Pro Se Parties Should Think…Then Act
If you have read through the articles on this website then you know that not only do we believe that a person deciding to handle a lawsuit themselves is not only appropriate but in some…
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Pro Se and Representing Yourself in Court
There are several phrases associated with representing yourself in court. "Pro Se" is actually a Latin phrase meaning "on one's own behalf" and is the most common way to refer to a person representing themselves in…
There is No Substitute for Knowledge
One of the most enlightening things I have done as a writer, and I wish I had been able to do it it back when I was an active trial lawyer, is to go to the…
How to Read and Brief a Case When Doing Legal Research
As we have said on here many times, the chief advantage an attorney has over a pro se litigant (someone who is representing themselves in court) is knowledge. Not intelligence, but knowledge. What that really…
The Guerrilla Guide to Legal Research: Finding the Law for Non-Lawyers Now Available
It has been a long, exhausting road on this book. It was written, rewritten, and then almost completely scrapped and started again. Legal research is an incredibly dry topic and is hard to explain in…