Technical Assistance

Tiny Chats

Tiny Chats are bite-sized annotated videos that touch on specific access to justice topics and court operations.

Debt Collection Reform Checklist Generator

The Debt Collection Reform Checklist Generator will help courts implement already-enacted debt collection case rule or statute-based reforms.

This tool will help create customized checklists to help plaintiffs and the court ensure case requirements are met at various stages of the case.

This tool is not a comprehensive discussion of debt collection reform, nor is it intended to help jurisdictions who are at the stage of statutory or rule-based reform. Rather, this tool offers a practical way to help jurisdictions incorporate consumer debt court-based reforms into existing court business practice through the use of checklists. Once created by the tool, these checklists are designed to be further modified to fit each jurisdiction's needs.

Want to discuss your checklists or how to implement them? Schedule a consultation with NCSC's Access to Justice Consulting team.

Your data and responses are not stored or collected by NCSC, and use of this tool is anonymous.

Websites:

Coming Soon:

  • Access to Justice Resource Inventories
  • Michigan Justice for All Strategic Planning and Process Improvement

Examples of Assistance:

Free Limited Legal Help Services
This report offers an overview and specific considerations related to court-annexed free limited legal help services for self-represented litigants (SRLs).
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Family Friendly Amenities
This report discusses the importance of free childcare and lactation rooms in courthouses.
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NCSC Guide to Using State Court Data
This guide is designed to help federal, state, and local government entities partner with state courts and use state court data. It contains information about state court data generally, data sharing agreements with courts, and examples of data sharing for research, policymaking, and program enhancement purposes.
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Best Practices for Creating Legal Self-Help Materials
This guide contains information and tools for developing self-help materials including plain language tips, language access and ADA considerations, user testing resources, and ideas about where and how to make materials available. It also includes sample materials.
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Alternative Court Hours Toolkit
This report examines court's providing alternative hours of service and recommends various approaches to expanding hours.
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High Volume Calendars and Racial/Ethnic Data in DC Courts
This report documents the ways that the high-volume calendars currently promote procedural fairness; discusses expectations and experiences community partners have with the court system; and analyzes litigant data to better understand how case characteristics and outcomes are related to litigant race, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics. The authors discuss challenges and provide recommendations for improvement.
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Three Witches
Pandemic Procedural Improvement Poem
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Macbeth Poem
Original Macbeth poem
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Pandemic Era Procedural Improvements That Courts Should Adopt Permanently
This report highlights the innovative ways courts operated during the pandemic and should continue to operate.
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