Fix that flaw in the system and you largely fix
the SRL problem.
The «
SRL problem» wouldn't be as much of a problem if lawyers recognized this and responded accordingly.
Not exact matches
If we really want teachers and students to engage in
SRL, then classroom curriculum must be organized in ways that support and value autonomous inquiry and strategic
problem - solving.
For instance, one very common
problem amongst
SRLs is that it's often difficult for them to distinguish legal issues from moral ones.
As the challenges and realities of the
SRL explosion have become clearer, I have been shocked by the strength of the resistance not only to responsive change but even to accepting that there is an Access to Justice
problem that needs to be understood and addressed.
Perhaps the clients need to be viewed first as their «expectations» instead of as a «
problem» (because they are
SRL, low - income or have mental health
problems), the language they express their expectations when conveying their
problem / fixations on unresolved legal matter.
[3] Accordingly, the Law Society needs to recognize this social
problem and provide guidance to lawyers when dealing with
SRLs.
The role of the Public Navigators is to provide legal information only, not legal advice, and to enable
SRLs to access better information, and as a result, make better decisions about their legal
problems.
Verbs used to describe the response of lawyers or judges to the
SRL often include words like «manage» or «survive» and others that carry similar connotations of a
problem in need of a solution.
But the
SRL is not a
problem; self - representing litigants are rather a symptom of a complex bundle of
problems in the design and functioning of our legal... [more]
The goal here is to get
SRLs to the best possible resource for their legal
problem, location, economics, and ability to manage it.
But I think overall I am not sure that a bill of rights and responsibilities solves any of the
problems that the clash of
SRLs and courts are creating.
Some
SRLs discovered this
problem as they «interviewed» prospective lawyers.
But the
SRL is not a
problem; self - representing litigants are rather a symptom of a complex bundle of
problems in the design and functioning of our legal systems.
The
SRL has unfortunately become typecast as a disgruntled and, often incorrigible
problem to be solved by those within the legal profession.
There are links to information on other websites, but the platform generally tries to provide a complete resource so that people do not get lost navigating from site to site (a
problem many
SRLs described in the National Study: Julie).
We need to solve
problems, not create more of them, while wasting time and money.The adversarial court system does not seem to be a
problem - solving forum for
SRLs.
The National Self - Represented Litigants Study described an alarming range of serious impacts on individual
SRLs, that commonly included health
problems, long - term anxiety and depression, social isolation and difficulty maintaining employment.
Law societies have caused a great increase in self - represented litigants (
SRLs) by not trying to solve the unaffordable legal services
problem.
It's interesting to read that
SRL's in the U.S. have similar areas of
problems as do us Canadians.