This article discusses 15 techniques that can increase courtroom efficiency when working with self-represented cases, and summarizes many of the practices suggested in the Judicial Curriculum (srln.org). Recommended Citation: Mark Juhas, Maureen McKnight, ...

A comprehensive best practices guide developed by New York covering the details of day-to-day operations of a self-help center, including a history of the New York state court help centers, initial considerations, types of services to offer, staffing and ...

From the introduction: Maryland courts recognize the increasing participation of self-represented litigants, particularly in family law matters. Although some litigants decline the opportunity to retain qualified counsel, the overwhelming majority of self ...

SHARP: Expanding Access to Justice for Rural Californians Meet SHARP (sharpcourts.org), an innovative self-help center model that’s using video conferencing to expand access to justice for self-represented litigants across California’s Butte, Glenn and Te ...

This handbook is intended for the writers in the U.S. federal government. It focuses on aspects of writing that are especially important to Plain Language. The Lauchman Group (lauchmangroup.com) regularly updates the handbook on their website.   Recommend ...

Call for Justice, LLC is an innovative non-profit in Minneapolis that seeks to improve access to justice by connecting low-income people to existing legal resources, in partnership with United Way 211 and others. Through collaboration and training, Call f ...

Voices for Civil Justice  launched in 2014 to serve as a nonpartisan communications hub advancing fairness in America’s legal system. Voices has developed a  Media Toolkit for Civil Legal Aid Supporters. Communincations 100% Access to Justice Strategic Pl ...

The Court Statistics Project (courtstatistics.org) (CSP) — a joint project of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) — publishes caseload data from the courts of the fifty states, the District ...

On its webpage entitled, Efficiencies & Innovations (courts.ca.gov), the The California judicial branch, which is widely acknowledged as a national leader in developing and implementing programs that enhance access to justice, provides information and ...

In  Elkins v. Superior Court   (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1337,  the California court recommended that the Judicial Council of California establish a task force to “study and propose measures to assist trial courts in achieving efficiency and fairness in marital d ...