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I A How to Help Prepare Litigants for Hearings and Trials
I B Providing Services to Non-English Speaking Litigants
I C How to Start a Self-Help Center
I D What's the Latest on Unbundling and How You Can Work With Your Bar to Encourage It
I E The Impact of Self-Help Centers on Caseflow Management
I F Effective Courtroom Communication: Improving Comprehension, and Compliance by Self-Represented Litigants
II C Operation and Expansion of Self-Help Center Services
II D Self-Help Is Not for Everybody: Planning with Local Bars, Lawyer Referral Services and Legal Services Programs to Provide a Continuum of Service
II E Staffing and Personnel Issues Including Volunteers (How to Get and Retain the Right People)
II F Pro Per Days - Getting Support in the Courtroom
II G Triage - Figuring Out How to Get People to the Right Service

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I A How to Help Prepare Litigants for Hearings and Trials

• Offer of Proof - Witness, SHC-1081  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• Offer of Proof - Exhibit, SHC-1082  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• Introduction to Getting an Exhibit Admitted Into Evidence, SHC-1083  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• How to Prepare Your Exhibits, SHC-1084  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• Hearing and Trial Preparation  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• Guidelines for Courtroom Behavior  (Prepared by The Alaska Court System's Family Law Self-Help Services )
• Unlawful Detainer  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Preparing Self-Represented Litigants for Court  (Prepared by Commissioner Dale Wells, Riverside Superior Court )

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I B Providing Services to Non-English Speaking Litigants

• ACCESS Sample Materials  (Prepared by ACCESS )
• Expanding Legal Services: Serving Limited English Proficient Asians and Pacific Islanders (708 KB) (Prepared by Asian Pacific American Legal Center )

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I C How to Start a Self-Help Center

• References  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Court Forms  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• How to Prepare the First Step of a Divorce  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• How To  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Referrals  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Intake Form  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Van Nuys Self-Help Legal Access Center Flyer  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Calendar - February 2006 
• Idiot's Guide to Starting a Legal Self-Help Center  (Prepared by the Santa Clara County Self-Service Center )
• Do you need Emergency Custody and/or Visitation orders?  (Prepared by the Santa Clara County Self-Service Center )
• Self-Help Divorce Workshop Series  (Prepared by Michelle Hopkins, Los Angeles Superior Court )

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I D What's the Latest on Unbundling and How You Can Work With Your Bar to Encourage It

• Family Law Limited Scope Representation - Risk Management Materials  (Prepared by the California Commission on Access to Justice )
• Limited Legal Services Agreement  (Prepared by the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law )

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I E The Impact of Self-Help Centers on Caseflow Management

• FLF Case Classification Conference Procedure  (Prepared by the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego )

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I F Effective Courtroom Communication: Improving Comprehension, and Compliance by Self-Represented Litigants

• Communication Tools for Cases Involving Self-Represented Litigants  (Prepared by Kelly Tait and Kathleen Sikora)
• Active Listening  (Prepared by Kelly Tait)
• Assessing the Level of Your Language: The Fog Index  (Prepared by Kelly Tait)
• Effective Courtroom Communication  (Prepared by Kelly Tait)
• Verbal Communication  (Prepared by Kelly Tait)

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II C Operation and Expansion of Self-Help Center Services

• References  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Court Forms  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• How to Prepare the First Step of a Divorce  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• How To  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Referrals  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Intake Form (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Van Nuys Self-Help Legal Access Center Flyer  (Prepared by Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County )
• Calendar - February 2006
• Idiot's Guide to Starting a Legal Self-Help Center  (Prepared by the Santa Clara County Self-Service Center )
• Do you need Emergency Custody and/or Visitation orders?  (Prepared by the Santa Clara County Self-Service Center )
• Self-Help Divorce Workshop Series  (Prepared by Michelle Hopkins, Los Angeles Superior Court )
• Expansion of Family Law Facilitator Services in San Diego County  (Prepared by the San Diego Superior Court )

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II D Self-Help Is Not for Everybody: Planning with Local Bars, Lawyer Referral Services and Legal Services Programs to Provide a Continuum of Service

• Self-Help is not for Every body: Planning with Local Bars, Lawyer Referral Services and Legal Services Programs to Provide a Continuum of Service
• Unbundling Your Practice - A Hands-on Training Workshop  (Prepared by the Contra Costa County Bar Association )
• Establishing a Limited Representation ("Unbundling") Lawyer Referral Service Panel - Table of Contents  (Prepared by the Contra Costa County Bar Association )
• Establishing a Limited Representation ("Unbundling") Lawyer Referral Service Panel  (Prepared by the Contra Costa County Bar Association )
• Join our Limited Representation LRS Panel  (Prepared by the Contra Costa County Bar Association )
• Facilitator Resource Directory Flyer  (Prepared by the Superior Court of Stanislaus County )
• Need help filling out legal forms?  (Prepared by the Superior Court of Stanislaus County )

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II E Staffing and Personnel Issues Including Volunteers (How to Get and Retain the Right People)

• Staffing and Personnel Issues  (Prepared by the Superior Court of San Francisco County )
• Handbook for the San Francisco Superior Court ACCESS Volunteers  (Prepared by the Superior Court of San Francisco County )

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II F Pro Per Days - Getting Support in the Courtroom

• Reaching Out or Overreaching - Judicial Ethics and Self-Represented Litigants  (Prepared by the State Justice Institute )

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II G Triage - Figuring Out How to Get People to the Right Service

• Triage Workshop

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