Report: Evaluation of Innovations Designed to Increase Access to Justice for Self-Represented Litigants (Hough 2005)
This paper, prepared for the Summit on the Future of Self-Represented Litigation (March 24-25, 2005; Chicago, IL full Summit materials available here) is an intial analysis of efforts to assess the effectiveness of self-help services by identifying key findings, principles for research in this field and suggestions for future research directions.
Year published:
2005
Document Author:
Bonnie Rose Hough
SRLN Brief: The Case for Public Library Services for the Self-Represented: An Opportunity to Enhance Access to Justice for All (SRLN 2008)
This advocacy piece is designed as part of a series by the SRLN to make the case to a variety of stakeholders of the value of innovation in support of access for the self-represented.
Year published:
2008
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
Webinar: Public Library Webinar Series (Pro Bono Net 2012)
In the fall of 2012 Pro Bono Net produced the Libraries and Access to Justice Webinar Series to increase awareness among librarians and community stakeholders about free, online resources for people with legal needs, how librarians can access and utilize those resources to better educate and assist their patrons with legal needs, and models for legal aid-library collaborations to connect people with legal information.
Year published:
2012
Report: Opportunity for All - How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries (University of Washington Information School 2011)
The Opportunity for All - How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries Report proves the broad use and value of internet access in public libraries.
Conference: Public Libraries and Access to Justice Conference (SRLN 2010)
Teams from 15 states participated in a train-the-trainer conference for public librarians and their court and legal paid partners in Austin, Texas on how public libraries can improve access to online information at libraries. These teams were selected from 43 applying groups from 30 states. Funding from the Gates Foundation made it possible for NCSC to make mini-grants to participants in ten of the states to help them implement ideas developed at the conference. The conference was organized by SRLN in cooperation with LSC.
Year published:
2010
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
Article: Law Libraries Serving Self-Represented Litigants (NCSC 2015)
Law libraries provide essential services to self-represented litigants.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Joan Belistri, Sara Galligan
Webinar: Access to Justice Webinars (SRLN/SCCLL 2015)
In February-March 2015, SRLN and the State County Courts Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries collaborated on a series of two webinars on Access to Justice. The first webinar describes areas for strategic partnering such as training, core collections, centralized websites and technology. The second webinar is specifically for court, county and government law librarians who want to learn basic service benchmarks as well as touch stones for evolving services.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network, American Association of Law Libraries
Report: Law Libraries and Access to Justice. A Special Report of the American Association of Law Libraries Access to Justice Special Committee (AALL 2014)
This white paper is the work of AALL's 2013-2014 Access to Justice Special Committee, chaired by Sara Galligan, and explores how all types of law libraries - including private; state, court and county; and academic - contribute to the ATJ movement. The white paper explains the myriad ways law libraries can contribute to the administration of an effective Access to Justice system and successfully work with others on the front lines of Access to Justice.
Year published:
2014
Document Author:
American Association of Law Libraries
Report: The Sustainable 21st Century Law Library: Vision, Deployment and Assessment for Access to Justice (Zorza 2012)
Richard Zorza writes that “this is a moment of opportunity for law libraries to transform themselves as leaders in providing access to justice for all as part of a broad alignment of the legal system.” He notes that law libraries are becoming entry points into the courts for more individuals.
Year published:
2012
Document Author:
Richard Zorza
Curriculum: Access to Justice for the Self Represented (SRLN & NCSC 2013)
The following modules are designed to assist judges in handling cases involving self-represented litigants (SRLs). They contain tools and techniques for judges to operate their courtrooms effectively, comply with the law, maintain neutrality, and increase access to justice while overseeing cases involving SRLs.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Richard Zorza, NCSC, Self-Represented Litigation Network