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Texas Access to Justice Commission First Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants and the Courts to be held April 8-9 in Dallas The Texas Access to Justice Commission and Texas Access
to Justice Foundation, along with several partners in the legal community,
are hosting the first Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants and the
Courts to develop strategies that will assist pro se litigants in navigating
the court system so that they may protect their rights in court.
Examples of strategies used in other states that will be discussed include:
court-based self-help centers, plain-language forms and instructions, and
development of ethical guidelines for clerks and court staff. The statewide forum will include nationally-known
speakers in the field including Associate Justice Jess Dickinson of
the Mississippi Supreme Court, and local and statewide leaders including
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, Texas Supreme
Court Justice Harriet O’Neill, Presiding Judge John D. Ovard
of the First Administrative Region in Dallas, retired Chief Justice Linda
Thomas, Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas, and moderator
Judge Lora Livingston, of the 261st District Court, Travis
County. What: Where: Sponsored by: Dallas Bar Foundation, Legal
Services Corporation, Office of Court Administration, Media note: At this time we have reached
capacity for general attendance at the Forum. To cover this event for your
media organization, please secure your attendance at the Forum by sending an
email to # # # The Texas Access to Justice Commission was
created in 2001 by the Supreme Court of The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (www.teajf.org),
created by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1984, is the primary state-based
funding source for the provision of civil legal aid in Texas. The
organization is committed to the vision that all Texans will have equal
access to justice, regardless of their income. The Foundation administers a
variety of funding sources, which are earmarked to assist nonprofit
organizations in providing legal aid to approximately 100,000 Texans each
year.
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