This report was originally commissioned by the Michigan State Bar Foundation to assist Michigan’s Solutions on Self-Help (SOS) Task Force, but modified to serve as a national resource so that it may be of value to other jurisdictions working to enhance su ...

With funding from State Justice Institute, Thomas Clarke of the National Center for State Courts assembled two advisory committees – one to develop the business requirements for a litigant portal, and another to examine the technical requirements necessar ...

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 ...

The National Association for Court Management (NACM) is committed to providing innovative, engaging and emerging trends at its’ Midyear and Annual conferences, typically held in February and July, respectively. Sunday, July 12, 2020- 9:00am to Thursday, J ...

The National Meeting of State Access to Justice Commission Chairs (National ATJ Meeting)  will take place at, and as a part of, the Equal Justice Conference on Friday, May 8, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Consequently, if you are interested in submitting a wo ...

Alison Davis-Holland is the Cartography and Story Maps Lead for the Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN). She is a veteran cartographer and geographer with over 20 years of experience using geographic information systems (GIS) technology and maps to ...

As COVID-19 continues to impact court operations, courts must produce easy to understand and accessible translations of court administrative orders in order to ensure court processes remain inclusive of all court users. SRLs, the predominant user group in ...

While many states have reported difficulties in processing probate cases during the Covid-19 pandemic, Alaska has been remarkably successful in moving these cases along, and even to some extent expediting them beyond what had been happening before the cri ...

With COVID-19 impacting the ability of litigants everywhere to have legal documents including affidavits and verifications notarized, four approaches to resolving the issue have emerged: socially distanced notarization, the elimination of notarization req ...

Here is a compilation of recruitment and position description examples garnered from some of the programs studied and described in the nonlawyer navigator report. Please note, these documents are only samples provided by program leaders, some of which may ...