Category Archives: SRL Statistics

Distribution of, and Increase of, Self-Represented Bankruptcy Filings

The Third Branch — the blog of the Federal Courts, has published some statistics on where their self-represented bankruptcy filings are occurring. Here is the key table: The filings are heavily distributed towards the West: It is an astonishing range, … Continue reading

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Finally Some Real National Access Data — ABF Releases Mapping Study

This is a big step in understanding our system.  The American Bar Foundation has released its ACCESS ACROSS AMERICA: FIRST REPORT OF THE CIVIL JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE MAPPING PROJECT.  Executive Summary here.  Full text here. The study maps, for all the … Continue reading

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Self-Represented Litigants: Litterature Review Conducted in UK

The UK Ministry of Justice has completed a literature review about self-represented litigants (whom they call “Litigants in person.”) The review included international sources, at least as to formal research. The overall conclusions:     While some good quality evidence existed, … Continue reading

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New Stats on Increasing Federal Non-Prisoner SRL Cases — More Federal Court SRL Program Networking Starting

The US Courts News Blog has undated statistics on prisoner and non-prisoner self-represented cases. Key text: But the number of non-prisoner pro se cases has been climbing as well. In FY 2010, that total was 24,319. It was 22,821 in … Continue reading

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