Not exact matches
The National Self Represented
Litigants Project headed
by University of Windsor prof Julie Macfarlane has released its report, «Identifying and
Meeting the Needs of Self - Represented
Litigants.
That distinction will be of no comfort to
litigants who are entitled to have expectations that there will be no unwarranted delays in obtaining an outcome to their litigation, expectations that it will be submitted have not been
met by the Supreme Court in a number of cases.
We are unable to
meet personally with self - represented
litigants but you may contact our office,
by phone, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am — 5:00 pm,
by calling 352-341-7007
The American Bar Association held its annual
meeting late last month, with several panels focused on the problems presented
by self represented
litigants.
This form of litigation attack is made
by way of affidavit and is often merely a tactic
by a wealthy
litigant to harass the other, as it must be
met, or to insert into the Court file material prejudicial to the other
litigant and not necessarily lost on the eventual trial judge, who may wish to peruse the Court file before the hearing.
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.
If the judge thinks that a summary trial does not
meet the needs of the
litigants and can't determine credibility or truth based on affidavits, he / she may reject the case being heard
by way of summary trial.
Professor Staudt has written numerous articles and books on technology and law, including the report co-authored
by Charles L. Owen, Distinguished Professor of Design at IIT's Institute of Design, and Edward B. Pedwell, titled Access to Justice:
Meeting the Needs of Self - Represented
Litigants.
Those interested in valuable empirical analysis of analogous unmet needs should read The National Self - Represented
Litigants Project: Identifying and
Meeting the Needs of Self - Represented
Litigants Final Report May 2013
by Professor Macfarlane at http://www.representing-yourself.com/doc/report.pdf