Add to ORKGThe typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigation, scholars, advocates, judges, and courts have embraced a key solution: reforming the judge’s traditional role. The prevailing vision calls on trial judges to set aside traditional judicial passivity, simplify court procedures, and offer a range of assistance and accommodation to people without counsel. Despite widespread support for judicial role reform, we know little of whether and how judges are implementing pro se assistance recommendations. Our lack of knowledge stands in stark contrast to the responsibility civil trial judges bear – and the power they wield – in dispensing justice for millions of unrepresented people each year. Whil...
The fate of stare decisis hangs in the wind. Different factions of the Supreme Court are now engaged...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The U.S. Courts of Appeals were once admired for their wealth of judicial attention and for their ge...
Party control over case presentation is regularly cited as a defining characteristic of the American...
A centuries-old controversy asks whether judicial elections are inconsistent with impartial justice....
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
This Article calls attention to the breakdown of adversary procedure in a largely unexplored area of...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
It is hardly noteworthy to observe that judges play a crucial role in our adversary system, both ins...
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
The fate of stare decisis hangs in the wind. Different factions of the Supreme Court are now engaged...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The typical American civil trial court is lawyerless. In response to the challenge of pro se litigat...
The U.S. Courts of Appeals were once admired for their wealth of judicial attention and for their ge...
Party control over case presentation is regularly cited as a defining characteristic of the American...
A centuries-old controversy asks whether judicial elections are inconsistent with impartial justice....
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
This Article calls attention to the breakdown of adversary procedure in a largely unexplored area of...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
It is hardly noteworthy to observe that judges play a crucial role in our adversary system, both ins...
In a revolutionary moment for the legal profession, the deregulation of legal services is taking hol...
The fate of stare decisis hangs in the wind. Different factions of the Supreme Court are now engaged...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...
Over the last half-century, the federal courts have faced down two competing crises: an increase in ...