Sentences with phrase «for unrepresented litigants»

Pro Bono Net nominated the NY Courts for this honor, believing they should be applauded for implementing technology which makes the justice system more accessible for unrepresented litigants who are seeking critical support under the most difficult of circumstances.

Lydia's commitment to furthering access to justice for unrepresented litigants has been the driving force behind two Civil Court Clerk's Offices earning the prestigious DIY Star Award.

The Tompkins Court staff received the award because of their outstanding usage and promotion of the Family Court DIY Form programs, increasing access to justice for unrepresented litigants.

The programs can be found on CourtHelp, the Unified Court System's website for unrepresented litigants.

This program is for unrepresented litigants seeking an uncontested divorce using DRL 170 (7), no fault, and where there are no children.

It's heartening to see the involvement of public legal education charity Law for Life and the Royal Courts of Justice CAB in developing information for unrepresented litigants.

«A represented party is entitled to every possible and reasonable leeway to present a case in its entirety and... strict mechanical rules should be relaxed for unrepresented litigants.»

For example, in the index covering access for unrepresented litigants, the number 11 indicator is whether the state encourages plain English in the courtroom.

Legislation is vast and complex with serious distributive consequences outside of the particular proceeding for unrepresented litigants, he noted.

Not exact matches

For example, it quotes (page 13) percentages of unrepresented litigants, which percentages ABSs can not help to alter.

The Federal Pro Bono Program is a program in the District of Nevada which allows the court to appoint pro bono (unpaid) counsel for unrepresented, income - eligible litigants in certain civil cases.

[30] It must be obvious to the mother, even as an unrepresented litigant, that the time deadlines imposed at the case management meetings for the filing of affidavits and briefs and concluding cross examinations are significant and can not be casually disregarded on a whim.

In family law, for example, 70 % of litigants are unrepresented.

Do the numbers of self - represented litigants, for example, look about the same in Canada as in the US, which is somewhere around 70 - ish percent of people, I think, depending on the type of matter, are unrepresented?

For example, integrating the Thesaurus into our Clearinghouse and Inventory as a public search tool would allow users to search for «unrepresented litigants» or «pro se litigants» and have both of those synonyms redirected to the term documents are indexed under, «self - represented litigants&raquFor example, integrating the Thesaurus into our Clearinghouse and Inventory as a public search tool would allow users to search for «unrepresented litigants» or «pro se litigants» and have both of those synonyms redirected to the term documents are indexed under, «self - represented litigants&raqufor «unrepresented litigants» or «pro se litigants» and have both of those synonyms redirected to the term documents are indexed under, «self - represented litigants».

The fervor with which they pursue their claim (often their life's sole focus, often misconceived, and often containing vexatious and extreme allegations against your client), and their lack of objectivity, significantly increase the costs of litigation for the defendant...» (Layperson vs. Lawyer: Dealing with Unrepresented Litigants http://www.cle.bc.ca/onlinestore/productdetails.aspx?cid=1039) Hmmm... sound familiar?

[The trial judge] failed to comply with that obligation when he failed to advise Mr. Watterson [the unrepresented litigant] that he could request an adjournment for the purpose of preparing to cross-examine [the other party's] witnesses, or for the purpose of summonsing witnesses in response to [the other party's] witnesses or preparing to testify himself in response to their evidence.

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.

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

I think I speak for all family lawyers when I say it is our wish to deal with represented litigants because unrepresented litigants often have the wrong view regarding lawyers in general and how lawyers are most often trying to «trick» or «bully» them.

Perhaps the strangest panel was The Unstable Pro Se Litigant: Strategies for Ethically Dealing with the Difficult Unrepresented Litigant, on the dangers of allowing regular people to come into court.

For this first course, Parker decided to focus on helping unrepresented litigants answer a complaint.

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.

However, I have practised family law for too long to be naïve about the prospect of unrepresented litigants learning to love their spouse's lawyer.

Hiring lawyers for every indigent unrepresented criminal litigant vastly increased the expense of prosecution, including the number of attorneys hired and multiple appeals.

I am also an unrepresented litigant,, one of the things that MUST happen in order for justice to actually return to the system, is the system must be open and available to all,, as a right.

[2] While the topics of those meetings varied, their principal focus was to discuss the obstacles that individuals and businesses face in obtaining legal services and to share ideas and experiences with respect to existing and proposed innovations in the delivery of legal services and in legal education (for example, the use of technology to streamline court processes and / or assist unrepresented litigants, [3] prepaid legal service plans, [4] limited scope legal services, [5] inclusion of technology - focused courses in a law school curriculum, [6] and a single point of entry into the justice system [7]...).

She serves as a certified mediator through the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, and she has mediated small claims, landlord - tenant, and custody / visitation disputes among unrepresented litigants in court.

«[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.

In the US, the courts of California have become a leader in assisting unrepresented litigants through the court process, keeping just shy of acting for them.

The NYS Courts Access to Justice Program has added a new Spanish feature to the Family Court Custody / Visitation Enforcement and Custody / Visitation Modification DIY Form programs for Spanish speaking unrepresented litigants.

Using the Access to Justice Commission's estimate that 98 % of litigants are unrepresented, that is too many chances for even the most careful judges to get it wrong.

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.»

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 for family law, the paper notes that the Cooperative, an ABS with a social mission, has not been able to halt the massive increase in unrepresented litigants arising from the legal aid cuts of 2013 despite being one of the largest providers of family law services.

Given the numbers, Macfarlane is calling for some assistance to help unrepresented litigants respond to summary judgment motions.

unrepresented litigant: a party who does not retain a lawyer and appears for him / herself in court.

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