What Happens When a Federal Court Pays Attention to the Self-Represented —...
The Central District of California Bankruptcy Court has released its report on the self-represented. Self-represented, or pro se, litigants comprise over one quarter of the debtors filing in the U.S....
View ArticleThe Broader Lessons of Ferguson and Baltimore Are Much More Challenging —...
Some of us have begun calling it the Chasm — it’s the chasm between the legal system and the poor. When the cops yell “stop”, young men do not make subtle legal distinctions between the civil and...
View ArticleMore Dramatic Statistics on Representation Imbalance for Collection,...
Recently, I blogged about some numbers derived from NCSC data for representation status and imbalance. The numbers are stunning, here, and here. As I put it then: We Now Have the Data That shows That...
View ArticleWhat Does It Say That Courts Records Are No Longer To Be Used For Credit...
What a judgment on the courts. As reported by the Washington Post — (Kenneth R. Harney): In a little-known policy shift, the three national credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — plan to...
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