{"id":313,"date":"2006-11-20T18:30:42","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T22:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/20\/pro-se-statistics-memo-from-ncsc\/"},"modified":"2006-11-20T18:38:24","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T22:38:24","slug":"pro-se-statistics-memo-from-ncsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/20\/pro-se-statistics-memo-from-ncsc\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Pro Se<\/i> Statistics Memo from NCSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/new_hampshire\/articles\/2006\/11\/19\/new_rules_let_nh_lawyers_handle_part_of_a_case?mode=PF\"><em>Boston Globe<\/em> unbundling article<\/a> we discussed earlier today included\u00a0an On the Net link worth checking out and keeping in mind &#8212; it&#8217;s for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsconline.org\/WC\/Publications\/Memos\/ProSeStatsMemo.htm\"><strong><em>Pro Se<\/em> Statistics Memorandum<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0found at\u00a0the National Center for State Courts website.\u00a0 Put together by Madelynn Herman for the NSCS Knowledge and Information Services group, the September 2006 Memo lists\u00a0reports from around the nation on the numbers of self-represented litigants in the studied jurisdictions (selected state trial and appellate courts, as well as federal courts).\u00a0 The listed studies are annotated with a &#8220;snapshot\u00a0<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of <\/font>statistics&#8221;.\u00a0 The\u00a0numbers are eye-openers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"75\" alt=\"CrazyBusy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/11\/CrazyBusyCoverN.gif\" width=\"50\" \/>\u00a0Ms. Herman notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Courts are continuing to see an increase in the numbers of litigants who represent themselves. Self-represented litigants are most likely to appear without counsel in domestic-relations matters, such as divorce, custody and child support, small claims, landlord\/tenant, probate, protective orders, and other civil matters. While national statistics on the numbers of self-represented litigants are not available, several states and many jurisdictions keep track of the numbers of self-represented litigants in their courts.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Globe unbundling article we discussed earlier today included\u00a0an On the Net link worth checking out and keeping in mind &#8212; it&#8217;s for a Pro Se Statistics Memorandum\u00a0found at\u00a0the National Center for State Courts website.\u00a0 Put together by Madelynn Herman for the NSCS Knowledge and Information Services group, the September 2006 Memo lists\u00a0reports from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[898],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studies-reports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}