Jennifer A Gundlach Lynn Kelly Robyn Tarnofsky
September 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal
A Call for Action To Increase the Provision of Legal Services for Unrepresented Civil Litigants in Our Federal CourtsUnfortunately, most federal courts around the country have not yet truly begun to address the needs of unrepresented civil litigants, and instead, rely on their clerks' offices to provide first-line resources to those parties. But as court employees and non-lawyers, clerks cannot give legal advice.
By Jennifer A. Gundlach, Lynn Kelly, Robyn Tarnofsky and Bernadette Gargano
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