Add to ORKGThe recent growth in pro se litigation in the federal courts has prompted many questions as to how to respond to this trend. This study seeks to provide a statistical basis for answers to those questions. Based upon a sample drawn from pro se cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, this Note examines various aspects of pro se litigation including the types of claims filed by pro se litigants, whether or not pro se litigants request counsel, how pro se claims are disposed, and the relative burden of pro se cases upon the courts. Different subsamples within the general sample of pro se cases are also separately studied. Sub-samples include pro se civil rights claims, cases that reached ...
This article is the first to identify, name, and empirically measure the pro se gender gap. Drawing ...
Participants in and critics of the judiciary agree that unless some solution to the problem of clogg...
Defendants who attempt to represent themselves, or proceed pro se, make up less than 1% of felony ca...
The recent growth in pro se litigation in the federal courts has prompted many questions as to how t...
As we have seen over the last two decades, the number of lawsuits in America is rising significantly...
Unrepresented litigants make up a sizable and normatively important chunk of civil litigation in the...
In ideal circumstances, court cases are won or lost on their merits. But litigation does not proceed...
This Note argues that a few courts have adopted lawful restraints and administrative procedures that...
Pro se litigants face a number of challenges when bringing civil litigation. One potential solution ...
State civil courtrooms are packed to the brim with litigants, but not with lawyers. Since the early ...
In recent years, more than a quarter of all federal civil cases were filed by people without legal r...
Previous studies have neglected to focus on the generalized affective satisfaction (diffuse support)...
In recent years, an increasing number of pro sel litigants have appeared in federal courts. Between ...
Habeas corpus, also known as the Great Writ, was meant to be a “bulwark against convictions that vio...
This piece, written by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, explores the legal context...
This article is the first to identify, name, and empirically measure the pro se gender gap. Drawing ...
Participants in and critics of the judiciary agree that unless some solution to the problem of clogg...
Defendants who attempt to represent themselves, or proceed pro se, make up less than 1% of felony ca...
The recent growth in pro se litigation in the federal courts has prompted many questions as to how t...
As we have seen over the last two decades, the number of lawsuits in America is rising significantly...
Unrepresented litigants make up a sizable and normatively important chunk of civil litigation in the...
In ideal circumstances, court cases are won or lost on their merits. But litigation does not proceed...
This Note argues that a few courts have adopted lawful restraints and administrative procedures that...
Pro se litigants face a number of challenges when bringing civil litigation. One potential solution ...
State civil courtrooms are packed to the brim with litigants, but not with lawyers. Since the early ...
In recent years, more than a quarter of all federal civil cases were filed by people without legal r...
Previous studies have neglected to focus on the generalized affective satisfaction (diffuse support)...
In recent years, an increasing number of pro sel litigants have appeared in federal courts. Between ...
Habeas corpus, also known as the Great Writ, was meant to be a “bulwark against convictions that vio...
This piece, written by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, explores the legal context...
This article is the first to identify, name, and empirically measure the pro se gender gap. Drawing ...
Participants in and critics of the judiciary agree that unless some solution to the problem of clogg...
Defendants who attempt to represent themselves, or proceed pro se, make up less than 1% of felony ca...