After unifying its statewide self-help support services into a single call line and support center, the Maryland court system’s new Maryland Self-Help Center expects to at least double the number of litigants it has previously helped while also expanding ...

In Pittsburgh, reengineering was the key to serving Self-Represented Litigants (SRLs), resulting in the opening of the court’s  Family Division Self-Help Center  (SHC), which doubled the number of customers served while offering a more sophisticated set o ...

An 18-question quiz/checklist to determine how well a court is doing in providing services to self-represented litigants. Web links to various helpful resources are also provided. Starting a Self-Help Center United States SRL Court Score card.doc Bonnie R ...

This Tour Guide is provided to allow either court employees or outside observers to look at a courthouse and court processes from the point of view of a self-represented litigant. The Tour Guide can be used by judges or court staff, by volunteers, or by o ...

Justice Corps is a program that works in affiliation with Americorps and has been of tremendous benefit to numerous courts, most especially in California. The California JusticeCorps program assists California courts in meeting the needs of self-represent ...

In a detailed policy paper entitled, Courts Need to Provide Access to Justice in Rural America, and published in 2018 by the Conference of State Court Administrators, readers will find a thoughtful analysis of how rural courts can expand access and suppor ...

The 2018 NACM annual conference will occur in Atlanta, Georgia and will focus on the power of active engagement. For more information see the conference webpage. Sunday, July 22, 2018- 1:00pm to Thursday, July 26, 2018- 12:00pm Add to Calendar iCalendar O ...

At this year's Pre-Conference to the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference, SRLN will be hosting an early morning coffee hour (7:30- 8:30). During this time, we will provide first time attendees: A brief history of the SRLN Survey of resources and oppor ...

The 2017 NACM Annual Conference, presented in partnership with the International Association for Court Management (IACA), will be held July 9-13, 2017, in Washington, DC. For more information, please see the NACM event page: https://www.nacmnet.org/confer ...

Richard Zorza's presentation "…And Access to Justice for All- The Potential of Community Connection, Volunteerism and Technology," given to the National Conference on Community Based Access to Justice Volunteers, Partnerships and Technology ...