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 ...

Designing for Housing Stability: Best Practices for Court-Based and Court-Adjacent Eviction Prevention and/or Diversion Programs (Joint Report of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program and American Bar Association 2021) The Task Force on ...

This report is intended to help access to justice commissions take advantage of the high visibility of the commission movement and the many successful commission initiatives across the country. By leveraging this general level of support into ongoing stab ...

This report summarizes the findings of the 2002 Task Force based on its review of current trends and initiatives related to self-represented litigation. Briefly, the Task Force found that recent increases in the number of self-represented litigants – alth ...

In this 2000 White Paper, a COSCA sub-committee notes that self-represented litigants are by no means a new phenomenon in the courts. However, the then recent surge in self-represented litigation was unprecedented and shows no signs of abating. While no s ...

This report seeks to illuminate one particular aspect of the legal aid landscape: the confluence of social work services and civil legal services, which can often be siloed into separate and fragmented service delivery systems. The idea of removing the bo ...

In February of 2021, the Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators adopted Resolution 2 In Support of Continuing Efforts to Meet Civil Legal Needs. After extensive findings setting out the need, especially during the CO ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us all to confront the reality that providing legal services remotely is not only necessary to meet the needs of clients, but it is also in the best interest of public health and reducing the risk of infection. Meeting wit ...

The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted court operations across the country, prompting judges to postpone nonessential proceedings and conduct others through video or phone. Even as courts have to reopen, many continued or tested new ways to expand the use of rem ...