This report was originally commissioned by the Michigan State Bar Foundation to assist Michigan’s Solutions on Self-Help (SOS) Task Force, but modified to serve as a national resource so that it may be of value to other jurisdictions working to enhance su ...

With funding from State Justice Institute, Thomas Clarke of the National Center for State Courts assembled two advisory committees – one to develop the business requirements for a litigant portal, and another to examine the technical requirements necessar ...

Without proper language assistance, Limited English Proficient (LEP) court users are excluded from meaningful participation in the courts. Federal laws particularly applicable to language access include Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Ti ...

Self-help resources in appellate courts, both at the state and federal level, are becoming increasingly common. While we do not have any numbers regarding the frequency of self represented litigant (SRL) appeals, we do know that there is a demand for appe ...

John Greacen, Bonnie Hough, and Susan Ledray presented at the July 2006 National Association of Court Management meeting in Florida. They discussed 1) Reasons to have a self help program; 2) Objections to starting a self help program (and responses).  Mat ...

A communications strategy, which is central to any project's success, not only charts communications with internal and external customers, but also serves as an important driver for the metrics collected to measure success. Voices for Civil Justice h ...

The 2018 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference will be held May 10 - 12, 2018 in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit the ABA's Equal Justice Conferences page: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service/ejc/ Thursday, May 10, ...

The 2017 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference will be held May 4-6, 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA.  For more information, please visit the ABA's event page: http://www.nlada.org/equal-justice-conference Katherine Alteneder and Alison Davis-Holland will be pre ...

The 2016 National Association for Court Management (NACM) Midyear Conference took place July 10- 14, 2016, in Pittsburgh, PA.    SRLN participated in two sessions titled: The Role of Court Administrators and Clerks in Developing Effective Partnerships to ...

Each year the Equal Justice Conference brings together key players in the civil justice system in order to strengthen partnerships and improve delivery of legal services to poor and low-income individuals. The 2016 Equal Justice Conference will be held Ma ...