Pro Se/Unbundling Resource Center
Books and Reports
Access to Justice: Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants, Owen, Staudt and Pedwell, Illinois Institute of Technology (2002)
Addressing the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants in Our Courts: Final Report and Recommendations, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants (November 21, 2008)
Agenda for Access: The American People and Civil Justice – Final Report of the Implications of the Comprehensive Legal Needs Study Albert H. Cantril, American Bar Association (1996)
American Judicature Society Pro Se Policy Recommendations (Mar. 2002)
Appendix -Addressing the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants in Our Court: Final Report and Recommendations, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Steering Committee on Self-Represented Litigants (November 21, 2008).
An Analysis of Rules that Enable Lawyers to Serve Pro Se Litigants, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (November 2009).
Analysis of Survey of Missouri Circuit Clerks Regarding Pro Se/Pro Bono Services, Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Access to Family Courts (September 30, 2008)
A National Conference on Pro Se Litigation – Florida Team Report, Office of the State Courts Administrator, Florida Supreme Court (Jan. 2000)
And Justice For All: Fulfilling the Promise of Access to Civil Justice in California, Access to Justice Working Group, State Bar of California Office of Legal Services (Oct. 1996)
An Ethics Primer on Limited Scope Representation, State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (2004).
Assisting the Indiana Judicial System: Solutions to Self-Representation, Indiana Supreme Court Pro Se Advisory Committee (May 2002)
Challenge to Justice: A Report on Self-Represented Litigants in the New Hampshire Courts, New Hampshire Supreme Court Task Force on Self-Representation (Jan. 2004)
Civil Legal Needs of Low and Moderate Income Households in Georgia: A Report Drawn from the 2007/2008 Georgia Legal Needs Study, Committee on Civil Justice – Supreme Court of Georgia Equal Justice Commission (June 2009).
Clearing a Path to Justice: A Report of the Maryland Judiciary Work Group on Self-Representation in Maryland Courts (August 2007)
Commission on the Status of the Legal Profession: Report and Recommendations to the New Hampshire Supreme Court (February 2007)
Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century: To Benefit All, To Exclude None, Supreme Court of Virginia (January 2007)
Committee on Resources for Self-Represented Parties Strategic Planning Initiative: Report to the Judicial Council, Utah Supreme Court (July 25, 2006)
Conference of Chief Judges and Conference of State Court Administrators Joint Task Force on Pro Se Litigation Report (July 29, 2002)
Ethics Issues Regarding the Concept of Unbundled Legal Services (Memorandum), Rob Bare, Nevada State Bar (Mar. 31, 1999)
Expanding Access to Justice in New York State, Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives (March 2009).
Family Law Limited Representation Risk Management Materials, Limited Representation Committee, California Commission on Access to Justice (January 12, 2004)
Final Report of Committee on Pro Se Litigation, Connecticut Bar Association (Apr. 1, 2002)
Fordham Law Review Special Issue: Conference on the Delivery of Legal Services to Low-Income Persons: Professional and Ethical Issues, Vol. LXVII, No. 5 (Apr. 1999)
Guidelines for Best Practices in Pro Se Assistance: Task Force on Pro Se Litigation, Louisiana Task Force on Pro Se Litigation of the Judicial Council (October 1, 2004)
Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance, ABA Section of Litigation (2003)
Kansas Justice Initiative Commission Draft Final Report, Recommendation 15: Unbundling Legal Services (Aug. 4, 1999)
Meeting the Challenge of Pro Se Litigation: A Report and Guidebook for Judges and Court Managers, Goldschmidt, Mahoney, Solomon and Green, American Judicature Society (1998)
Missouri Supreme Court Joint Commission to Review Pro Se Litigation: Report to the Supreme Court of Missouri and the Missouri Bar (September 2003)
Office of the State Court Administrator Report to the Florida Legislature on Family Court Self-Help Programs (Mar. 1, 1999)
Oregon Family Law Legal Services Commission Report to the Oregon Legislative Assembly (Jan. 1999)
Pro Per Assistance: A Manual For Legal Services and Pro Bono Providers, Office of Legal Services, State Bar of California (1994)
The Pro Per Counseling Handbook, Standing Committee on Legal Services to Middle Income Persons, State Bar of California (1994)
Proposed Protocol to be Used by Judicial Officers during Hearings Involving Pro Se Litigants, Boston Bar Association Task Force on Unrepresented Litigants (Aug. 1998)
Pro Se Implementation Committee Annual Report, Minnesota State Bar Association (2001-2002)
Pro Se Litigants: The Challenge of the Future, Massachusetts Probate and Family Court Department Pro Se Committee Report (Dec. 1999)
Pro Se Litigation Interim Feasibility Committee Report, Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Bar Association (September 2004)
Pro Se Litigation: Meeting the Challenge of Self-Represented Litigants in Wisconsin, Pro Se Working Group, Wisconsin Supreme Court (December 2000)
Public Service and Trust Commission Strategic Plan: Phase One Implementation Report, Public Service and Trust Commission, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch (2009).
Recommendations and Report, Minnesota State Bar Association Pro Se Implementation Committee (Jan. 2002)
Report and Recommendations of the Supreme Court Task Force on Pro Se & Indigent Litigants, Supreme Court of Ohio (April 2006)
Report and Recommendations on "Unbundled" Legal Services, Commission on Providing Access to Legal Services for Middle Income Consumers, New York State Bar Association (Dec. 2002)
Report and Recommendations, Pro Se Litigation Committee, Judicial Council of Georgia (Dec. 10, 1998)
Report on Limited Scope Legal Assistance with Initial Recommendations, Limited Representation Committee of the California Commission on Access to Justice (Oct. 2001). Appendix
Report of the Boston Bar Association Task Force on Unrepresented Litigants (Aug. 1998)
Report of the Commission on the Delivery of Legal Services, State Bar of Wisconsin (May 1996)
Report of the Committee on Pro Se Parties and Civil Justice Reform, Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Civil Justice Reform, Colorado, (1990)
Report of the Joint Iowa Judges Association and Iowa State Bar Association Task Force on Pro Se Litigation (May, 18, 2005)
Report of the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee on Pro Se Litigation (Nov. 22, 2002)
Report on the Special Committee on Limited Scope Representation, Supreme Court of Missouri and Missouri Bar Association (July 20, 2007)
Report of the Statewide Law Library/Self-Help Center Advisory Workgroup, Minnesota State Court Administrator’s Office (January 17, 2007)
Report of the Unbundled Legal Services Special Committee II, Florida Bar Association (Jul. 26, 2002)
Report on the Working Group on Limited Legal Assistance, 67 Fordham Law Review 1819 (Apr. 1999)
Report to the Utah State Bar Commission of the Commission Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services (July 2003)
Responding to the Needs of the Self-Represented Divorce Litigant, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (1994)
Self-Representation in Divorce Cases: A Report for the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, Sales, Beck and Hann, American Bar Association (1993)
Self-Representation in Oregon’s Family Law Cases: Next Steps, SFLAC’s Self-Represented Legal Services Subcommittee, Oregon Judicial Department (September 2007).
Self-Represented Litigants: Characteristics, Needs, Services, The Results of Two Surveys, Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives (December 2005)
Self-Represented Litigants in the Virginia Court System, Supreme Court of Virginia Pro Se Litigation Planning Committee, Enhancing Access to Justice Report (Sept. 2002)
Simplifying the Maze: A Fresh Look at Nevada’s Court System, Nevada Supreme Court Judicial Assessment Commission (October 2000)
Statewide Action Plan For Serving Self-Represented Litigants in California, Task Force on Self-Represented Litigants, Judicial Council of California
The Self-Help Friendly Court: Designed from the Ground Up to Work for People Without Lawyers, Richard Zorza, State Justice Institute (2001)
20 Things Judicial Officers Can Do to Encourage Attorneys to Provide Limited Scope Representation, Limited Scope Representation Committee of the California Commission on Access to Justice (2003).
Unbundling Legal Services: A Guide to Delivering Legal Services a la Carte, Forrest S. Mosten, American Bar Association (2000)
Unbundling Your Divorce: How to Find a Lawyer to Help Yourself, M. Sue Talia, Nexus Publishing (2006).
Volunteer Lawyer for a Day Project Report: A Test of Unbundling in the New York City Housing Court, Joint Report by Office of the Administrative Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives and the NYC Bar Association’s Committee on Legal Services (February 2008).
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