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 ...

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 ...

The “Legal Navigator” is an online platform designed to be used by individuals alone or with non-legal providers with whom they may already be working to address a variety of other issues.  We are automating self-help in a new way that replicates the ques ...

In our April 2021 webinar, Sacha Steinberger and Kate Crowley Richardson of Legal Link presented a model of using navigators working in the community to help people with civil legal needs.  See the recording here. SRLN Working Group Webinars United States ...

Under the recently passed American Rescue Plan, there is a major new infusion of federal funding for AmeriCorps programs. In our May 2021 webinar session, we were joined by experts to take a deep dive into seeking AmeriCorps funding for court navigator pr ...

    At the Self-Represented Litigation Network, we respect identity. We honor identity and belonging in June by observing Pride Month in memory of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City on June 28, 1969 and in support of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. While ...

  We want to honor Juneteenth and hold up our Black colleagues with respect and deep gratitude for their leadership. We see you and honor you. June 19, 1865 commemorates the day upon which federal troops enforced the Emancipation Proclamation – two and a ...

In our July 2021 webinar, Danielle Hirsch spoke about a new funding source and Mary McClymont gave an update on AmeriCorps funding.  Lisa Colpoys and Jill Roberts discussed a new information service called Illinois Court Help, recently launched to connect ...