{"id":441,"date":"2007-01-08T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2007-01-08T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/topics-a-to-z\/"},"modified":"2007-04-06T09:27:57","modified_gmt":"2007-04-06T13:27:57","slug":"topics-a-to-z","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/topics-a-to-z\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics (a to z)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"32\" alt=\"dictionaryN\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/01\/dictionaryN.gif\" width=\"55\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0Many <em>shlep<\/em> postings collect links on specific topics that may be of use or interest to do-it-yourself legal consumers, or to people who want to be smarter clients, know more about their rights and duties, or avoid trouble or bad outcomes related to specific laws or consumer issues.\u00a0 Below is an alphabetical listing of many of those postings.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Please note<\/em>: This is <em>not<\/em> a listing of <em>every<\/em> topic or area of law\u00a0that has been covered\u00a0on this weblog.\u00a0 Our Search Box can help you\u00a0locate particular subject areas, as well as additional treatment of topics listed below.\u00a0\u00a0(Of course, our SideBar\u00a0has\u00a0links to sources and materials for many self-help situations, especially those that are aimed at <em>pro se<\/em> litigants.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"31\" alt=\"LinkListN\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/12\/LinkListN.jpg\" width=\"45\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/21\/understanding-antitrust-law\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">antitrust law<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/06\/bankruptcy-law-self-help\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">bankruptcy self-help<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/06\/help-for-your-financially-troubled-business\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">businesses in financial trouble<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/21\/when-can-you-leave-children-at-home-alone\/\">children home alone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-admin\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/14\/condo-law-resources\/\">community associations<\/a> (<em>e.g.<\/em>, condos, coops)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/28\/copy-permission-and-copyfraud\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">copy permission and copyfraud<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/26\/defamation-self-help-for-myself-too\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">defamation<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/08\/divorce-mediation-mutual-self-help\/\">divorce mediation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/15\/post-valentine-divorce-self-help\/\">divorce self-help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/21\/dogs-and-the-law\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">dogs and the\u00a0law<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/24\/protection-for-door-to-door-purchasers\/\">door-to-door sales<\/a>\/cooling off rule\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"44\" alt=\"microphoneN\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/12\/microphoneN.gif\" width=\"30\" \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/23\/whaddayaknow-about-fair-use-and-copyright\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">fair use and copyright law<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/21\/help-for-grandparents-seeking-guardianship\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">grandparent (kinship) guardianship<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/21\/controversy-over-grandparent-visitation-rights\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">grandparent visitation<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/06\/guardianship-oversight\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">guardianship (adult)<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/18\/holiday-hell-week-at-family-courts\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">holiday family court disputes<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/25\/black-friday-agita-and-holiday-season-self-help\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">holiday-season (and internet) shopping information<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"40\" alt=\"ornamentG\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/12\/ornamentG.jpg\" width=\"25\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/01\/identity-theft-security-freezes-fraud-alerts-and-more\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">identity theft, security freezes<\/font><\/a><u>\u00a0<\/u>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/09\/most-facing-deportation-are-pro-se\/\">immigration<\/a> issues<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/07\/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-and-forms\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">name (and gender) changes<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/09\/poor-cristoforo-colombo-name-change-self-help\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">here<\/font><\/a>, too)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/17\/300-million-americans-self-help-relief-for-that-bloated-feeling\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">land use &amp; zoning, neighbor disputes<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/17\/turning-your-lemon-into-lemonade\/\">lemon laws<\/a> (automotive)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/08\/law-glossaries-a-to-z\/\">law glossaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/03\/learn-about-living-trusts\/\">living trusts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/14\/back-again-like-a-payday-loan\/#more-465\">payday loans<\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/23\/battles-everywhere-over-payday-loans\/\">update<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/08\/personal-injury-self-help-and-fee-negotiation\/#more-480\">personal injury law (and fee negotiation)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/13\/probate-and-pro-se-whose-court-is-it\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">probate &amp; pro se<\/font><\/a> (from <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/10\/researching-public-records\/\">public records<\/a> research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/16\/pre-marital-living-together-agreements\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">pre-marital agreements, living together<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"31\" alt=\"LinkListG\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/12\/LinkListG.jpg\" width=\"45\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/12\/realtors-fight-unbundling-and-pols-help-them\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">real estate unbundling and self-help<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/27\/search-engine-privacy-strategies\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">search engine privacy<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/04\/05\/sexual-assault-and-relationship-violence\/\">sexual assault and relationship violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/30\/vexatious-paralegal-restrained-in-ontario\/\">vexatious litigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/09\/11\/live-willfully-and-write-your-will\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">wills<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"40\" alt=\"courthouse1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/08\/courthouse1.gif\" width=\"64\" \/>\u00a0 The following posts collected links to some court-related self-help issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/09\/06\/how-appealing-is-pro-se-litigation\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">appellate <em>pro se<\/em> guidance<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/12\/best-practices-guide-from-srln\/\">best practices<\/a> helping the self-represented<\/li>\n<li>court-based <em>pro se<\/em> programs <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/08\/17\/what-have-they-done-for-me-lately\/\">described<\/a><\/li>\n<li>helping the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/10\/help-for-the-pro-se-defendant\/\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>pro se<\/em> defendant<\/font><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em>judge&#8217;s role<\/em> with the self-represented &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/09\/aus-pro-se-defendant-told-to-resubmit-her-defense\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/21\/learning-from-canadian-judges-and-the-self-represented\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/31\/putting-in-a-good-appearance\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">looking good in court<\/font><\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/29\/mass-project-allows-limited-court-appearances\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">unbundling\u00a0at the courthouse<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/01\/02\/universal-unbundling-unfolds-in-california\/#more-432\">here<\/a>, too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"61\" alt=\"ScalesRichPoor\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/08\/scales%20rich%20poor.jpg\" width=\"48\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you want to know more about the kinds of services and projects that exist to help persons who appear in court without a lawyer, see the materials discussed in our posting on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/08\/17\/what-have-they-done-for-me-lately\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">court-related self-help tools<\/font><\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/12\/best-practices-guide-from-srln\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">best practices for the self-represented<\/font><\/a>.\u00a0 For help in finding such services in your state or locality, see our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/getting-self-help-help\/\"><font color=\"#000000\">getting self-help help<\/font><\/a> page, and the list of self-help Gateways in the SideBar.<font color=\"#800080\">\u00a0<\/font><font color=\"#800080\"><font color=\"#800080\">\u00a0<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Many shlep postings collect links on specific topics that may be of use or interest to do-it-yourself legal consumers, or to people who want to be smarter clients, know more about their rights and duties, or avoid trouble or bad outcomes related to specific laws or consumer issues.\u00a0 Below is an alphabetical listing of 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