This webinar is geared toward the court clerk environment and includes discussions on the importance of this topic / why we should care; problems with a vague standard; standards that don't work; principles upon which to build a sound policy; ethical ...

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 ...

  Tuesday, April 21, 1:00- 2:00 p.m. Eastern  Panelists: Leigh Maddox, Dave Pantzer Moderator: Michael Beirnard   Program Description: The “Access to Justice” challenge can be summed up in this way:  While the cost of expert legal help is out of reach for ...

This webinar reviews early models by a variety of court and legal aid programs using technology to improve services to self-represented litigants. It was hosted by SRLN and presented by Allison McDermott, Kate Bladow and Dan Rieken of Pro Bono Net on Apri ...

This webinar, which took place on June 14, 2006, discussed different techniques for managing cases involving self-represented litigants. California Judge Laurie Zelon and Minnesota Judge Daniel Mabley led this webinar. The webinar presentation can be down ...

This SRLN Webinar from June 21, 2005, presents findings from evaluations of self-help programs for self-represented litigants. The webinar was presented by John Greacen, Greacen Associates and Deana Piazza, Center for Families and Children and the Courts. ...

This SRLN webinar discusses the technology collaborations between the courts and legal services for pro se litigants. It was presented by Glenn Rawdon, Senior Program Counsel for Technology at the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), on September 21, 2005. S ...

This SRLN Webinar on building community partnerships and collaborations was presented by Tina Rasnow, Senior Attorney and Coordinator of the Ventura County Self-Help Legal Access Center. The webinar presentation and supplemental materials can be downloade ...

Pamela Ortiz, the Executive Director of the Department of Family Administration at the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts presented on best practices for self-help centers. She discussed the range of issues covered in their family self-help cent ...

This webinar on the Alaska Family Law-Self Help Center was presented on May 25, 2005, by the Center's then-co-director (and current SRLN Coordinator) Katherine Alteneder.  The Alaska Family Law-Self Help Center was established by the Alaska Court Sys ...