National SRL Estimates from srln.org In the United States, civil legal disputes are handled in more than 15,000 courts, in a patchwork of jurisdictions among state, county, municipal authorities. Civil courts handle cases such as divorce, custody, child s ...

SRLN Justice Tech Working Group Call Summary The Court Technology Standards and Cybersecurity Considerations discussed in the summary document attached below were topics of the Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN)’s Justice Tech Working Group’s Dece ...

This report was based on research conducted by Dr. Byrom during a three-month secondment to HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in early 2019, at the invitation of HMCTS chief executive Susan Acland-Hood. As a public guarantee of Dr Byrom’s independen ...

Richard Zorza, the driving force behind the creation of the Self-Represented Litigation Network, died April 13, 2019. A copy of SRLN's notice that was shared on our listservs is attached below. This page is a collection of some of the many resolution ...

The following session was held at the Legal Services Corporation's Innovations in Technology Conference 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information, including access to previous conference materials, visit the LSC's Innovations in Technol ...

In the article, Limited Scope. (Almost) Boundless Opportunity, Jessica Bednarz and Samira Nazem offer perspectives that highlight the advantages of utilizing limited scope or unbundled legal service options to address legal needs and expand access to just ...

In our November webinar, we heard from two navigator program leaders, Rob Wall of Ohio and Lisa Porter of Arizona, who described features and operations of their respective programs. Watch the recording of the SRLN Naviagor November 2019 webinar via this ...

In our October webinar, Mary McClymont gave an overview of 23 non-lawyer navigator programs in state courts across the country as described in this report:  https://www.srln.org/node/1403/reportnonlawyer-navigators-state-courts-emerging-consensus-mcclymon ...

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 ...

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 ...