Conference Materials


California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants In conjunction with the AB1058 Family Law Facilitator Program Midyear Training May 14-18, 2007, Milton Marks Conference Center and Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA

	This web site contains information and resource materials from the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants For further information, please contact Joseph Nguyen at 415-865-7533 or at joseph.nguyen@jud.ca.gov.
I.	Conference Agenda
II.	Biographies of Speakers, Moderators and Presenters
III.	Conference Materials Preconference and AB1058 Family Law Facilitator Program Midyear Training Monday and Tuesday, May 14-15, 2007 Conservatorships and Probate of Small Estates Consumer and Small Claims Law and Updates Developing an Evaluation Strategy for Your Self-Help Center Ethics Expungements and Traffic Guardianships Landlord/Tenant Basics Law Librarians Roundtable Discussion Law Librarians Strategizing for Partnerships Self-Help Center and Small Claims Attorneys Roundtable Discussion Self-Help Center Staff and Nonattorney Small Claims Advisors Roundtable Discussion Main Conference Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Decisionmaking and Solutions for Unintended Bias Distance Services - Using Hotlines, E-mail, Videoconferencing and the Web to Provide Services Getting Support Services in the Courtroom Helping Litigants with Mental Health Problems Helping Self-Represented Litigants With Appeals How to Create Plain Language Forms and Instructions How to Help Prepare Litigants for Hearings and Trials How to Start a Self-Help Center Operation and Expansion of Self-Help Center Services Plenary: Speaker Richard Zorza - Rethinking the Courts Providing Services to Limited-English-Speaking Litigants Self-Help is Not for Everybody: Planning with Local Bars, Lawyer Referral Services and Legal Services Programs to Provide a Continuum of Service Staffing and Personnel Issues Including Volunteers (How to Get and Retain the Right People) The Impact of Self-Help Centers on Caseflow Management The Latest on Limited Scope Representation and How You Can Work With Your Bar to Encourage It Thursday, May 17, 2007 Collaborations Between Self-Help Centers and Law Libraries Effective Communication: Improving Comprehension and Compliance by Self-Represented Litigants Effective Workshops Ethical Issues for Judges in Handling Cases With Self-Represented Litigants Expanding Family Law--Moving Beyond Child Support From Their First Step Into the Courthouse- Making the Courthouse Work More Effectively for Self-Represented Litigants Funding--How Other Courts Have Done It Managing Pro Per Cases in the Courtroom Mediation of Cases With Self-Represented Litigants Providing Neutral Services Reaching Out--Outreach and Education Services in the Community--Issues and Successes Self-Help Assistance: Research Findings and What They Tell Us About Good Practice Triage--Getting Self-Represented Litigants to the Right Service Using Volunteers Effectively National Conference on Self-Represented Litgants Friday, May 18, 2007 Opening Plenary--Overview and Future Directions of the National Self-Represented Litigation Network Case Management and Self-Represented Litigants Courtroom Services Developing Strategies to Increase Compliance With Court Orders Education and Guidance for Court and Self-Help Center Staff Forms and Plain Language Development and Promotion Judicial Education Overall Direction of the National Self-Represented Litigation Network Partnerships and Increasing Resources Problem Assessment/Triage Research Directions System Change Unbundling/Limited Scope Representation
	Conference Materials Preconference and AB1058 Family Law Facilitator Program Midyear Training Monday and Tuesday, May 14 & 15, 2007 Conservatorships and Probate of Small Estates Conservatorship Clinic Materials (PDF,588 KB) Consumer and Small Claims Law and Updates Workshop Packet (PDF, 1,621 KB) Workshop Agenda (PDF, 40 KB) Updates to California Tenants Booklet (PDF, 43 KB) Initial Inspection Before Tenant Moves Out (PDF, 28 KB) Developing an Evaluation Strategy for Your Self-Help Center Evaluation Planning Workbook (without Survey Pamphlet) (PDF, 2,172 KB) Workshop Powerpoint Presentation (PPT, 728 KB) Ethics Ethics for Facilitators (PDF, 44 KB) Expungements and Traffic Norton Rabbit Gets a Ticket (PDF, 2,840 KB) Clearing Your Adult Criminal Record in California, a Step-By-Step Guide (PDF, 2,089 KB) Clearing Your Adult Criminal Record in California - Intake Form (PDF, 38 KB) Guardianships Guardianships Workshop Packet (PDF, 573 KB) Powerpoint Presentation from Workshop (PPT, 459 KB) Landlord/Tenant Basics Workshop Packet (PDF, 400 KB) Law Librarian Roundtable Discussion Questions and Notes from Discussion (PDF, 49 KB) Law Librarians Strategizing for Partnerships Report of the Statewide Law Library/Self-Help Center Project Advisory Workgroup (PDF, 249 KB) Self-Help Center and Small Claims Attorney Roundtable Discussion Basic Rules for Working in the Self-Help Center (PDF, 24KB) How to Draw the Line Between Legal Advice and Legal Information (PDF, 23 KB) Self-Help Center Staff and Nonattorney Small Claims Advisors Roundtable Discussion Main Conference Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Decisionmaking and Solutions for Unintended Bias Avoiding Unintended Bias, a chapter from the California Benchguide on Self-Represented Litigants Distance Services - Using Hotlines, E-mail, Videoconferencing and the Web to Provide Services Distance Services Workshop Handout Overview (PDF, 315 KB) Notes on Distance Services from Placer County's Self-Help Center (PDF, 20 KB) Handout from Collaborations Between Law Libraries and Self-Help Centers workshop (PDF, 339 KB) Sacramento Superior Court brochure "Meeting Your Minimum Continuting Education Requirements" (PDF, 139 KB) Getting Support Services in the Courtroom Roadmap to Success: Petitioner's Step-by-Step Guide to Completing Your Divorce (PDF, 85 KB) Roadmap to Success: Respondent's step-by-Step Guide to Completing Your Divorce (PDF, 81 KB) Improving Efficiency and Service in Family Courts (PDF, 61 KB) Helping Litigants with Mental Health Problems Addressing Litigant Mental Health Issues in the Courtroom, a chapter from the California Benchguide on Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 53 KB) Helping Self-Represented Litigants With Appeals Basic Civil Appellate Practice in the Court of Appeal for the Second District (PDF, 52 KB) Table of Contents from "Step by Step to Appeals" manual (PDF, 31 KB) Introduction to "Step by Step to Appeals" manual (PDF, 38 KB) Modified Court of Appeal notice to pro per litigants (PDF, 60 KB) Resources for Handling Appeals in California (PDF, 74 KB) Draft proposal to change superior court appellate rules (PDF, 61 KB) Information on Appeal Procedures for Limited Civil Cases (PDF, 66 KB) Information on Proceedings for Writs in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court (PDF, 72 KB) How to Create Plain Language Forms and Instructions Transcend website How to Help Prepare Litigants for Hearings and Trials Powerpoint handout from workshop (PDF, 1,973 KB) Alaska Court System Family Law Self-Help Center resource links (PDF, 32 KB) How to Start a Self-Help Center Advertisement for Lassen County Self-Help Center (PDF, 42 KB) Brochure for Lassen County Self-Help Center (PDF, 69 KB) Eviction information packet for tenants (PDF, 62 KB) Clearing Your Adult Criminal Record in California, a step-by-step guide (PDF, 39 KB) Checklist for Filing an Uncontested Dissolution (PDF, 41 KB) Starting a Self-Help Center: 12 Core Resources (PDF, 35 KB) Operation and Expansion of Self-Help Center Services Presentation:Operation & Expansion of Self-Help Services (PPT, 8,203 KB) Plenary: Speaker Richard Zorza - Rethinking the Courts Plenary Powerpoint presentation (PPT, 228 KB) Providing Services to Limited-English-Speaking Litigants Tools for Dealing With Cross-Cultural Communication Issues (PDF, 26 KB) Expanding Legal Services: Serving Limited English Proficient Asians and Pacific Islanders (PDF, 708 KB) Imperial County Spanish/English Glossary (PDF, 44 KB) Resources for Providing Services to LEP Litigants (PDF, 40 KB) Comparisons between two legal systems (PDF, 52 KB) Cultural Competence in a Hotline (PPT, 336 KB) Providing Services to Non-English Speaking Asian American Litigants (PPT, 98 KB) Self-Help is Not for Everybody: Planning with Local Bars, Lawyer Referral Services and Legal Services Programs to Provide a Continuum of Service Limited Scope Representation in Family Law Cases (PDF, 71 KB) Representacion Limitada en Casos De Familia (PDF, 123 KB) Referral & Coordination Plan Template (PDF, 14 KB) Services Chart (PDF, 28 KB) Staffing and Personnel Issues Including Volunteers (How to Get and Retain the Right People) Staffing Workshop Packet (PDF, 996 KB) The Impact of Self-Help Centers on Caseflow Management Draft Rule For Status Conferences for Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 19 KB) Video: Case Classification Conference (Streaming video) The Latest on Limited Scope Representation and How You Can Work With Your Bar to Encourage It General Civil Limited Scope Representation - Risk Management Materials (PDF, 2,587 KB) Limited Scope Representation in Family Law Cases (PDF, 71 KB) Representacion Limitada en Casos De Familia (PDF, 123 KB) Thursday, May 17, 2007 Collaborations Between Self-Help Centers and Law Libraries Workshop materials packet (PDF, 339 KB) Sacramento Superior Court brochure, Meeting Your Minimum Continuing Education Requirements (PDF, 139 KB) Effective Communication: Improving Comprehension and Compliance by Self-Represented Litigants Communication Tools chapter from the California Benchguide on Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 67 KB) Effective Workshops Sutter County Sample Forms Packet (ZIP, 46,061 KB) Note: this is a large file Ethical Issues for Judges in Handling Cases With Self-Represented Litigants California Law Applicable to a Judge's Ethical Duties in Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 64 KB) Ethical Issues for Judges in Handling Cases with Self-Represented Litigants (PPT, 611 KB) Expanding Family Law--Moving Beyond Child Support Workshop materials packet (PDF, 1,249 KB) From Their First Step Into the Courthouse- Making the Courthouse Work More Effectively for Self-Represented Litigants Becoming a Culturally Competent Court (PDF, 196 KB) Borderland Justice: Working With Culture in Courts Along the US/Mexico Border (PDF, 62 KB) Tour Guide (PDF, 182 KB) Family Courts in California: Practice and Design (Streaming video, 30 mins) Family Court: Models for Practice and Design (PPT, 21,522 KB) Funding--How Other Courts Have Done It 2007-2008 Annual Grant Program application (PDF, 262 KB) Partnership General Information Flyer (PDF, 15 KB) SJI Grant Descriptions (PDF, 83 KB) Managing Pro Per Cases in the Courtroom Top 10 Tips for Dealing with Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 1,173 KB) Mediation of Cases With Self-Represented Litigants RECOURSE Mediation Services flyer (PDF, 18 KB) Also see Sonoma Superior Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Page Providing Neutral Services Flyer: Very Important Information for Respondents (PDF, 22 KB) Neutrality Powerpoint presentation (PPT, 58 KB) Reaching Out--Outreach and Education Services in the Community--Issues and Successes Workshop outline (PDF, 52 KB) Domestic Violence Information & Resources Workshop brochure (PDF, 146 KB) Information Workshop Regarding Domestic Abuse brochure (PDF, 47 KB) Evaluation Form (PDF, 73 KB) Fresno Self-Help Center Flyer in English and Spanish (PDF, 370 KB) Public Legal Forum information sheets (PDF, 74 KB) Self-Help Assistance: Research Findings and What They Tell Us About Good Practice Los Angeles County Superior Court JusticeCorps Focus Groups Report - Executive Summary (PDF, 91 KB) Los Angeles County Superior Court JusticeCorps Focus Groups Report (full report) (PDF, 196 KB) Evaluation of 5 Model Self-Help Pilot Programs (courtinfo.ca.gov) Equal Access Program evaluation page Triage--Getting Self-Represented Litigants to the Right Service Workshop Powerpoint presentation (PPT, 46 KB) Intake Assessment/Triage in Unlawful Detainer Cases (PDF, 28 KB) Legal Reasons Why I Should Not Be Evicted (Affirmative Defenses) (PDF, 38 KB) Guardianship Workshop Script (PDF, 29 KB) Helping People Before the Court: Effective Triage as a Critical First Step (PDF, 35 KB) Using Volunteers Effectively Program Management Volunteer Resources at courtinfo.ca.gov Sample Excerpts from JusticeCorps Member Contract (PDF, 909 KB) Making the Most of Internship Opportunities (PDF, 610 KB) National Conference on Self-Represented Litigation Friday, May 18, 2007 Opening Plenary--Overview and Future Directions of the National Self-Represented Litigation Network National Self-Represented Litigation Network Materials (PDF, 762 KB) Case Management and Self-Represented Litigants Video: Case Classification Conference (Streaming Video) Courtroom Services Developing Strategies to Increase Compliance With Court Orders Workshop Powerpoint presentation (PPT, 57 KB) Changing the System So That Self-Represented Litigants Receive Compliance with Judgments and Orders: Where We Are and Where We Should Be Going (PDF, 70 KB) Education and Guidance for Court and Self-Help Center Staff Practical Suggestions for Helping Self-Help Center (SHC) Staff Engage with Customers Appropriately (PDF, 49 KB) The Caution for Helpline (PDF, 11 KB) Intake Process - Asset Assessment (PDF, 20 KB) Rule 110. Self-Help Programs (Minnesota General Rules of Practice for District Courts (PDF, 26 KB) Screening Questions (PDF, 22 KB) Some important things to remember with every call (Updated 8/11/06) (PDF, 95 KB) Forms and Plain Language Development and Promotion A2J Author Highlights PDF, 57 KB) Workshop Powerpoint presentation - XML Court Forms (PPT, 1,764 KB) Judicial Education Chapter 4: Solutions for Evidentiary Challenges, from the Handling Cases Involving Self-Represented Litigants Overall Direction of the National Self-Represented Litigation Network Project List for 2007-2008 (PDF, 35 KB) Planning for Changes in the Working Groups PDF, 31 KB) Partnerships and Increasing Resources Legal Needs of Low Income Households in Montana (2005 Executive Summary) (PDF, 424 KB) Equal Access Partnership Grant general information flyer (PDF, 15 KB) Problem Assessment/Triage Intake Assessment/Triage in Unlawful Detainer Cases (PDF, 28 KB) Legal Reasons Why I Should Not Be Evicted (Affirmative Defenses) (PDF, 38 KB) Guardianship Workshop Script (PDF, 29 KB) Helping People Before the Court: Effective Triage as a Critical First Step (PDF, 35 KB) Research Directions Best Practices Checklist (PDF, 95 KB) A Summary of Ethical Guidelines for Conducting Interviews and Data Collection PDF, 84 KB) Guideline for the Use of Focus Groups (PDF, 203 KB) Tour Guide (PDF, 182 KB) System Change Civil Legal Assistance for All Americans (PDF, 2,596 KB) Unbundling/Limited Scope Representation Roadmap for Implementing a Successful Unbundling Program PDF, 115 KB) General Civil Limited Scope Representation - Risk Management Materials (PDF, 2,587 KB)