Background

This section provides background information on California's courts' efforts to serve self-represented litigants.

Description of California Courts' Programs for Self-Represented Litigants (PDF, 106 KB)

Background on Self-Represented Litigants

Helping Pro Se Litigants to Help Themselves (PDF, 171 KB) - Ayn Crawley

The Path to Equal Justice - A Five-Year Status Report on Access to Justice in California (PDF)

Judicial Council's Access Policy for serving low income individuals in California (PDF, 88 KB)

Self-Represented Litigants in California: Court Programs Helping Litigants Help Themselves by Bonnie Hough, Supervising Attorney, Center for Families, Children & the Courts