FARMINGTON — Lawyers across Maine will spend time in 36 libraries on Law Day, Wednesday, May 1, to provide resources and assistance to people in need, talk about statewide legal issues and meet with library patrons.

Locally, Farmington lawyers Ed David, Woody Hanstein and Kevin Joyce, with the law firm of Joyce, David and Hanstein, are participating in the Lawyers in Libraries: Law Day 2013 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Farmington Public Library, Academy Street.

The event is free and open to the public. Organizers of the series are the Maine Justice Action Group Collaboration on Innovation, Technology and Equal Access to Justice (the Collaboration), which includes the Maine State Bar Association, Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Maine’s public libraries, the Volunteer Lawyers Project, the Maine Judicial Branch and other organizations interested in helping people access the legal resources they need, all working under the Maine Justice Action Group.

The goal of the day is to provide Maine citizens with access to legal advice and information and to demonstrate how legal access is critical to a community’s well being.

Participants will have an opportunity to meet with a lawyer and receive information about free resources, low-cost legal assistance and legal referrals. In addition, some attendees will have the opportunity for a brief private consultation with an attorney about personal legal matters.

“I think it’s a good opportunity to let people know that most lawyers are willing to answer questions for people, and that oftentimes getting an answer doesn’t involve spending a lot of time and money,” Joyce said. More information is available at www.lawyersinlibraries.org.