http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/09/06/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation/ news, views and info on self-help law and pro se litigation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/09/06/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-216 david giacalone Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/09/06/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation/#comment-216 For more advice from Howard Bashman, see <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1163194123382" rel="nofollow">Ten Tips for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy</a>, his On Appeal <i>Law.com</i> column, dated Nov. 13, 2006. For more advice from Howard Bashman, see Ten Tips for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy, his On Appeal Law.com column, dated Nov. 13, 2006.

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/09/06/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Scott McMillan Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:50:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/09/06/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation/#comment-12 Glad to see the launch of this site. As legal services become increasingly out of the reach of anyone earning a middle class income or less, the public out of necessity will begin undertaking their own representation. In California family courts, the majority of litigants are presently unrepresented. Theoretically, for common disputes, there are no reasons why a lawyer should be a necessity in our system for a person with a high school literacy level. Where a commonly used process is inordinately complex, the courts should simplify or standardize the process. The rule of law and access to justice has a legitimizing and inclusive effect on our governmental bodies. Without that access, division in our society is bound to occur, and on its heels disruption will follow. Glad to see the launch of this site. As legal services become increasingly out of the reach of anyone earning a middle class income or less, the public out of necessity will begin undertaking their own representation. In California family courts, the majority of litigants are presently unrepresented. Theoretically, for common disputes, there are no reasons why a lawyer should be a necessity in our system for a person with a high school literacy level. Where a commonly used process is inordinately complex, the courts should simplify or standardize the process. The rule of law and access to justice has a legitimizing and inclusive effect on our governmental bodies. Without that access, division in our society is bound to occur, and on its heels disruption will follow.

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