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Materials for Providers of Legal Self-Help Service

Staff Resources

Staff Development

Basic Overview of California Court System (in the context of an orientation course for court interpreters working in the California Courts)

Training on Working with SRLs

Working with LEP Litigants

Harvard's Implicit Association Test (IAT) . The IAT measures implicit attitudes and beliefs that people are either unwilling or unable to report, demonstrating the manner in which human minds display the effects of stereotypic and prejudicial associations acquired from their socio-cultural environment.

Materials for Training Legal Staff

The material provided below is designed for training professionals with experience in the law.

Conservatorship and Probate of Small Estates - Audio (1.5 hrs) (recorded at Conference on Self-Represented Litigants: Workshops from March 2006)

Timeline in conservatorship cases (Rev. 5/2007) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego ).

Guardianship Presentation Notes (Rev. 5/2007) (prepared by the Superior Court, County of San Bernardino for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).

Guardianship Overview Chart (Rev. 2007) (prepared by the Superior Court, County of San Bernardino for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).

Notice in a nutshell (Rev. 5/2007) (prepared by the Superior Court, County of San Bernardino for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).

Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) Training Manual (prepared by the Superior Court, County of San Bernardino )

Teaching Guide for Guardianship of the Person (Jan. 2008) (Developed by the Judicial Council of California's Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) ).

PowerPoint on Probate Guardianship of the Person - Self-Help Overview Course (Jan. 2008) (Developed by the Judicial Council of California's Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER).

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in Family Court: Los Angeles One-Parent SIJS Manual (Prepared in 2013 with 2014 update) Prepared by Kids in Need of Defense and Equal Justice Works.