Free Self-Help Clinic for Indigent Civil Litigants
You may be eligible to attend a free, self-help clinic provided by Public Counsel for indigent civil litigants.
To qualify for assistance, you will need to show an order granting a waiver of fees or otherwise establish that you are an indigent self-represented litigant under the guidelines of the Public Counsel 
.
The clinic can help by providing information about the many procedures, filings and deadlines appellants and respondents will encounter throughout the appeals process.
| Location: | Settlement and Mediation Center
Second District Court of Appeal
300 South Spring Street
Second Floor, North Tower
Los Angeles, CA 90013 |
| Hours: | 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. |
| Days: | Monday, Wednesday and Friday |
To make an appointment, contact Lisa Jaskol.
You may also visit the clinic during clinic hours on a walk-in basis. Those without an appointment will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
Spanish-language assistance available with advance notice.
Tenemos ayuda en español, pero nos tiene que notificar con tiempo.
Appeal topics covered include:
- Appealability of the trial court’s order (“Is my order appealable?”)
- Record on appeal (what it is)
- Designation of record on appeal (notifying the superior court which records to prepare for the Court of Appeal to review)
- Civil Case Information Statement and obtaining a copy of the judgment or order being appealed if the prevailing party in the lower court failed to prepare one
- Certificate of Interested Parties
- Motions and Applications (and the difference between the two)
- Fee waivers and the costs that are covered when a fee waiver is granted
- How to overcome minor mistakes that place your appeal in jeopardy (“curing” defaults)
- General guidance on how to structure and write a brief
- How to use proper legal and factual citations in briefs and motions
- Proofs of service – when they are required, who gets served, and who may serve documents on your behalf
- Retaining counsel midway through and the “substitution of attorney” requirement
- Oral argument (not a “new trial”); responding to a calendar notice informing you about oral argument; what it means to choose not to participate in oral argument.
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