As Mosten puts it, to date «the growth of collaborative divorce has been among clients who otherwise can afford lawyers, and very few collaborative divorce professionals have focused on ways to penetrate the underserved and
otherwise unrepresented market.»
Interestingly, relatively little experimentation with unbundling has occurred as of yet within the collaborative divorce process.35 As Mosten puts it, to date «the growth of collaborative divorce has been among clients who otherwise can afford lawyers, and very few collaborative divorce professionals have focused on ways to penetrate the underserved and
otherwise unrepresented market.»
Not exact matches
It is like being thrown into an unfamiliar battleground, where the
unrepresented defendant is unequally armed and trained vis à vis the prosecution, and where even the
otherwise best criminal defense lawyer is weakened unless s / he prepares his or her defendant client well for court and works well as a team with the defendant.
The MoJ does specifically ask for views as to how support could
otherwise be offered to
unrepresented claimants.
«Countless low - income New Yorkers, who
otherwise would have been
unrepresented, have been served by the Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyer's Project, and their network of pro bono attorneys.»
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.»
An
unrepresented party who is likely to prefer daytime television to answering the telephone, or who might
otherwise seek to frustrate the hearing or be disruptive, is not a party for whom the scheme is designed.
Otherwise, if one side had a contract drafted by a lawyer and the other side didn't, the contract would be construed in favor of the
unrepresented party in cases of ambiguity.
In the weeks you have been dealing with the buyer as an
unrepresented party, have you provided the buyer with advice, received confidential information, or
otherwise dealt with the buyer in a manner that could reasonably have led the buyer to believe he is your client?
Otherwise, you will need to meet with the
unrepresented buyer in person to provide copies of the 5 - 10 and 5 - 10.1 disclosure forms.