A Video Guide to Small Claims Court
LessonsInLaw.com is pleased to announce our first video, A Guide to Small Claims Court, is now available. We have a series of videos planned covering many of the topics we write about but this first…
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Small Claims Court Lawsuits
With the decline in the economy and the rising cost of attorney's fees, many people are choosing to represent themselves and using the small claims court system in their state rather than going through the…
Free Webinars for Pro Se Litigants (or Potential Litigants)
We are considering offering free webinars periodically for people who visit the website. The webinar would be done by one of our writers, likely the writer for The Guerrilla Guides to the Law, Lawyer X….
The #1 Mistake Made by Pro Se and Pro Per Parties
This article suddenly came to me when I was talking with a person representing themselves the other day. We were discussing an issue regarding the Rules of Civil Procedure, which anyone who is representing themselves…
Dealing with a Difficult Lawyer on the Other Side
A case with a difficult lawyer on the other side rates somewhere between a root canal and a rectal exam in the scheme of unpleasant things in life. The simple fact of the matter is…
Pro Se Versus a Lawyer on the Other Side? Level the Playing Field
A simple but little believed truth is that most lawyers don't have trials. Most of their practice is spent in the office but when they do go to court it is usually to have a…
Motion for Continuance Information
There comes a point in many lawsuits where one or the other of the parties gets set for a hearing or trial and is not quite ready yet. While you can always try and reach…
Where is the form….
At some point in the last twenty years apparently people have come to believe that there is a legal form for every situation, and if they just had the right form it will solve all…
What To Do If Your Lawyer Quits
There are really 4 different types of people who represent themselves: 1) People who choose to proceed without a lawyer These people believe that they can represent themselves as good as an attorney or make…
The Importance of Discovery
Many people representing themselves in court, known in legal parlance as pro per or pro se, think that once they file the lawsuit then all they need to do is show up at the hearing….