On September 13, 2021, the Forms & Tech Working Group discussed the complexity of adminstering effective forms initiatives and the challenges commonly encountered by court and legal aid project managers. View the working group recording: SRLN Forms &a ...

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 ...

In the National Center for State Court's (NCSC) Tiny Chat 48: User Testing, Zack Zarnow and Danielle Hirsch offer six steps to user testing. "Here is the good news: You can learn how to user test in six easy steps. User testing can improve your ...

A study led by Havard Law School Professor Jim Greiner showed that low-income Philadelphians have a hard time accessing a divorce without an attorney — a problem that is likely widespread At the Access to Justice Lab, Greiner and his team tried to measure ...

This report is a product of the Equity by Design project, conducted by New America's Open Technology Institute. The report concerns the strategies being deployed to address by discriminatory harms caused by technological products and services. " ...

On August 9, 2021, the Amerian Bar Association (ABA) adopted revised Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid that provided comprehensive revisions that updated the previously revised 2006 standards. Of particular note were standards around Cultural ...

A list of webinar topics and links to recordings [last updated 11-15-2021] 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 pr ...

  A giant congratulations to our SRLN 2021 Forms Competition Winners!   Automated Forms Category: UMKC School of Law, Bloch Law Library   Static Forms Category: Minnesota State Court Administrator's Office   About the 2021 Forms Competition The Self- ...

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. Watch the recording of th ...

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.  Watch the record ...