Resource: National Center for State Courts Tiny Chat 29: Navigators (NCSC 2021)
In this Tiny Chat hosted by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Danielle and Zach are getting in shape with some tips and a plan from Mary McClymont on how to start a non-lawyer navigator program. Mary offers an overview of the kinds of navigator programs in operation, the ways they have adjusted to COVID, and a plan for your court to launch their own program. Watch NCSC Tiny Chat 29: Navigators.
Year published:
2020
Document Author:
National Center for State Courts (NCSC)
Resource: SRLN Navigator Working Group Webinar (September 2020)
In our September webinar, three navigator program leaders--Jenny Laurie, Shereice Perry and Robby Southers--gave helpful updates on how their own programs are adapting services in light of the Covid 19 onset. Programs are taking on new activities and using remote service tools to engage virtually with self-represented litigants, especially as courts are still often closed or partially closed. Watch the recording of the SRLN Navigator September 2020 webinar via this link!
Year published:
2020
Document Author:
SRLN
Resource: Florida Law Assistance at Reduced Expense (FLARE 2018)
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid's (JALA) Florida Law Assistance at Reduced Expense (FLARE) program provides moderate income families with legal help at a reduced expense. FLARE works with local attorneys to make sure that high quality legal services are available to individuals who may not be able to pay the standard rate to hire an attorney.
Document Author:
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid
Resource: Chicago Bar Foundation Justice Entrepreneurs Project (CBF 2013)
Launched in 2013, the Chicago Bar Foundation's Justice Entrepreneurs Project supports innovative and socially conscious lawyers building practcies offering predictable pricing and limited scope services. The program is built on Community.Lawyer and functions as a platform for attorneys to match with the public.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Chicago Bar Foundation
Resource: Chicago Bar Association's Limited Scope Panels (CBA 2017)
The Chicago Bar Association's (CBA) Limited Scope Referral Panels are lists of experienced private attorneys offering limited scope representation among their service offerings. The area of law the panels cover are landlord-tenant, domestic relations, and debt collection/consumer. The program is aimed to provide "DIY litigants" affordable services when they cannot afford the cost of an entire case or prefer assistance with only parts of their case. The CBA require participating attorneys to meet certain minimum requirements before they are included in the referral program.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
Chicago Bar Association
Article: Limited Scope. (Almost) Boundless Opportunity (ABA 2019)
In the article, Limited Scope. (Almost) Boundless Opportunity, Jessica Bednarz and Samira Nazem offer perspectives that highlight the advantages of utilizing limited scope or unbundled legal service options to address legal needs and expand access to justice.
Year published:
2019
Document Author:
Jessica Bednarz, Samira Nazem
Report: Better Access Through Unbundling Post-Conference Report (IAALS 2018)
On October 26 - 27, 2017, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), in partnership with the American Bar Association (ABA) hosted the Better Access through Unbundling: from Ideation to Implementation Conference. IAALS published the post-conference report on August 16, 2018. The below excerpt introduces the report.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
Natalie A. Knowlton, IAALS
Website: IAALS Honoring Families Initiative (IAALS)
The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Honoring Families Initiative is a project aimed at promoting new approaches to improve outcomes in legal issues related to divorce, separation, and custody.
Visit the IAALS Honoring Families Initiative homepage for more information.
Document Author:
IAALS
Evaluation: The Utah Online Dispute Resolution Platform: A Usability Evaluation and Report (i4J Program 2020)
The Utah Online Dispute Resolution Platform: A Usability Evaluation and Report was published by the Innovation for Justice (i4j) Program at the University of Arizona School of Law, led by Professor Stacy Butler. The following is the report's executive summary.
Year published:
2020
Document Author:
Stacy Butler, Sara Mauet, Christopher L. Griffin, Jr., Mackenzie S. Pish
Conference: ABA and IAALS Better Access through Unbundling, From Ideation to Implementation (Denver 2017)
The American Bar Association's (ABA) Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) hosted the Better Access through Unbundling, From Ideation to Implementation conference.
The conference materials can be found on IAALS's Honoring Families Initiative homepage.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
IAALS