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Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment In San Diego Housing Court, Lisa Young
Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment In San Diego Housing Court, Lisa Young
Lisa Young
Limited Scope Representation: An Experiment in San Diego Housing Court Abstract By Lisa Young This paper analyses how limited scope representation effects the settlement agreements reached by litigants in San Diego Housing Court. Limited scope representation, also known as “unbundling,” is defined as a form of legal representation where the attorney only represents the client in one part of the client’s case. Limited Scope Representation is growing as a viable response to the significant lack of legal representation for middle- and low-income Americans. This paper is the first scholarship to test whether limited scope representation actually makes a substantive difference …