JMI Developing Effective Pro Se Assistance Programs October 2001

This project focused on helping state court systems and local trial courts develop programs that will help unrepresented litigants gain meaningful access to justice. The primary activity of the project was the presentation of a prototype workshop on Developing Effective Pro Se Litigation Programs conducted in May 2000 for teams from ten jurisdictions. The report provides information about the workshop, about other project activities, and about the accomplishments of the participating teams in the months that followed the workshop. The project was supported by the State Justice Institute (SJI) and the Open Society Institute (OSI).