Published in the Summer 2003 edition of The Bench, a news journal of the California Judges Association, this article provides advice for judges who wish to encourage attorneys to provide limited scope representation, also called discrete task representati ...

The white paper, An Analysis of Rules That Enable Lawyers to Serve Self-Represented Litigants, was prepared by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. The purpose of the paper is to provide policy makers with i ...

The states vary tremendously on how they may have integrated unbundling into their service delivery systems. Unbundling is a critical link to devloping a local ecosystem that supports 100% access to justice, and therefore should be a priority area for dev ...

Collection of single page briefing papers prepared by the SRLN in 2007 to help interested parties make the "case for" key innovations. The following topics are covered:  • The Case for Self-Help Programs • The Case for Court-Based Forms and Inst ...

The Expanding Your Practice Using Limited Scope Representation webinar is available in an on-demand format on the Practising Law Institute's Program's (PLI) page. This program sponsored by PLI, featuring M. Sue Talia, provides an introduction to ...

This paper provides a case study based on the experience in Contra Costa County, California, as well as other jurisdictions. The purpose of this article is to create a roadmap of the essential and nonessential but desirable components of a successful limi ...

Below are materials from an SRLN webinar on unbundling legal services which took place on May 17, 2006. Private Family Court Judge M. Sue Talia presented and led this webinar. Materials include the webinar presentation and sample materials for attorneys w ...

The Self-Represented Litigation Leadership Package was prepared by the Self-Represented Litigation Network and launched at the Court Solutions Conference on September 8-10, 2008, in Baltimore, Maryland. The core of the Package is fifteen modules, each of ...

Using responses to an online survey, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services issued “The Self-Help Center Census: A National Survey,” an analysis of court-based legal self-help centers across the country. Nearly ...

A compendium of essays on ways in which lawyers can change their practices to improve their environment — for themselves, their clients and their neighborhoods. The book encourages lawyers to step out of the conventional mold and consider how they can cre ...