Employment Law
: "Whistleblower retaliation for reporting child abuse"
7 posts
#7
Personal Injury
: "I got hurt on the job and they fired me"
4 posts
#8
Consumer Law
: "Won class action, law firm is keeping every cent"
3 posts
#9
Credit Debt Bankruptcy
: "Bankruptcy Lawyers says I owe 2.8k"
3 posts
#10
Business Law
: "We found out a major breach of contract after rescinded"
3 posts

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Yearly
+288k members(9.0%)

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Last updated: June 29, 2026