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Comments: SRLN Comments to Proposed Court Rule Changes in Florida on Technology Integration (SRLN 2021)
On July 1, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court appointed Workgroup on the Continuity of Court Operations and Proceedings During and After COVID-19 filed a petition to amend the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, Florida Probate Rules, Florida Rules of Traffic Court, Florida Small Claims Rules, and Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Year published: 2021
Document Author: SRLN
Justice for All 100% Access to Justice Constitutional Issues Simplification Triage Judges Courts Remote Reports, Evaluations, Best Practices, Surveys
News: Self-Help Innovations in Maryland (News 2021)
The Maryland Court Help Center 2021 Provider Conference offered a glimpse into some of the cutting edge innovations in self-help in the COVID era.1  
Year published: 2021
Document Author: SRLN
100% Access to Justice Strategic Planning Courts Self-Help Centers Best Practices for Self-Help Centers Managing a Self-Help Center Linking a Self-Help Center to Other Services
Note: Sixth Amendment Challenge to Courthouse Dress Codes (Harvard Law Review 2018)
Courthouses with dress codes require the public to conform to particular standards of attire in order to enter.
Year published: 2018
Document Author: Harvard Law Review
Constitutional Issues Courts Human Centered Design Articles & SRLN Briefs
Report: Digital Justice: HMCTS Data Strategy and Delivering Access to Justice Report and Recommendations (Byrom 2019)
This report was based on research conducted by Dr. Byrom during a three-month secondment to HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in early 2019, at the invitation of HMCTS chief executive Susan Acland-Hood. As a public guarantee of Dr Byrom’s independence, it was agreed her post would be unremunerated by HMCTS, and her findings and recommendations would be made public at the end of the secondment. 
Year published: 2019
Document Author: Natalie Byrom
Courts Research Reports, Evaluations, Best Practices, Surveys Reports Evaluation Best Practices
Article: Faster, Cheaper & As Satisfying: An Evaluation of Alaska’s Early Resolution Triage Program (Marz 2016)
The Alaska Court System, in partnership with the Alaska Pro Bono Program, created the Early Resolution Program (ERP) to address many issues with which courts across the country are grappling: how to efficiently and effectively manage divorce and custody cases involving self-represented litigants (SRLs), and how to triage cases to the appropriate resolution approach. This paper reported on an evaluation of the Anchorage ERP.
Year published: 2016
Document Author: Stacey Marz
Simplification Triage Judges Courts Legal Aid Private Bar Allied Professionals Reports Evaluation Linking a Self-Help Center to Other Services
Paper: A Case for Court Governance Principles (Becker and Durham 2010)
State courts have had ample reasons for questioning the continued viability of traditional approaches to organizing their work and to providing leadership. This paper proposed a set of principles for governing state court systems that was intended to provoke a debate about how court governance could best be enhanced to meet current and future challenges. The principles outlined in this paper were developed by examining what courts, as institutions, need to do internally to meet their responsibilities.
Year published: 2010
Document Author: Christine Durham and Daniel Becker
CCJ/COSCA Leadership 100% Access to Justice Courts
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)
Year published: 2021
Document Author: Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, American Bar Association
100% Access to Justice Strategic Planning Courts Allied Professionals Reports, Evaluations, Best Practices, Surveys Reports Best Practices
Survey: SRLN Tiers of Service Survey Tool (SRLN 2015)
The SRLN Tiers Survey was developed for states to conduct a quick tiered inventory of their court based self-help services. Tier 1 services are asynchronous (one-way), Tier 2 services are synchronous (two-way), and Tier 3 services integrate multiple providers or parts of the system.
Year published: 2015
Document Author: SRLN, Katherine Alteneder
Strategic Planning ATJ Commissions Courts Surveys Best Practices for Self-Help Centers Managing a Self-Help Center Linking a Self-Help Center to Other Services Evaluating a Self-Help Center
Resource: Washington Courts Access to Justice Technology Principles (Washington State Courts 2020)
In 2000, the Supreme Court of Washington issued an Order Approving Access to Justice Technology Principles, as set out in the guidance document, Access to Justice Technology Principles.
Year published: 2020
Document Author: Supreme Court of Washington
100% Access to Justice Courts Technology State-by-State
SRLN COVID-19 Brief: Alaska Courts and Attorneys Keep Probate Matters Moving (News 2020)
While many states have reported difficulties in processing probate cases during the Covid-19 pandemic, Alaska has been remarkably successful in moving these cases along, and even to some extent expediting them beyond what had been happening before the crisis.
Year published: 2020
Document Author: Kenneth Kirk
Simplification Courts