Basic Overview of California Court System (in the context of an orientation course for court interpreters working in the California Courts)
How to Effectively Serve Self-Represented Litigants with Disabilities (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented 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.
Helping Litigants with Mental Health Problems Audio (1.5 hrs) (recorded at Conference on Self-Represented Litigants: Workshops from March 2006)
Bringing the Best Out of People (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants)
Ethics in Self-Help Centers: Court Employee Code of Ethics, CRC Guide for FLF and Self-Help, and FLF Act (Prepared for Pathways to Justice 2015).
Basic Rules for Working in the Self-Help Center
How to Draw the Line Between Legal Advice and Legal Information
Legal Information and Legal Advice - The Hard Situations (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants)
Selections in Ethics for Facilitators (prepared for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
Ethical Issues for Attorneys Working With Self-Represented Litigants by Gay Conroy, Neal Dudovitz, Robert Hawley and Julie Paik.
The material provided below is designed for training professionals with experience in the law.
Resources for Handling Appeals in California (prepared for the California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
How to Lay the Record for Appeal (Prepared for Pathways to Justice 2015)
Law and Motion for Self Help Centers (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants)
Timeline in conservatorship cases (Rev. 5/2007) (prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego ).
Preparing and Presenting a Small Claims Case (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
Collecting a Judgment (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
Small Claims Boot Camp "How To" Handouts (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
Small Claims Boot Camp Codes - Student Version (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants).
Bankruptcy and What it Means to the Claimant in Small Claims Court (prepared for the 2010 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.
Mediation Parts 2-3 (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants)
Mediation Opportunities and Resources for Self-Represented Litigants (prepared for the 2010 California Conference on Self-Represented Litigants)