{"id":351,"date":"2006-12-03T22:34:44","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T02:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/03\/fosters-savors-a-la-carte-lawyering-in-"},"modified":"2006-12-03T22:51:47","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T02:51:47","slug":"fosters-savors-a-la-carte-lawyering-in-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/12\/03\/fosters-savors-a-la-carte-lawyering-in-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster’s savors “a la carte lawyering” in NH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\"waiterTrayG\"\u00a0An editorial in Sunday’s Foster’s Daily<\/em> (Dover, NH) gives a good review to the new “limited litigation” rules for New Hampshire lawyers, which took effect on July 1. (“\u00c0 la carte<\/em> lawyering an important step toward affordable justice<\/a>,”\u00a0Dec. 3, 2006)\u00a0 Noting that the Supreme Court decided to allow “a la carte<\/em> lawyering” in response to “a sharp rise in do-it-yourself lawyering” and “the enormous hourly rates charged by many lawyers,” the piece summarizes\u00a0the advantages and potential pitfalls of unbundled litigation. \u00a0 It also describes a report done for the judiciary that calls for making courts “more user-friendly,” and changing the attitudes of some judges and court staffs, who\u00a0seem to “resent civilians.”\u00a0\u00a0 This excellent editorial concludes:<\/p>\n

“At least now litigants have the option of working with their lawyer to save money and learn more about the judicial system while they are at it.\u00a0 That should, in the long run, serve well the judicial system and the general public by demystifying the process and lowering costs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note<\/em>: Rule 1.2 (f)<\/a> of the N.H. Rules of Professional Conduct sets forth the lawyer’s obligations when engaging in Limited Representation in Litigation, and (g) offers\u00a0a Sample Form “Consent to Limited Represenation<\/a>,” as a guide for client and lawyer.<\/p>\n

\"waiterTray\"\u00a0As discussed at f\/k\/a<\/em>,<\/a> the New Hampshire judiciary published a first-rate report on the needs of pro se<\/em> litigants in January, 2004.\u00a0Called Challenge to Justice<\/strong><\/a> (Jan. 2004), it is notable for both its positive tone and thorough approach to helping the pro se<\/em> litigant.\u00a0\u00a0A key concept is summarized in two sentences:\u00a0“All of the suggestions within this report however, are grounded on the single principle that meaningful access to justice in today\u2019s world means a clear recognition by those involved in the system that many of our constituents want to go it alone when they come to court. Our obligation is to give these citizens the help they want, need and deserve<\/em>. ” (emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0An editorial in Sunday’s Foster’s Daily (Dover, NH) gives a good review to the new “limited litigation” rules for New Hampshire lawyers, which took effect on July 1. (“\u00c0 la carte lawyering an important step toward affordable justice,”\u00a0Dec. 3, 2006)\u00a0 Noting that the Supreme Court decided to allow “a la carte lawyering” in response to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[991,896,897],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items","category-resources-consumer","category-resources-practitioner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","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=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}