This web page is an inventory of state ethics opinions on the ethical duties of an attorney when interacting with a self-represented litigant (SRL). It is maintained by the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services and is available at  http://w ...

Access to Justice Commissions are collaborative entitites that bring together courts, the bar, civil legal aid providers, and other stakeholders in an effort to remove barriers to civil justice for low-income and disadvantaged people. Beginning with the f ...

These materials are a comprehensive packet of surveys and tools designed to help courts assess how well they deal with the self-represented and to make improvements in their practices. Tools for Evaluating Self-Help Programs and Services United States A M ...

Drawing upon a wide range of  Best Practices (srln.org), approaches, tools and materials developed by the SRLN, this resource is designed to help courts identify and implement potential improvements in access and efficiency in as cost effective a manner a ...

The Equal Access Unit of the California Judicial Branch Center for Families, Children & the Courts, provides materials for courts, court-based self-help programs, and other nonprofit providers of legal self-help services. The Unit provides the followi ...

This report documents the services currently available to persons in this situation in Arkansas. It shows that for the most part they are left on their own and flounder. The recommendations of the report set forth a comprehensive, but relatively inexpensi ...

Law libraries provide essential services to self-represented litigants. To highlight the work that law libraries do to promote access to justice as well as available opportunities to expand services, Joan Belistri of the Anne Arundel County Public Law Lib ...

Plain Language in Law, by Sandeep Dave cites several resources about using plain language in legal documents. It can be found at  https://www.llrx.com/2002/11/features-plain-language-in-law/. Plain Language United States Sandeep Dave 2002 ...

In this classic, Richard Zorza offers an early glimpse of how to design a court for self-represented litigants.   Recommended Citation: Richard Zorza, The Self-Help Friendly Court: Designed from the Ground Upto Work for People Without Lawyers, The Nat ...

CTC is the largest court technology conference in the world, bringing together more than 1,500 court professionals for three days of learning, training and networking. For more information, including links to materials, please visit the CTC15 event page. ...