Report: Designing for Housing Stability: Best Practices for Court-Based and Court-Adjacent Eviction Prevention and/or Diversion Programs (Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program and American Bar Association 2021)
Designing for Housing Stability: Best Practices for Court-Based and Court-Adjacent Eviction Prevention and/or Diversion Programs (Joint Report of the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program and American Bar Association 2021)
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2021
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Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, American Bar Association
Statement: SRLN stands against injustice & reflects on the history of Juneteenth (SRLN 2021)
We want to honor Juneteenth and hold up our Black colleagues with respect and deep gratitude for their leadership. We see you and honor you.
June 19, 1865 commemorates the day upon which federal troops enforced the Emancipation Proclamation – two and a half years after it was signed. On that day, federal troops took control of Galveston, Texas to make sure all enslaved people in Texas were freed. By acting to end the enslavement of people in the United States, our country began its long journey to recognize human rights and freedom for all.
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2021
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SRLN
Statement: SRLN celebrates identity and belonging this Pride Month (SRLN 2021)
At the Self-Represented Litigation Network, we respect identity.
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2021
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SRLN
Resource: SRLN Navigator Working Group Webinar (May 2021)
Under the recently passed American Rescue Plan, there is a major new infusion of federal funding for AmeriCorps programs. In our May 2021 webinar session, we were joined by experts to take a deep dive into seeking AmeriCorps funding for court navigator programs! A senior AmeriCorps official, joined by several program leaders of court navigator programs who use AmeriCorps funds, provided an overview and offered useful guidance and handy tips for submitting applications to secure funding.
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2021
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SRLN
Report: Justice Tech for All How Technology can Ethically Disrupt the US Justice System (Village Capital & AmFam Institute 2021)
Village Capital and American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact (AmFam Institute) prepared this report to support justice tech efforts and initiatives.
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2021
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Village Capital & AmFam Institute
SRLN Brief: Advocacy Strategies & Relationship Building to Improve SRL Services (SRLN 2021)
The Justice for All Initiative envisions a future in which civil justice is administered through a continuum of services, from self-help materials to alternative dispute resolution to limited-scope or full legal representation. In this continuum, individual litigants receive precisely the help they need—no more and no less, and lawyers work “at the top of their licenses,” able to trim overhead to increase profit.
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2021
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SRLN
Resource: National Center for State Courts Tiny Chat 48: User Testing (NCSC 2021)
In the National Center for State Court's (NCSC) Tiny Chat 48: User Testing, Zack Zarnow and Danielle Hirsch offer six steps to user testing.
"Here is the good news: You can learn how to user test in six easy steps. User testing can improve your court, improve the experience of users, and reduce staff burdens by improving communications, forms, websites, and more. Here is the bad news: those idiots from Tiny Talks make a guest appearance. Those guys are the worst."
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2021
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National Center for State Courts (NCSC)
Resource: How Non-Lawyer Navigators Are Expanding Access to Justice on Talk Justice, An LSC Podcast (LSC 2021)
This is a podcast in the Legal Services Corporation series "Talk Justice." Mary McClymont is interviewed by LSC president Ron Flagg about the use of non lawyer navigators in state courts, Talk Justice: Episode Fourteen - How Non-Lawyer Navigators Are Expanding Access to Justice.
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2021
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LSC
Resource: SRLN Navigator Working Group Webinar (April 2021)
In our April 2021 webinar, Sacha Steinberger and Kate Crowley Richardson of Legal Link presented a model of using navigators working in the community to help people with civil legal needs. Watch the recording of the SRLN Navigator April 2021 webinar via this link!
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2021
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SRLN
Resource: LSC Legal Navigator Portal Project (2021)
The “Legal Navigator” is an online platform designed to be used by individuals alone or with non-legal providers with whom they may already be working to address a variety of other issues. We are automating self-help in a new way that replicates the questions someone may be asked if interacting directly with a facilitator at the court self-help center. Based on their answers, the result will be a plan tailored to the individual’s needs, including relevant forms, explanation about the process, practical tips and referrals to legal and other providers.
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2021
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SRLN