Sentences with phrase «unrepresented litigants take»

Unrepresented litigants take up much more court time and resources per case than litigants who have lawyers.

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At the conclusion of the «in court» part of a trial or a sentencing process involving unrepresented litigants, the presiding judge takes on additional responsibilities.

I went back into law practice, practicing family law and mediation and about 12 years later, it's funny how good ideas sometimes take, have a long latency period, I was serving on an ABA committee that was studying unrepresented litigants and the findings, this was in Arizona, the findings of the researchers commissioned by the ABA, were that this was an exploding phenomenon of people representing themselves but they didn't do so well.

For instance, in their dealings with self - represented litigants, opposing lawyers can and often do take advantage of the unrepresented parties» insecurity over, and ignorance of, court rules and procedures.

This program brings volunteer lawyers into Chambers, where they act as «amicus curiae» and help the court understand the issues related and the positions taken by unrepresented litigants.