SRL Resources

So You’re Representing Yourself

Starter Checklist (Example)

Starter Checklist (Blank)

Coping with the Courtroom

Settlement Smarts

The McKenzie Friend

Canadian Cases and Additional Research

McKenzie Friend Presentation Template

McKenzie Friend Worksheet

Ordering a Court Transcript

Critical Judicial Decisions

Reading A Case Primer

Working with Opposing Counsel

Considering Mindfulness

The Can Lii Primer (Eng)

The Can Lii Primer (Fr)

PWD Primer

PWD Primer Resources

PWD Letter of Accommodation Template

Child Protection Primer

Evidence Primer

What You Need to Know About Affidavits

Suggestions from the Bench

A Guide to Costs for Self-Represented Litigants in Canada

CJC Family Law Handbook

CJC Civil Law Handbook

13 Dec

SRL Resources

A Guide to Costs for Self-Represented Litigants in Canada

December 16, 2024
By NSRLP
2 comments

Going to court can be expensive, and, depending on how long or complicated your case is, you or the other party might have large financ...

19 Jun

SRL Resources

What You Need to Know About Affidavits

August 21, 2019
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

SRL Resources

Ordering a Court Transcript

March 18, 2020
By NSRLP
12 comments

Last year the NSRLP published a research report highlighting the inconsistencies in ordering court transcripts across Canadian province...

01 Nov

Resources for SRLs, SRL Resources

Guide for Self-Represented Litigants with Disabilities

March 18, 2020
By NSRLP
16 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

Resources for SRLs, SRL Resources

Reading and Understanding Case Reports

March 18, 2020
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

SRL Resources

Provincial Resources for SRLs

March 19, 2020
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

About, Blog, Resources for SRLs, SRL Resources

“My Learned Friend”: Building Constructive Working Relationships Between Self-Represented Litigants and Opposing Counsel

March 19, 2020
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 th...

15 Mar

SRL Resources

The McKenzie Friend: Choosing and Presenting a Courtroom Companion

March 19, 2020
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 Da...

11 Feb

February 11, 2016, SRL Resources

Mindfulness Training and Stress-Reduction for SRLs

March 19, 2020
By NSRLP
0 comments

We are pleased and proud to announce another new NSRLP resource written and developed specifically for SRLs. "What Can Mindfulness Trai...

26 Mar

About, March 26, 2015, NSRLP News, SRL Resources

The CanLII Primer

March 19, 2020
By NSRLP
5 comments

The NSRLP is proud to launch our latest resource for SRLs NSRLP CanLII Primer V1 English NSRLP CanLII Primer V1 French The Can...

27 Nov

About, December 2014, NSRLP News, SRL Resources

Working with SRLs: Ideas and Suggestions from the Bench

November 27, 2014
By NSRLP
3 comments

A small Working Group of judges, representing jurisdictions across Canada, and who hear SRLs on a regular basis in their courtrooms hav...

27 Jul

Resources for Researchers, Justice System Professionals, and SRLs, SRL Resources

Settlement Smarts for SRLs

June 12, 2020
By NSRLP
3 comments

Julie Macfarlane with the help of research assistants Hannah Bahmanpour and Katrina Trask has created a “how to” primer to enable SRLs ...