Required, Permissible, and Impermissible Forms of Federal Judicial Assistance to Self-Represented Litigants: Toward Establishment of a Judicial Duty of Reasonable Assistance

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Abstract

In an effort to assist the judiciary in navigating the seemingly mixed messages coming from the Supreme Court, this paper reviews federal Circuit Court of Appeals case law which discusses required, permissible, and impermissible forms of judicial assistance to SRLs.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalCardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice
Volume25
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

  • case law
  • judicial assistance
  • self-representation
  • SRLs

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Common Law
  • Political Science
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice

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