Civil Procedure
Popular Self-Help Clinic Fielded 43,000 Inquiries in ‘07
Posted Jul 15, 2008, 12:09 pm CDT
By Molly McDonough
Litigants without lawyers are an increasingly common sight in courthouses across the country.
In San Diego alone, the percentage of family court cases with at least one unrepresented party was 70 percent in 2004. That's up from 54 percent in the early '90s, USA Today reports in an article about self-representation trends.
So it should be no surprise Minnesota attorney Susan Ledray's Hennepin County Self-Help Center is wildly popular. Ledray and her volunteers see 50 to 100 requests for help a day. And last year, her office fielded some 43,000 phone, e-mail and in-office contacts.
"The public is very, very pleased with this service. It helps them feel empowered," Ledray said.
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