SRLN Digital Divide State Dashboards
The following links provide a breakdown of the availability, speed, and cost of broadband for the states listed. To find out how to have your state added, please contact info@srln.org.
Year published:
2022
Document Author:
SRLN
Resource: Referrals to unbundled attorneys (SRLN 2020)
Please see below the list of resources and materials related to how courts manage or inform the public about referrals to unbundled attorneys.
Illinois
Year published:
2020
Document Author:
SRLN
Resource: Legal Information vs. Legal Advice - Examples
Here is a compilation of examples of documents which programs have used to provide guidance as court staff or navigators offer assistance. These materials include samples from programs described in the nonlawyer navigator study as well as examples from additional states which have specific guidelines. The compilation is certainly not an exhaustive list of legal information vs.
Year published:
2020
Conference: American Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting (Austin 2020)
The 2020 ABA midyear conference will occur in Austin, Texas. For more information see the ABA Conference webpage.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) 2018 Annual Conference (Houston)
The 2018 NLADA annual conference will occur in Houston, Texas. For more information see the conference webpage.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
Legal Information v. Legal Advice: Court System Manuals
The SRLN Administrative Office of the Courts working group collected resources from court systems throughout the country that are used to provide guidance to court personnel about how they should assist the public. Here is a selection of Court System Manuals:
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
News: Child Support Federal Grant Matchmaking Expands Access to Justice by Promoting Strategic Collaborations (OCSE 2016)
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) continues to be a driving force in ATJ through a variety of funding strategies that support innovations benefiting self-represented litigants (SRLs) including:
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Self-Represented Litigation Network
News: 2015 TIG Grants Included Five Court Partnership Grants – 2016 Should Bring More As We Build a 100% Access Technology Infrastructure (LSC 2016)
LSC's 2015 TIG grants included five grants to projects being undertaken by legal aid and court partnerships, according to the Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2016 Grant Funding we should see significantly more partnership awards in 2016. LOIs are currently being accepted through February 29, 2016, and LSC has identified three areas of particular interest:
Year published:
SRLN
Document Author:
News, SRLN, Katherine Alteneder
News: Orange County, CA and the State of Texas Conduct User Experience Research and Learn that SRLs in Civil Cases Can E-File (Texas & California 2016)
What are we learning about self-represented litigants who e-file? Who are they? Where are they? What cases do they file? How do the tools work for them?
Using identical survey instruments, the Superior Court in Orange County and the Texas Office of Court Administration (Texas AOC) gathered valuable e-filing insights into these questions for both represented and self-represented parties, and presented their findings at CTC2015.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
News, SRLN
Survey: Texas Self-Represented Persons Survey Instrument (Texas Access to Justice Commission 2005)
This 15-question survey instrument was developed by the Court-based Assisted Pro Se Subcommittee of the Texas Access to Justice Commission to survey court clerks about self-represented litigants in Texas courtrooms.
Year published:
2005
Document Author:
Texas Access to Justice Commission