The CCJ and COSCA passed a resolution February 2021 in which the Chiefs and Court Administrators urged the adoption and expansion of court navigator programs.  Read about it HERE.   Communications United States CCJ COSCA_Resolution 2 2021 In Support of Co ...

Judicial Resources Judges United States Katherine Alteneder 2021 ...

As courts have moved to remote access due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new issues have emerged for SRLs, including but not limited to the following: Lack of tech support Lack of devices Limited data and phone minutes Spotty internet access Slow internet spee ...

In light of court closures and other operational disruptions occasioned by COVID 19, many court-based nonlawyer navigator programs around the country which had previously provided only in person services to help self-represented litigants (SRLs) in their ...

With in-person support for SRLs limited or halted due to COVID, a significant number of self-help services are continuing to serve the public even when their court might be closed. The challenge in this circumstance becomes how to tell the public that sel ...

This Law 360 article,  Could 2021 Be The Year Of Civil Justice Reform?, describes the potential for more civil justice reforms in 2021, including more nonlawyer navigators in our state courts.   Recommended Citation: Cara Bayles, Could 2021 Be The Year Of ...

In our January 2021 webinar, Grace Spulak from New Mexico discussed the development underway for a new court navigator program in New Mexico and Mary walked us through the Navigator resources on our SRLN Navigators Resource Page. See the recording here. S ...

In our February 2021 webinar, Robby Southers, Managing Attorney for the Franklin County Municipal Court Self-Help Resource Center, offered lessons learned from his own experience in pitching and building navigator programs there in Ohio.  See the recordin ...

In our March 2021 webinar, Sam Scarrow, Media Relations Manager at Voices for Civil Justice, presented on Fundamentals of Advocacy Communications, including objective setting, audience mapping, message development, and tactics including the news media. Th ...

A list of webinar topics and links to recordings [last updated 3-18-2021] This group seeks to build consensus about how best to deploy, design, and develop justice technology by supporting a community of practice for entrepreneurs delivering ancillary pro ...