White Papers and Research
Articles
Books
Cases and Opinions
Court Rules
Ethics Opinions
Reports

White Papers and Research

Bibliography on Self-Representation and "Unbundling" of Legal Services

Cases and Materials on Pro Se Litigation and Related Issues by Jona Goldschmidt, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Loyla University, Chicago, Prepared for the ABA Lawyers' Conference Annual Meeting, Tuscon, Arizona, May, 1997.

Evaluation of Maryland Assisted Pro Se Project

Articles

And Such Small Portions: Limited Performance Agreements and the Cost/Quality/Access Trade-Off, David A. Hyman and Charles Silver, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 11, page 959.

Attorney-Client Relationships in Cyberspace: The Perils and the Promise, Catherine J. Lanctot, Duke Law Journal, Vol. 49, page 147 (1999) http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?49+Duke+L.+J.+147

Divorce Litigants Without Lawyers, Robert B. Yegge, The Judge痴 Journal.

Ethical and Procedural Implications of "Ghostwriting" for Pro Se Litigants: Toward Increased Access to Civil Justice, John C. Rothermich, Fordham Law Review, Vol. 67, page 2687, 1999.

How Are Courts Handling Pro Se Litigants, Jona Goldsmidt, Judicature, July-August 1998.

Limited Performance Agreements: Should Clients Get What They Pay For?, Fred. C. Zacharias, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 11, page 915.

Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: Questions of Cost, Candor, and Disclosure, by Barrie Althoff, Washington State Bar News, July 1997.

Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: When Your Client Wants, or Can Afford, Only Part of You, by Barrie Althoff, Washington State Bar News, June 1997.

No Legal Advice from Court Personnel: What Does It Mean?, John Grecaon, Judges Journal, 1995.

Redefining Attorney-Client Roles: Unbundling and Moderate Income Elderly Clients, Mary Helen McNeal, Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 32, page 295, Summer 1997.

Report on the Working Group on Limited Legal Assistance, Fordham Law Review, Vol. 67, page 1819, 1999.

Rethinking the Full-Service Representation Model: A Maryland Experiment, Michael Millemann, et al., Clearinghouse Review, March-April 1997.

Unbundling Legal Services, Dianne Molvig, The Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 70, No. 9, Sept. 1997, http://www.wisbar.org/wislawmag/archive/sept97/bundle.html

Unbundling of the Legal Services and the Family Lawyer, Forrest S. Mosten, Family Law Quarterly, vol. 28, Fall 1994.

Unbundling Your Services Makes Some Clients Happy, Leigh Perkins, Lawyers Weekly USA, Dec. 18, 1995.

Books

Fordham Law Review Special Issue: Conference on the Delivery of Legal Services to Low-Income Persons: Professional and Ethical Issues, Vol. LXVII, No. 5, April 1999.

Meeting the Challenge of Pro Se Litigation: A Report and Guidebook for Judges and Court Managers, Goldschmidt, Mahoney, Solomon and Green, American Judicature Society, 1998.

Pro Per Assistance: A Manual For Legal Services and Pro Bono Providers, Office of Legal Services, State Bar of California, 1994.

The Pro Per Counseling Handbook, Standing Committee on Legal Services to Middle Income Persons, State Bar of California, 1994.

Responding to the Needs of the Self-Represented Divorce Litigant, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, 1994.

Self-Representation in Divorce Cases: A Report for the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, Sales, Beck and Hann, ABA 1993.

Cases and Opinions

Opinion of the Attorney General of the State of Maryland Opinion No. 95-056 (December 19, 1995) Concerning Whether Law Advocates Who Provide Services to Victims of Domestic Violence Engage in the Unauthorized Practice of Law

Nichols v. Keller, 19 Cal. Rptr. 2d 601 (1993)

Johnson V. Board of County Comm池s, 868 F. Supp. 1226 (D. Colo. 1994)

Clarke v. U.S., 955 F. Supp. 593 (E.D. Va. 1997)

Laremont-Lopez v. Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Ctr, 968 F. Supp. 1075 (E.D. Va. 1997)

Ricotta v. California, 4 F. Supp. 2d 961 (S.D. Cal. 1998)

Court Rules

ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.2(c) Scope of Representation

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure 11, Signing of Pleadings

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure 121, Sec. 1-1. Entry of Appearance and Withdrawal

Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure 311. Signing of Pleadings

Colorado Rules of Professional Responsibility 1.2 Scope and Objectives of Representation

Colorado Rules of Professional Responsibility 4.2 Communications with Person Represented by Counsel

Colorado Rules of Professional Responsibility 4.3 Dealing with Unrepresented Person

Ethics Opinions

ABA Formal Op. 96-399 (1996)

ABA Formal Op. 347 (1981)

ABA Informal Op. 1414 (1978)

ABA Informal Op. 1359 (1976)

Alaska Bar Ass地 Ethics Op. 78-5 (1978)

Alaska Bar Ass地 Ethics Op. 93-1 (1993)

Arizona State Bar Ass地 Op. 91-3 (1991)

Colorado Bar Ass地 Ethics Op. 101 (1998)

Florida State Bar Ass地 Op. 92-1 (1992)

Illinois State Bar Ass地 Prof. Conduct Comm. Op. 849 (1983)

Illinois State Bar Ass地 Prof. Conduct Comm. Op. 85-6 (1985)

Iowa State Bar Ass地 Op. 96-31 (1997)

Los Angeles Cnty Bar Ass地 Prof. Resp. and Ethics Comm. Ethics Op. 483

Kansas Ethics Op. 92-06 (1992)

Kentucky Bar Ass地 Op. E-343 (1991)

New York State Bar Ass地 Op. 613 (1990)

New York State Bar Ass地 Op. 643

Ass地 of the Bar of the City of New York Formal Op. 1987-2 (1987)

North Carolina State Bar RPC 114 (1991)

Oregon State Bar Ass地 Bd. of Governors Op. 1994-138 (1994)

South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Comm. Op. 82-30 (1983)

Bd. of Prof. Resp. Of the Sup. Ct. of Tenn. Op. 93-F-130 (1993)

Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Op. Comm. Op. 96-07 (1996)

Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Op. Comm. Op. 96-12 (1997)

Standing Comm. On Legal Ethics, Virginia State Bar Legal Ethics Op. 1127 (1988)

Standing Comm. On Legal Ethics, Virginia State Bar Legal Ethics Op. 1592 (1994)

Pro Se Projects

The American Judicature Society (http://www.ajs.org/) hosts the Pro Se Forum to facilitate discussion on pro se issues among court administrators and others.

Reports

Access to Justice for All Task Force Report, State Bar of Michigan, April 2000.

Agenda for Access: The American People and Civil Justice: Final Report of the Implications of the Comprehensive Legal Needs Study, ABA, 1996.

And Justice For All: Fulfilling the Promise of Access to Civil Justice in California, California State Bar, 1996.

Boston Bar Association Task Force on Unrepresented Litigants, 1998.

Commission on the Delivery of Legal Services Final Report and Recommendations, State Bar of Wisconsin, June 1996.

Pro Se Litigation Committee Report and Recommendations, Judicial Council of Georgia, 1998.

Office of the State Court Administrator Report to the Florida Legislature on Family Court Self-Help Programs, March 1, 1999.

Oregon Family Law Legal Services Commission Report to the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Jan. 1999.

Report of the Minnesota Conference on Chief Justices Committee on the Treatment of Litigants and Pro Se Litigation, April 1996.