Please pardon the duplication.
As the AALL Representative to the Self Represented Litigation Network, I
am pleased to pass on to you special news about the upcoming Court
Solutions Conference in Baltimore, MD, September 8-10, 2008. For one of
the three tracks at the conference, the Self Represented Litigation
Network has created an extensive training course of 11 modules devoted
to working with self represented litigants. The training course is
geared toward those involved in court management, which many state,
court, and county law librarians are, but would also be useful to anyone
serving self represented litigants. Note, for instance, the module on
Supporting and Integrating Law Library Services. This module was created
by the SRLN Law Librarians Working Group, with Marcus Hochstetler as the
main compiler and editor, but with contributions from leaders and
innovators from across the nation.
If your state is forming a team to attend, I highly recommend that you
consider joining that team. If you want to learn how to create
collaborations with your courts in serving self-represented litigants or
simply want to learn what is happening in innovative courts and law
libraries across the nation, then you may wish to consider attending on
your own. This is the first such training conference that is open to
attendance without a specific invitation, so I highly encourage those of
you in states that have been less active in innovating to serve self
represented litigants to attend this conference. You'll find many ways
to get things started in your state.
If you have any questions, feel free to call or write me or Richard
Zorza, the SRLN Coordinator. (His information is at the bottom of the
attached email.)
Thank you,
Charles Dyer, AALL Representative to the Self Represented Litigation Network
& Chair, SRLN Law Librarians Working Group.
-- Charles R. Dyer Charles R. Dyer Consulting 808 East Maple Street Bellingham, WA 98225-5225 360-738-6439 fax 360-738-6439 (call first) mobile 360-483-9446 charlesrdyer@clearwire.net www.charlesrdyer.com
attached mail follows:
This e-mail is being sent to all members of the SRLN Working Groups
As many of your have heard, in September 2008, the Self-Represented Litigation Network will be launching its leadership package entitled: Court Leadership and Self-Represented Litigation Solutions for Access, Effectiveness, and Efficiency.
Following the model of last years successful judicial conference at Harvard, the launch, to be held at the Court Solutions Conference sponsored by the National Center for State Courts, held in Baltimore on September 8-10 will provide an opportunity for groups of leaders to come together and learn about, and practice the use of leadership tools for innovation for the self-represented.
Attendees will leave the Launch Gathering with a leadership and educational package customizable for training throughout their state or in their courts, and with experience in using that package. The Package will include the customizable tools and resources for self-assessing courts, and for supporting the multi-disciplinary teams that can then implement the specific innovations that will improve access for the self-represented.
Attendees will be expected to prepare "learning by doing" activities, in which they will practice with their peers the use of elements of the package to foster leadership and the implementation of specific solutions. It is the philosophy of the project that attention to the specifics of solutions in the context of an overall vision, will provide the most effective and convincing tools and leadership for innovation.
The Conference is open to the court and access to justice communities. State court Chief Justices and State Court Administrators have already been invited to send teams, but attendance is not limited to these groups.
This gathering provides an ideal opportunity for state and court leaders to hone their vision, focus their strategy, and obtain and become skilled in the use of leadership materials for implementation.
The modules to be presented and launched are:
? Court Self-Diagnosis and Strategies for Getting a Court Moving (Including Funding Issues) ? Establishing and Operating Self Help Centers ? Designing and Modifying Physical Space for Access ? Establishing Justice Corps and Volunteer Programs ? Training and Supporting Clerks for Access ? Developing and Deploying Forms and Instructions ? Deploying Automated Forms for Access ? Setting Up Case Management for the Self-Represented ? Working with Judicial Leadership ? Courtroom Staffing and Services for Access ? The Court Role in Establishing and Supporting Discrete Task Representation ? Supporting and Integrating Law Library Services ? Distance Service Technology ? The Limited English Proficiency Challenge ? Developing Systems to Facilitate and Ensure Compliance with Court Orders
For additional information, a general description and one page flyer have been posted on www.selfhelpsupport.org at http://www.selfhelpsupport.org/library/folder.194209-2008_Court_Leadership_Package_Launch.
For answers to specific questions, contact Richard Zorza, richard@zorza.net, 202-549-1128.
To register, go to www.courtsolutions.org
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