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Why Judges Hate Unrepresented (Pro Se) People

Why do judges hate self-represented (pro se) people? The answer is simple – they don’t! What they hate are people ...

Why People Represent Themselves

Why Do People Represent Themselves? Indeed… in a country with more lawyers per capital than any other country in the ...

Things Go South

We’ve laid out the general scenario, and of course, you can guess what happens. Joe and his crew show up, ...

The Proposal

Here are some of the things you should be looking at, and what you should be aware of. 1. Be ...

The Scenario

In this series of articles we are going to introduce you to the concept of representing yourself in court. We’ll ...

Research Your Causes of Action

Now comes the fun part. You get to research your causes of actions.You’re laying out your facts in chronological order.We’ve ...

How to State Your Facts

IKTYBYUWYTISBIANSTYRTWYHINWIMOr, as stated differently by Alan Greenspan:“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm ...

Jurisdictional Statements

OK - we’ve told you how a complaint is organized and listed the different things that should be included. Now ...

The Complaint – An Introduction

In our last post we introduced you to the concept of pleadings. Pleadings are the documents that define the case ...

Core Pleadings

Now that we’ve talked about the different kinds of court papers you can expect to deal with, let’s talk about ...