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The Commission and planners dedicated 10% of the state appropriation for civil legal services to fund innovative projects that partner legal services providers and the courts to assist low-income self-represented litigants.
Recognizing that self-represented litigants are a challenge for court systems, LSC has collaborated with the National Center for State Courts, the State Justice Institute, the American Judicature Society, Pro Bono Net, and Zorza Associates to create a website resource center for professionals involved in self-help projects.
In fact, self-represented litigants - formally called "pro se" in Latin, or "for oneself" - in criminal defenses are so rare that statistics about the practice generally are not kept, legal experts say.
However, about 20 percent of self-represented litigants say they can afford an attorney but do not want one, the survey said.
Court officials statewide fear the number of self-represented litigants has reached crisis levels and threatens to clog court calendars.
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