SRLN Brief: Law Library Ethics
The following are resources on law library ethics:
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Ethical Principles & AALL UPL Toolkit
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
Article: No Legal Advice from Court Personnel - What Does that Mean (Greacen 1995)
This is the seminal article that explores the underlying rationale that resulted in the blanket prohibition of clerk's not being able to provide information to the public for fear that it would be advice. In the article, Greacen suggests the framework that has today become the accepted framework of how to provide ethically appropriate self-represented services. The five guiding principles are:
Year published:
1995
Document Author:
John Greacen
Article: Legal Information vs. Legal Advice - Developments During the Last Five Years (Greacen 2001)
This article by John Greacen is an update on his seminal 1995 article, "No Legal Advice from Court Personnel, What Does that Mean?"
Recommended Citation: John Greacen, Legal Information vs. Legal Advice - Developments During the Last Five Years, Judicature, Vol. 84, No. 4 (January - February 2001)
Year published:
2001
Document Author:
John Greacen
Presentation: Legal Information and Legal Advice: The Hard Situations (Greacen 2010)
Presentation on the distinction between legal information and legal advice given by John M. Greacen at the 2010 California Conference On Self-Represented Litigants April 29-30, 2010.
Year published:
2010
Document Author:
John Greacen
Article: Ensuring Access to Justice in Tough Economic Times (Broccolina & Zorza 2008)
This article outlines seven suggestions for the courts which require relatively small or easily found upfront investment and minor ongoing expenditures. This article first appeared in the November-December 2008 (Volume 92, Number 3) of JUDICATURE, the Journal of the American Judicature Society.
Year published:
2008
Document Author:
Frank Broccolina, Richard Zorza
Curriculum: SRLN Court Solutions Conference Leadership Package (SRLN 2008)
The Self-Represented Litigation Leadership Package was prepared by the Self-Represented Litigation Network and launched at the Court Solutions Conference on September 8-10, 2008, in Baltimore, Maryland. The core of the Package is fifteen modules, each of which focuses on a different area of self-represented litigation innovation. These Modules can be used in a wide variety of ways to encourage leadership in innovation.
Year published:
2008
Document Author:
Richard Zorza, Self-Represented Litigation Network
Webinar: Distinguishing Legal Information from Legal Advice (Greacen 2007)
This webinar is geared toward the court clerk environment and includes discussions on the importance of this topic / why we should care; problems with a vague standard; standards that don't work; principles upon which to build a sound policy; ethical obligations of court staff; definitions; guidelines; and a review of questions submitted by participants in advance.
Faculty include: John Greacen, Consultant, Greacen Associates LLC and Judy Meadows, State Law Librarian, Montana Supreme Court.
Year published:
2007
Document Author:
John Greacen, Self-Represented Litigation Network
SRLN Brief: Integrating Unbundling into Self-Help Services (SRLN 2015)
The states vary tremendously on how they may have integrated unbundling into their service delivery systems. Unbundling is a critical link to devloping a local ecosystem that supports 100% access to justice, and therefore should be a priority area for development in all states. Emerging practices include the following:
Bar or Court Sponsored Unbundled Referral Lists
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network