Survey: Massachusetts LiveJustice Website User Evaluation Survey (Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachussets 2003)
Survey instrument designed by Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachussets to survey users of their online technology project, LiveJustice at www.livejustice.org.
Year published:
2003
Document Author:
Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachussets
Survey: Texas Self-Represented Persons Survey Instrument (Texas Access to Justice Commission 2005)
This 15-question survey instrument was developed by the Court-based Assisted Pro Se Subcommittee of the Texas Access to Justice Commission to survey court clerks about self-represented litigants in Texas courtrooms.
Year published:
2005
Document Author:
Texas Access to Justice Commission
Survey: California Self Help Center Customer Satisfaction Survey (California AOC 2004)
This is a generic customer/client satisfaction survey form for self-help legal centers in California.
Year published:
2004
Document Author:
Judicial Branch of California
Survey: Eastern Montana Self-Help Law Project Survey (Montana 2003)
This survey instrument was used to gather information from Judges and Clerks of Court regarding the state of pro se affairs before the implementation of the Eastern Montana Self Help Law Project.
Year published:
2003
Document Author:
Tara Veazey
SRLN Brief: Communications Resources (SRLN 2015)
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 has developed a media toolkit for advocates, as well as advice on how to simplify your message.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Spitfire Strategies
Survey: Arkansas Court Clerk Pro Se Survey Instrument (Arkansas 2005)
The Pro Se Committee of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission designed this survey instrument in order to understand the circumstances and methods by which individuals are representing themselves in the courts of their state. The purpose of this survey is to gain an understanding of self-represented litigants from the clerk's perspective.
Year published:
2005
Document Author:
Arkansas Access to Justice Commission
Report: My Laws, My Courts, My Maryland Promoting Equal Justice for All (Maryland 2013)
My Laws, My Courts, My Maryland Promoting Equal Justice for All (opens as PDF), published by the Maryland Access to Justice Commission (website) is styled as media kit and provides detailed information about the Maryland approach to access to justice for the self-represented, as well as contact information for the many providers that together complete the access to justice mosiac for Maryland.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Maryland Access to Justice Commission
SRLN Brief: Rule 6.5 - A Powerful Tool to Diversify Pro Bono and Transform Court Services (SRLN 2015)
Ethics rule 6.5 is a powerful tool to diversify pro bono programs and to transform court services because it allows unbundled lawyers to perform real time services in court-annexed programs without the onerous clerical burdens and limitations under the traditional conflicts analysis. Specifically the model rule states:
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
Report: Can Translation Software Help Legal Services Agencies Deliver Legal Information More Effectively in Foreign Languages and Plain English? (Hineline & Hogue 2013)
This report investigates the current and possible uses of translation tools, including fully-automated machine translation and a somewhat different translation technology, translation memory. Translation memory re-uses whole phrases that an expert has previously translated. We investigate the use of machine translation, translation memory management software, and other computer-assisted translation tools for legal information in the justice community context.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Anna Heinline, Jeff Hogue
Article: Improving Access to Justice: Plain Language Family Law Court Forms in Washington State (Dyer, Fairbanks, Greiner, Barron, Skreen, Cerrillo-Ramirez, Lee, Hinsee 2013)
From the Abstract:
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Charles R. Dyer, Joan E. Fairbanks, M. Lynn Greiner, Kirsten Barron, Janet L. Skreen, Josefina Cerrillo-Ramirez, Andrew Lee, Bill Hinsee