While there are many excellent legal self–help initiatives, there are few studies that evaluate those self–help programs after the fact, i.e. after the self-represented litigant has used the software or…
fair, so do most of the self-publishing company websites. I’ve been visiting many of them and, yikes, they need serious help from librarians, especially ones with UX bona fides.)…
…cases, neither side was represented. This trend is typical throughout the United States, and law librarians have found that these unrepresented litigants frequently come to the law library for help….
Our favorite and first-stop legal self–help website is Oregon Law Help. If you need legal information and referrals on domestic violence, custody, child support, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, bankruptcy, taxes, wages…
“Ramsey County Law Library offers DIY help,” by Debra O’Connor, TwinCities dot com, 8/4/14: Excerpt: “People who have never set foot in a courtroom, and might be wearing baseball…
Thinking about legal self help, access to justice, unbundled legal services? Richard Zorza’s Access to Justice Blog has all kinds of intriguing posts and links, e.g. 1) “Lawyer Referral…
Do you need legal help with expungements, DACA renewal, County Circuit Court navigation, legal name and gender marker changes, and other legal assistance, self–help, and referrals? Check out the…
“A Layperson’s Guide to Legal Research and Self–Help Law Books,” by Kendall Svengalis (author and publisher of the extraordinary and invaluable “Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual,” which…
…that pretty much sums up everything that makes legal self–help center and public law library program management so confounding: “People don’t want to talk to lawyers, but they really want…
…incorporate. 3) Your son who is in jail needs to know how to pay his child support. 4) You are a self-represented litigant and want to know how to ask…
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