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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.

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Kafka in America: When Judges Don’t Know the Law

The Crime Report

That sets up a situation in hundreds of civil legal cases involving small claims suits, evictions and other minor disputes, where the only individual in the courtroom who is aware of the law is the attorney for the prosecution, say the authors of the paper, Sara Sternberg Greene and Kristen Renberg, both of the Duke University School of Law.

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Legal Considerations Before a Divorce

Chugh LLP

Couples that have decided to end their marriages may opt for out of court divorce mediation, which provides a more affordable alternative to litigation. Legal separation is not recognized in the following states: Delaware. Divorce Mediation. Child custody. In other states, legal separation is recognized but not required. Mississippi.

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Profile of a potential nominee: J. Michelle Childs

SCOTUSBlog

Her supporters say that her educational background makes her better able to relate to ordinary people – a trait that might appeal to Biden, who graduated from the University of Delaware before attending law school at Syracuse. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2023: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

The author analyses the background of the decision and discusses its consequences for the long-standing conflict of procedural laws ( Justizkonflikt) between the United States and Germany. Rüsing: Dialogue International Family Law on April 28 and 29, 2023, Münster The Court answered this question in the affirmative.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. As a private-public partnership through the UC Berkeley Skydeck, we have been connecting over 10,000 attorney and 12,000 litigation support providers in real time.