SRLN Report (March 2021) Evaluating Library Services to Self-Represented Litigants: A Story of Two Surveys The Law Librarians’ Working Group of the Self-Represented Litigation Network surveyed law libraries in the summer of 2019 about their services, incl ...

In 1995, the U.S. National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration was the first government body to empirically document the existence of the “digital divide”—the gap between those who do and do not have ready access to internet service. The NTIA ...

The legal profession has been losing its authority over the regulation of legal services. Recent changes in antitrust law have put state bar associations under a spotlight. Competition from technology companies and concerns about access to justice have in ...

This report provides a survey of the national landscape of nonlawyer navigator programs in state courts assisting self-represented litigants. It includes an analysis of 23 programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia. It is based on extensive outrea ...

In our November 2022 webinar, we were able to hear from Sarah Song, Supervising Senior Program Manager of the Access to Justice Division at the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts about some of the limitations to technology advancements in the courts ...

In our January 2023 webinar, we took another look at virtual services. Shereice Perry and Lisa Colpoys discussed the details behind managing a virtual navigator program. Watch the recording of the SRLN Navigator January 2023 webinar via this link! Court N ...

In 2023, Mary McClymont published Report: Nonlawyer Navigators in State Courts: Part II- An Update: New Energy, Urgency and Possibilities as a follow-on to her original research of how Navigators provide help in the state courts. She discovered tremendous ...

The Law Librarians’ Working Group of the Self-Represented Litigation Network with the American Association of Law Libraries Government Law Libraries Special Interest Section Best A2J Practices Committee surveyed law libraries about their services to the s ...

In July 2021, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators approved Resolution 3 In Support of Process Simplification. Acknowledging the rise in self-represented litigants in the 21st century, in this resolution, CCJ/C ...

About SRLN- 2020 Report Introduction The composition of state court litigants has changed dramatically over the past ten years. Where complex civil litigation and lawyer represented parties had been the norm, 60-100% of cases today involve at least one pr ...