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The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) is committed to advancing understanding of the challenges and hard choices facing the very large numbers of Canadians who now come to court without counsel.
The NSRLP works to promote dialogue and collaboration among all those affected by the self-represented litigant phenomenon, both justice system professionals and litigants themselves. We regularly publish resources designed specifically for SRLs, as well as research reports that examine the implications for the justice system.
Latest News and Blogs
02
Apr
Can Self-Represented Litigants Access Justice? NSRLP’s New Intake Report
- Posted by NSRLP
- 6 comments
Written by Keerthi Chintapalli, NSRLP Law Student Research Assistant; originally published on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine.
Si...
20
Feb
Thinking Like a Non-Lawyer: When Plain Language Is Not Enough
- Posted by NSRLP
- 4 comments
Written by Jennifer Leitch, NSRLP Executive Director; originally published on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine.
The plain language...
02
Feb
SRL Intake Report 2021-2023
- Posted by NSRLP
- 4 comments
Our latest Self-Represented Litigant (SRL) Intake Report was written by NSRLP Research Assistant Keerthi Chintapalli, with guidance a...
19
Dec
Access to Justice and the Promise of Virtual Proceedings
- Posted by NSRLP
- 6 comments
Written by Jennifer Leitch, NSRLP Executive Director; originally published on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine.
The Canadian justi...
06
Nov
What do litigants need and want from Canadian judicial decisions?
- Posted by NSRLP
- 18 comments
Written by Jon Khan, a Ph.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you’re interested in learning more about how Jon's trying to gath...
11
Oct
True Access to Justice Means Effective and Consistent Access to Services
- Posted by NSRLP
- 7 comments
Written by Jennifer Leitch, NSRLP Executive Director; originally published on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine.
The search for leg...
09
Aug
What IPV Survivors Have to Say About the Ontario Court System
- Posted by NSRLP
- 7 comments
Written by Madhurie Dhanrajh, University of Toronto student researcher; originally published on Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine.
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13
Jul
Voices and Visions of the Future
"Voices and Visions of the Future: The Stories of Self-Represented Litigants who are Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence" was produc...
Resources for SRLs
19
Jun
What You Need to Know About Affidavits
- Posted by NSRLP
- 5 comments
An affidavit is a form of giving written evidence, sworn under oath. Just as when a person is on the witness stand in court, the depone...
27
Mar
Ordering a Court Transcript
- Posted by NSRLP
- 11 comments
Last year the NSRLP published a research report highlighting the inconsistencies in ordering court transcripts across Canadian province...
01
Nov
Guide for Self-Represented Litigants with Disabilities
- Posted by NSRLP
- 15 comments
We hear all too often from self-represented litigants who are also persons with disabilities (PWDs) - these litigants are forced to dea...
14
Sep
Reading and Understanding Case Reports
- Posted by NSRLP
- 0 comments
A Guide for Self-Represented Litigants
By Margarita Dvorkina & Julie Macfarlane
Why We Publish SRL Primers
One of the NSRL...
07
Nov
Provincial Resources for SRLs
- Posted by NSRLP
- 0 comments
Click here to view our regularly updated Provincial Resources for SRLs.
If you have a suggestion for an additional physical or onlin...
08
Sep
“My Learned Friend”: Building Constructive Working Relationships Between Self-Represented Litigants and Opposing Counsel
- Posted by NSRLP
- 2 comments
We know from our research that many SRLs will find that the other side in the dispute is represented by a lawyer, for some or all of ...
15
Mar
The McKenzie Friend: Choosing and Presenting a Courtroom Companion
- Posted by NSRLP
- 3 comments
NSRLP is proud to present its latest SRL guide, The McKenzie Friend: Choosing and Presenting a Courtroom Companion written by Judith ...
11
Feb
Mindfulness Training and Stress-Reduction for SRLs
- Posted by NSRLP
- 0 comments
We are pleased and proud to announce another new NSRLP resource written and developed specifically for SRLs. "What Can Mindfulness Tr...