Report: Nonlawyer Navigators in State Courts: An Emerging Consensus (McClymont 2019)
This report provides a survey of the national landscape of nonlawyer navigator programs in state courts assisting self-represented litigants. It includes an analysis of 23 programs in 15 states and the District of Columbia. It is based on extensive outreach and interviews with more than 60 informants who created, oversee or manage nonlawyer navigator programs in court settings. The report describes program features and offers practical considerations for creating and implementing such programs.
Year published:
2019
Document Author:
Mary McClymont
Study: AmeriCorps Court-Based Navigator Programs (Justice in Government Project 2020)
The Justice in Government Project (JGP) at American University, with support from Pew Charitable Trusts, seeks to support funding for legal aid and improve initiatives that address the access to justice gap.
Year published:
2020
Document Author:
Justice in Government Project, American University
SRLN Brief: Evolution of Court Staffing for SRLs (2019)
Over the last fifteen years, leaders from the courts, legal aid programs, private bar associations, and allied professionals have actively pursued innovations to reimagine and redesign the civil legal system so that access to justice is a reality for the millions of people without lawyers who pass through the more than 15,000 state and local courts in America.
Year published:
2019
Document Author:
SRLN
Roles Beyond Lawyers: Evaluation of the New York City Court Navigators Program (News 2017)
A new study by the American Bar Foundation (ABF), National Center for State Courts (NCSC), and supported by the Public Welfare Foundation, confirms the efficacy of a new solution to the growing access to justice crisis in American civil courts.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
Thomas M. Clarke; Rebecca L. Sandefur