Research and Evaluation

This section contains evaluations from self-help centers, sample forms, and evaluation strategies, as well as links to other research on self-represented litigants.

Evaluation Tools

Program Evaluations

Evaluation tools

Evaluation Planning Workbook -- How to Use focus Groups and Other Evaluation Methods to Improve Court Based Self-Help Centers (May 2007) (prepared by the Center for Families, Children and the Courts, Judicial Council of California).

Using Focus Groups in Program Evaluation (prepared for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).

Culturally Appropriate Focus Group Information (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of Imperial )

Self-Represented Litigants and Court and Legal Services Responses to Their Needs - What We Know <(PDF, 205 KB)

Tools for Evaluation of Court-Based Self-Help Centers

Legal Services Trust Fund Evaluation Toolkit

Legal Workstation Evaluation Tools

Evaluation (PPT, 56 KB) - Bonnie Hough

Program evaluations

Los Angeles County Superior Court JusticeCorps Focus Groups Report (full report) (PDF, 196 KB)

Report to the California Legislature on Self-Help Centers

Executive Summary of the Report to the California Legislature on Self-Help Centers

Evaluation of Model Self-Help Centers Pilot Programs

Model Self-Help Centers Pilot Program Status Report as of Fall 2003 (PDF, 543 KB)

Evaluation of Equal Access Fund Projects

Evaluation (PDF, 1,577 KB)

The Hotline Outcome Assessment Study Final Report (PDF)

Final Evaluation for Van Nuys Self-Help Center (2001) (DOC, 499 KB)

Los Angeles Unlawful Detainer Equal Access Project - Final Evaluation (PDF, 76 KB)

Evaluation of Sonoma County's Self-Help Action Center (PDF, 187 KB)

Family Law Information Center Report: An Evaluation of Three Pilot Projects