SRLN Brief: Academic Law Library - Public Library Partnerships (SRLN 2015)
As noted in the American Association of Law Libraries Access to Justice White Paper, legal research instruction has always been core to academic librarianship. One role for academic law librarians in promoting access to justice is to provide training to public librarians about online legal resources and the unauthorized practice of law.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
SRLN Brief: Incubators - Changing the Practice of Law (SRLN 2015)
In recent years, many law schools have started post-graduate training and support “incubator” programs designed to help recent graduates or new attorneys start their own firms. Incubators meet two important access to justice initiatives: they facilitate access to legal services for low- and moderate-income people while helping new lawyers build sustainable practices that leverage technology and utilize unbundling to keep legal fees low.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
News: California Uses Video Conferencing to Extend Reach of Self-Help Center Across Three Rural Counties (California 2015)
SHARP: Expanding Access to Justice for Rural Californians
Meet SHARP (sharpcourts.org), an innovative self-help center model that’s using video conferencing to expand access to justice for self-represented litigants across California’s Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties. Bonnie Hough, Managing Attorney for the California Administrative Office of the Courts, says SHARP (The Self Help and Referral Program) is a “model program for how to deliver services to litigants in areas where there isn’t an attorney.”
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
News, Alex Smith Davis, SRLN
Tool: Model for a Comprehensive Self Assessment of Court Programs to Assist Self-Represented Litigants (SRLN 2008)
These materials are a comprehensive packet of surveys and tools designed to help courts assess how well they deal with the self-represented and to make improvements in their practices.
Year published:
2008
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network, John Greacen
Conference: NCSC eCourts Conference (Las Vegas 2018)
The 2018 NCSC E-courts Conference will take place December 10 - 12, 2018, in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, please visit the NCSC event page.
Conference: 2018 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference (San Diego 2018)
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/
Conference: SRLN Conference (San Francisco 2017)
Thank you everyone for making our first conference such a success.
If you attended the conference, the materials remain available through Sched.
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How to Join the Conference Slack
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
SRLN
Conference: SRLN Equal Justice Conference Pre-Conference (Chicago 2016)
The 2016 SRLN Pre-Conference
In Conjunction with the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference -- See EJC Agenda
May 11, 2016, Palmer House, Chicago, IL.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
Conference: 2017 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference (Pittsburgh 2017)
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
Conference: 2017 NACM Midyear Conference (Portland 2017)
The 2017 NACM Midyear conference will be held February 5-7, 2017, in Portland, Oregon.
For more information, please see the NACM event page:
https://www.nacmnet.org/conferences/index.html