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SRLN Brief: Justice Corps (SRLN 2015)

Justice Corps is a program that works in affiliation with Americorps and has been of tremendous benefit to numerous courts, most especially in California. The California JusticeCorps program assists California courts in meeting the needs of self-represent ...

SRLN Brief: Procedural Fairness / Procedural Justice (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Procedural Fairness / Procedural Justice (SRLN 2015)

Research has shown that when defendants and litigants perceive the court process to be fair, they are more likely to comply with court orders and follow the law in the future—regardless of whether they “win” or “lose” their case. This is called procedural ...

SRLN Brief: Envisioning 100% Access (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Envisioning 100% Access (SRLN 2015)

National Initiative: JUSTICE FOR ALL PROJECT Over the last fifteen years, leaders from the courts, legal aid programs, private bar associations, and allied professionals have actively pursued innovations to reimagine and redesign the civil legal system so ...

SRLN Brief: Incubators - Changing the Practice of Law (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Incubators- Changing the Practice of Law (SRLN 2015)

In recent years, many law schools have started post-graduate training and support “incubator” programs designed to help recent graduates or new attorneys start their own firms. Incubators meet two important access to justice initiatives: they facilitate a ...

SRLN Brief: Examples of Legal Aid On-Line Intake and Triage Projects (SRLN 2016)

SRLN Brief: Examples of Legal Aid On-Line Intake and Triage Projects (SRLN 2016)

Over the years, legal aid programs developed complex intake protocols and decision trees to help manage their crushing caseload. Initially, these screening tools were simply paper documents that intake staff could use. Then, as telephone hotlines develope ...

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Resources for 100% Access (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Plain Language Resources for 100% Access (SRLN 2015)

What is plain language? As described by the federal government on plainlanguage.gov, plain language is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it. Plain language is recognized as an essential best practice in all access ...

SRLN Brief: Rule 6.5 - A Powerful Tool to Diversify Pro Bono and Transform Court Services (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Rule 6.5- A Powerful Tool to Diversify Pro Bono and Transform Court Services (SRLN 2015)

Ethics rule 6.5 is a powerful tool to diversify pro bono programs and to transform court services because it allows unbundled lawyers to perform real time services in court-annexed programs without the onerous clerical burdens and limitations under the tr ...

Webinar: SRLN/SCCLL A2J Webinar I/II - Access to Justice: Who’s Your Partner and Where Are You Going? (SRLN/SCCLL 2015)

Webinar: SRLN/SCCLL A2J Webinar I/II- Access to Justice: Who’s Your Partner and Where Are You Going? (SRLN/SCCLL 2015)

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Panelists: Sara Galligan, Terrye Conroy Moderator: James Durham           Program Description: Partnerships are essential ways of doing business for law librarians in all types of libraries. This access to just ...

SRLN Brief: Integrating Unbundling into Self-Help Services (SRLN 2015)

SRLN Brief: Integrating Unbundling into Self-Help Services (SRLN 2015)

The states vary tremendously on how they may have integrated unbundling into their service delivery systems. Unbundling is a critical link to devloping a local ecosystem that supports 100% access to justice, and therefore should be a priority area for dev ...