Evaluation: Report on Programs to Assist Self Represented Litigants of the Baltimore City Circuit Court of the State of Maryland - Final Report (Baltimore City Circuit Court 2004)

An evaluation of the programs to assist self-represented litigants in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, Maryland.

Evaluation: A Report to the California Legislature - Family Law Information Centers: An Evaluation of Three Pilot Programs (Judicial Council of California 2003)

Final report from an evaluation of three pilot Family Law Information Centers -- in Los Angeles, Fresno, and Sutter Counties -- which were established by the California Legislature in 1999 as a response to the increasing number of litigants appear

Report: A Report and Analysis of Action Plans throughout California (California 2003)

This June 2003 report analyzes pro se court action plans from county courts throughout California, examining court program needs assessments and program designs as well as the community partnerships which were integral to plan development

Paper: Self Represented Litigants and Court and Legal Services Responses to Their Needs - What We Know (Greacen 2003)

This 2003 paper was prepared by John Greacen for the Center for Families, Children & the Courts of the California Administrative Office of the Courts. It examines empirical evidence from studies and reports on SRLs and court/legal services sel

Evaluation: Evaluation Report of Sonoma County's Self Help Access Center (Legal Aid of Sonoma 2003)

Sonoma County Legal Aid's annual evaluations of the Sonoma County Self Help Access Center (SHAC) are based on data captured from client entry/exit surveys, follow-up interviews, court observation, and court staff interviews. This is the evaluation

Report: Model Self-Help Pilot Program A Report To The Legislature (California 2005)

Executive Summary

Report: A Comparative Readability Study of Plain Language Court Forms (Mindlin 2012)

This article presents the results from the first quantitative readability study of plain language court forms in the United States.

Report: Services for Self-Represented Litigants in Arkansas: A Report to the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission (Greacen 2013)

This report documents the services currently available to persons in this situation in Arkansas. It shows that for the most part they are left on their own and flounder.

Study: Self-Represented Litigants in Family Law Cases In Jackson County, Missouri (Cook 2007)

This study is unique because it included the self-represented in its survey. From the Abstract:

Report: The Benefits and Costs of Programs to Assist Self-Represented Litigants (California 2009)

This Report was prepared by John Greacen for the Judicial Council of California, center for Families, Children and the Courts. Preliminary research conducted in courts in the San Joaquin Valley in California shows that self help services provided