A Judge’s Perspective on Pro Se Litigants, by Helen Gunnarsson

This short article presents a judge’s difficulties in balancing the pro se litigant’s interest in effective self-representation against the public’s interest in procedural consistency and fairness. While the pro se litigant deserves an opportunity to present their claim, formal and procedural inadequacies can undermine their efforts. Accordingly, judges must determine how to accommodate pro se litigants’ lack of expertise without granting an unfair advantage.

Helen Gunnarsson, A Judge’s Perspective on Pro Se Litigants, Illinois Bar Journal (June 2011).

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