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Navigating The New York Courts With The Assistance Of A Non-Lawyer, Fern Fisher
Navigating The New York Courts With The Assistance Of A Non-Lawyer, Fern Fisher
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
This Article discusses a program implemented by the New York State Unified Court System in order to address the justice gap for unrepresented litigants. Part I of this Article discusses the process behind creating the New York Navigator’s Program (discussed in more detail Part II), a program designed to help non-lawyer “Navigators” to assist unrepresented litigants in a limited capacity when the litigants appear before different types of state courts. The Navigators must complete training before they are able to assist the litigants. This program has been well received, as Part IV discusses, and has helped more and more unrepresented …