Conference: American Bar Association Annual Meeting (Chicago 2024)
The 2024 ABA annual conference will occur in Chicago, Illinois. For more information see the ABA Conference webpage.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
Conference: American Bar Association Annual Meeting (Chicago 2022)
The 2022 ABA annual conference will occur in Chicago, Illinois. For more information see the ABA Conference webpage.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
Conference: American Bar Association Annual Meeting (Chicago 2020)
The 2020 ABA annual conference will occur in Chicago, Illinois. For more information see the ABA Conference webpage.
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
Conference: American Bar Association Annual Meeting (Chicago 2018)
The 2018 ABA annual conference will occur in Chicago, Illinois. For more information see the conference webpage (americanbar.org).
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
Presentation: Know Your Users - The Importance of User Experience in Court Planning and Operations (Court Technology Conference 2017)
The Illinois Supreme Court and SRLN created a mapping application to assess the court user's experience in Illinois. “User experience and thinking about our users helps increase efficiencies, helps us know what we don't know, and helps us better plan for future responding to the needs of our actual users,” states Danielle Hirsch, Assistant Director of the Civil Justice Division of Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. SRLN is proud to be able to support process simplification.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
Alison Davis-Holland, Danielle Hirsch
Maps from the States
Below are examples of our GIS and mapping work including online Story Maps, interactive mapping applications, and static maps from a select number of states. For a national picture down to the county level, please see America's Civil Courts: Whom Do We Serve?
Alaska
Alaska’s Justice Ecosystem: Building a Partnership of Providers
Year published:
2018
Document Author:
SRLN
News: Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Uses SRLN Maps for Statewide Strategic Planning (Illinois Supreme Court 2017)
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice has started using the SRLN demographics maps for presentations to circuit clerks, circuit court judges, civil legal aid and pro bono practitioners. “The maps helped provide context for why access to justice is so necessary by broadening our scope of focus onto statewide demographics,” states Danielle Hirsch, Assistant Director of the Civil Justice Division of Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
Alison Davis-Holland
Article: Liberty, Justice, and Legal Automata (Lauritsen 2013)
This article, by Mark Lauritsen @marclauritsen, expands on the analysis begun by the author in a computer science journal piece called Are We Free To Code The Law? The focus there was whether interactive online services for legal self-helpers can be prohibited as the unauthorized practice of law. Put more generally, how should we legal automata be regulated? Do they serve justice? Are people at liberty to create and distribute them?
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Mark Lauritsen
Conference: 2016 SRLN Equal Justice Conference Pre-Conference (Chicago 2016)
The Self-Represented Litigation Network is excited to present the Pre-Conference to the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference on May 11, 2016, in Chicago, IL. This program brings together leaders and stakeholders from the access to justice community, including the courts, bar associations, legal aid, private practice, law libraries and other community programs. The one-day event will feature prominent keynote speakers and interactive breakout discussions that address topics on achieving 100% access to justice and engaging in access to justice solutions for self-re