In our July 2021 webinar, Danielle Hirsch spoke about a new funding source and Mary McClymont gave an update on AmeriCorps funding.  Lisa Colpoys and Jill Roberts discussed a new information service called Illinois Court Help, recently launched to connect ...

Under the recently passed American Rescue Plan, there is a major new infusion of federal funding for AmeriCorps programs. In our May 2021 webinar session, we were joined by experts to take a deep dive into seeking AmeriCorps funding for court navigator pr ...

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 ...

With a deep background in designing and implementing access to justice initiatives for legal aid, the courts and private practice, Katherine’s philosophy throughout her career has been to build common sense, consumer oriented solutions by learning, innova ...

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 ...