Sentences with phrase «by unrepresented litigants»

Developed by CALI, in association with Chicago - Kent College of Law, this freely available tool permits the creation by legal aid attorneys, courts other of «self - guided A2J interviews for use by unrepresented litigants and others in need -LSB-... that] walk users through a step - by - step question and answer process, which, in the end, creates an (often otherwise confusing) legal form.»

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.

The case is another example of the «serious challenges» posed by unrepresented litigants as the courts try to ensure they're treated fairly yet uphold the rules of the court, says Toronto lawyer Harvin Pitch.

It has to be that way because of the size of the damage the problem is inflicting upon the population and upon our courts, so clogged as they are by unrepresented litigants that we are in danger of becoming a legally dysfunctional society.

Not exact matches

Not only the financial difficulties being faced by law firms large, medium, and small but also the growing number of unrepresented litigants in the courts and a serious deficit in access to justice across the country are driving the inevitable.

But treating the problem of unrepresented litigants and clogged courts by simplifying court processes and procedures is like trying to remedy a cold by blowing your nose to simplify the act of breathing.

; citing: Andre Gallant, «The Tax Court's Informal Procedure and Self - Represented Litigants: Problems and Solutions» (2005), 53 Canadian Tax Journal 2; and, Anne - Marie Langan, «Threatening the Balance of the Scales of Justice: Unrepresented Litigants in the Family Courts of Ontario» (2005), 30 Queen's L.J. 825, «the author cites data compiled by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, which show that in 2003, 43.2 percent of applicants in the Family Court Division of the Ontario Court of Justice were not represented by counsel when they first filed with the court.

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.

... costs borne by society at large include: costs associated with delays in court and administrative proceedings; increased court operation costs attributable to unrepresented litigants and accused; and, more broadly, costs associated with legal problems that are not resolved in an acceptable manner (including increased health care costs, increased social assistance costs and so on).

The vast majority of the litigants in these cases are unrepresented and many of them would benefit by being represented.

Much of this «sharp lawyering» against unrepresented litigants goes unreported and uncommented on, and the reason is elementary: most unrepresented parties lack the legal sophistication and knowledge to understand that opposing counsel has treated them vexatiously, in a manner that would be in clear breach of the Rules of Professional Conduct if experienced by fellow Members of the Bar.

Contained in the report is a submission by the Law Society of England and Wales warning that to «extend the principle of fixed costs could adversely affect access to justice or increase the number of unrepresented litigants bringing claims.»

One of the biggest hurtles faced by SRLs is lawyerly penchant for exclusionary lexicon designed keep the unwashed, unrepresented litigants off your turf.

(2) Courts are clogged with unrepresented litigants; judges» having to help such unrepresented litigants contradicts a judge's appearance of impartiality when one party is represented by counsel and the other is not.

However, according to Mr. Moskowitz, they see firsthand the effects of the civil legal aid shortage and understand the disadvantages faced by pro se litigants who appear in court unrepresented.

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The fact that Siaro will be a platform that is utilised by, but independent of, the lawyers may allow for a more informed and trusting dialogue with unrepresented litigants.

The Manhattan CLARO Project addresses the needs of unrepresented debtors who are being sued by their creditors, by providing pro se litigants the opportunity to meet with an attorney to discuss their case and obtain limited legal advice.

Unrepresented litigants in need of representation in a previously filed Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy case are referred to the Pro Bono Project by the Court, Trustees, Bankruptcy Facilitator, and the U.S. Trustee's office.

«I was also particularly inspired by the panel of judicial leaders and excited to hear of their many initiatives to reach greater numbers of unrepresented litigants,» she added.

«[16] There is no question that a trial judge has an obligation to assist an unrepresented litigant, for example, by explaining court procedures and applicable legal principles.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

The Housing Court's Volunteer Lawyers Program offers free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) certified training to attorneys who agree to volunteer in the Court's Help Centers by giving unrepresented litigants legal advice and information.

Licensed Paraprofessionals to assist Oregonians facing Family Law (where 80 % of Oregon litigants are not represented by counsel) and Landlord - Tenant (where 85 % of Oregon Residential Landlord - Tenant litigants are unrepresented) issues;

RBC lawyers in New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Toronto, and London volunteered a record 1,020 hours of pro bono time in the past year by assisting unrepresented litigants in civil matters, acting as designated representatives for unaccompanied minor children, assisting cancer patients with legal rights, and assisting foster parents with the adoption of older youths.

As a result, law is less readily understood, and therefore less respected by the people it is supposed to serve, especially so by the unconscionably high percentages of unrepresented litigants in our courts.

There is no doubt that court - connected ADR may benefit those litigants who are already in the system, especially those unrepresented by counsel.

This will save time for the Court and the parties by reducing the number of unnecessary adjournments that unrepresented litigants sometimes require.