litigants in person

• Is self representation the legal equivalent of a DIY appendectomy?
  Posted on December 5, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Would you rather represent yourself in court or perform your own appendectomy? It sounds like a fairly straightforward question and at first thought, and quite possibly second and third thoughts as well, most of us would plump for representing ourselves in court: there is, arguably, less blood, less pain and less chance of death.
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  Posted in: courts, justice system
  Tagged: litigants in person, self surgery, legal aid cuts, judges, courts, US courts
• DIY-law: the future of access to justice?
  Posted on October 26, 2011 by Louise Restell
  In my last post I wrote about how administrative justice was the Cinderella of the justice system. I now think there is probably another candidate. If administrative justice is grown-up Cinderella waiting for the prince, then public legal education is baby Cinderella, who doesn’t even dare dream about him. As with any aspect of the law that isn’t about criminals or lawyers it doesn’t get much attention and even less money. But lack of column inches and scarcity of funds don’t mean something isn’t important.
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  Posted in: Legal aid, Legal services
  Tagged: access to justice, consumers, justice, legal aid cuts, litigants in person, PLE, Plenet, public legal education