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How the Kavanaugh Hearing is an Access to Justice Travesty
At the beginning of this season, I wrote a blog arguing for the importance of framing the A2J debate as a narrative about power – who h...
Crazy, Uncontrolled, Bad: How Serena Williams was Punished
The world was riveted by the conflict that descended on the US Women’s Tennis Final on Saturday night.
Subsequent days have produced...
Inequality and Discrimination in the Justice System
Written by Dr. Julie Macfarlane, founder of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP)
Of the most important life lesso...
NSRLP’s Stubborn Hope for Change
As we approach our annual summer office closure (August 9-27), it’s always a good time to reflect on what we’ve been up to, and what l...
Punishing and Deterring SRLs Using Costs Awards: A Failed Strategy?
In early 2012, I had just begun the research that would later be published in May 2013 as the National SRL Study, and was the impetus f...