{"id":575,"date":"2007-03-07T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/07\/self-representation-issues-at-the-equal"},"modified":"2007-03-07T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T16:08:45","slug":"self-representation-issues-at-the-equal-justice-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/07\/self-representation-issues-at-the-equal-justice-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"self-representation issues at the Equal Justice Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/home.html\">The 2007 Equal Justice Conference<\/a>\u00a0will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado, on March 22 through 24, 2007.\u00a0 The conference is\u00a0co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and it &#8220;brings together all components of the legal community to discuss equal justice issues as they relate to the delivery of legal services to the poor and low-income individuals in need of legal assistance. The emphasis of this Conference is on strengthening partnerships among the key players in the civil justice system.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;<em>Justice In A Changing, Diverse World: Preserving the rule of law through inclusive, high quality legal services to the disadvantaged<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 <em>Pro bono<\/em> and legal services program staff, judges, corporate counsel, court administrators, private lawyers, paralegals, and many others attend this event &#8212; including many self-representation practitioners and advocates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"30\" alt=\"ProfPointer\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/02\/pointerDudeNegF.gif\" width=\"40\" \/>\u00a0Richard Zorza\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpsupport.org\/\">SelfHelpSupport<\/a>.org has gone through the Conference&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html\">Workshop Preview<\/a>\u00a0to find Sessions of Particular Interest to Self Represented Litigation Practitioners.\u00a0 Included are many topics that should be of interest to <em>shlep<\/em> readers.\u00a0 If you click the links below, you&#8217;ll find information on the presenters and participants for each session and a short description of the contents. I hope related materials will be available for those who cannot make the Conference.\u00a0 If you do attend, feel free to share your experiences with\u00a0<em>shlep.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#49\">How People Really Use Technology<\/a>: Current Research on People, the Media, and the Message<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#120\">Self Represented Litigation: Attorney, Court and Legal Aid Leadership Responses<\/a> to the Access Revolution<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#112\">Limited Scope Representation<\/a>: New Opportunities for Recruiting and Engaging Volunteers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#53\">Pushing the Limit Beyond Advice<\/a>: Techniques for Providing Brief Services and <em>Pro Se<\/em> Assistance in a Hotline Setting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#21\">AmeriCorps<\/a>: Using National Service Resources to Develop New Programs and Increase Organizational Capacity<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#34\">Limited English Proficiency<\/a>: Self Help Services as a Tool for Access\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"34\" alt=\"fencePainterS\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/01\/fencePainterS.jpg\" width=\"50\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Access to Justice: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#84\">Leveraging Law Students and Technology<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#193\">Hotlines and Ethics<\/a>: The Latitudes and Limitations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#65\">Collaborative Websites<\/a>: Innovations in Meeting Client and Pro Bono Needs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/legalservices\/ejc\/workshop_preview_2007.html#65\">Techonology in Self-Represented Litigation Innovation<\/a>: The Promise of Access for the Disadvantaged\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 2007 Equal Justice Conference\u00a0will be taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colorado, on March 22 through 24, 2007.\u00a0 The conference is\u00a0co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and it &#8220;brings together all components of the legal community to discuss equal justice issues as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[991],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-items"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","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=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}