Background on Self-Represented Litigants

Position Paper on Self-Represented Litigation, by the Conference of State Court Administrators (PDF) (adopted August 3, 2000)

"Leadership to Promote Equal Justice," Resolution 23 of the Conference of Chief Justices (adopted January 25, 2001)

Judicial Council of California, Operational Plan: Leading Justice Into the Future, - Goal I - Access, Fairness, and Diversity (PDF) (desired outcomes to be achieved by June 2003)

The Path to Equal Justice: A Five-Year Status Report on Access to Justice in California, by the California Commission on Access to Justice (October 2002) (PDF)