{"id":628,"date":"2007-03-24T23:52:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T03:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/24\/passing-the-shlep-torch-good-hands-soug"},"modified":"2007-03-24T23:52:05","modified_gmt":"2007-03-25T03:52:05","slug":"passing-the-shlep-torch-good-hands-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/03\/24\/passing-the-shlep-torch-good-hands-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"passing the <i>shlep<\/i> torch: good hands sought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"45\" alt=\"dagIcon\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/03\/boy%20writing.gif\" width=\"57\" \/>\u00a0 We&#8217;ve <em>shlep<\/em>ped a long way, since I started building content last August, assembled a Team,\u00a0and officially launched the\u00a0<em>SHLEP<\/em> weblog on October 1, 2006.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We&#8217;ve reported news, stated views, and assembled information in more than 230 postings.\u00a0 Our efforts have already brought us well over 300 visitors a day,\u00a0hundreds of website and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/search\/blogs.law.harvard.edu%2Fshlep\">weblog links<\/a>, and recognition from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blawgreview.com\/2006\/12\/blawg-review-awards-2006.html\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em><\/a> as <em>\u201cBest Law Blog In the Public Interest.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In fact, even if no new content were posted here, the resources already assembled will continue to attract scores (perhaps hundreds)\u00a0of search-engine visits every day, with useful information and direction for consumers wishing or needing to solve their legal problems on their own.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We&#8217;ve made our point<\/em>: There is more than enough content and interest to\u00a0warrant a frequently updated (hopefully daily) self-help-law and <em>pro se <\/em>litigant weblog.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As satisfying as <em>shlep<\/em>&#8216;s accomplishments have been, I&#8217;m sorry to say that this is going to be my last posting here &#8212; except (I hope), for one final announcement\u00a0that the weblog is being handed over to a new editor, group or organization ready and willing to continue its mission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"47\" alt=\"thankYou!\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/03\/thank%20you.jpg\" width=\"74\" \/>\u00a0 Thanks to everyone who has given us encouragement and shown such appreciation for <em>shlep<\/em> during our first stage (with <em>s<\/em>pecial thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/trialadnotes.blogspot.com\/\">Mary Whisner<\/a> and the rest of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/about-the-shlep-team\/\">Team SHLEP<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0My gratitude and admiration will remain for all those making the self-help-law revolution a growing reality.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My urgent <em>request<\/em> is that readers who have valued this weblog, as well as\u00a0other members of the self-help-litigant community, <em>consider adopting<\/em>\u00a0<em>SHLEP<\/em> &#8212; either as a group of individuals coming together to manage and produce the weblog, or as an organization or joint venture committing the resources of its members to make the <em>Self-Help Law ExPress<\/em> a continuing enterprise.\u00a0 My hope is that groups of <em>pro se<\/em> practicitioners (like the Self Represented Litigant Network), law librarian or court staff associations, and\u00a0bar or law school access to justice programs, will consider taking on this job.\u00a0 The weblog could stay here at the Harvard webserver at no cost, or be migrated to a new website or domain, and the new proprietors would, naturally, be able to fine-tune the content and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/about\/\">mission<\/a>\u00a0(and perhaps the name)\u00a0to their own specifications.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If\u00a0you would like\u00a0to discuss taking over responsibility for <em>SHLEP<\/em>, please send an email to: shlep AT localnet DOT com.\u00a0<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">[no spaces in the actual\u00a0email address]\u00a0<\/font> I will do all I can to make the transition as smooth as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>p.s.<\/em>\u00a0After far too many months of neglect, I plan to make <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/\">f\/k\/a<\/a><\/em> (the home of legal punditry and genuine haiku poetry) a daily weblog again.\u00a0 Visits from my many <em>shlep<\/em> friends would be much appreciated.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 We&#8217;ve shlepped a long way, since I started building content last August, assembled a Team,\u00a0and officially launched the\u00a0SHLEP weblog on October 1, 2006.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We&#8217;ve reported news, stated views, and assembled information in more than 230 postings.\u00a0 Our efforts have already brought us well over 300 visitors a day,\u00a0hundreds of website and\u00a0weblog links, and recognition 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":[899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-admin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","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=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}