Please tell us: what resources do you need most if you can't get a lawyer?

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* 1. The ATJ (Access to Justice) Committee of the LSBA wants to know what kind of information would most help you if you were trying to handle a legal problem on your own, without a lawyer.

Please say which of the following sentences best describes you.

I have a legal problem but I do not have money to pay a lawyer to help me.

I can pay for a lawyer, but I do not want to use a lawyer.

I am looking for information about legal issues to find out if I really need a lawyer.

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* 2. What legal information do you need?

Please understand that this form is not a way to ask for a lawyer or legal advice. This survey is designed to help the ATJ Committee find out what sort of information people want.

You can pick all that apply to you.

General information about courts and how they work

How to respond to a lawsuit

How to file a case in small claims court

Family - divorce

Family - child support

Family - name change

Family - custody or visitation

Housing - eviction

Housing - security deposit refund

Housing - landlord repairs

Housing - buying/selling a house

Consumer - contractor fraud

Consumer - debt collection

Consumer - bankruptcy

Employment - unemployment benefits

Employment - expunging a criminal record

Government Benefits, Including Disability

Taxes

Making a Will

Handling a succession when someone dies

Living Wills/Advance Medical Directives

Small claims court

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you were handling a legal problem on your own, what kinds of information or services would help you the most?

Pick all that apply and use the text box to include any other information you want to add.

Fill-in-the-Blank Court Forms or Sample Letters

Computerized Forms & Pleadings on the Internet

Educational Videos & How-To Materials

Booklets, pamphlets or fact sheets about legal issues

A clinic at a place where someone gives you information about handling a legal problem on your own

A help desk at the courthouse with information and forms about different legal issues

Other (please specify):

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* 4. Where would it be easiest for you to get information about handling a legal problem on your own?

You may pick all that apply to you.

Add any other ideas in the comment box.

At the courthouse

Public library: written material I can take home with me

Public library: information on a computer or the Internet

Law library: written material I can take home with me

Law library: information on a computer or the Internet

Community center: written material I can take home with me

Community center: information on a computer or the Internet

Church or other place of worship

A social service agency

An office of a professional organization, like a bar association

A telephone hotline where I could get information that may help me solve my legal problem on my own

On the Internet

Other (please specify):

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* 5. Do you need information in a language other than English?

Please pick all that apply and add any others in the comment box.

Spanish

Vietnamese

Thai

French

Chinese

Korean

Tagalog

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If you have any special needs, please indicate if any of the options below would help you.

I have trouble seeing or reading, so it would help me to hear a recording or to watch a video about the legal issue that I am trying to deal with.

I have trouble writing, so it would help me if there were a volunteer to help me fill out forms or to type information into a computer for self-help forms on a computer.

I do not understand how to find my way around the courthouse, so it would be useful to have a help desk or other specific place at the courthouse with information about where and how to file court papers.

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* 1. The ATJ (Access to Justice) Committee of the LSBA wants to know what kind of information would most help you if you were trying to handle a legal problem on your own, without a lawyer.Please say which of the following sentences best describes you.

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* 2. What legal information do you need? Please understand that this form is not a way to ask for a lawyer or legal advice. This survey is designed to help the ATJ Committee find out what sort of information people want. You can pick all that apply to you.

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* 3. If you were handling a legal problem on your own, what kinds of information or services would help you the most?Pick all that apply and use the text box to include any other information you want to add.

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* 4. Where would it be easiest for you to get information about handling a legal problem on your own?You may pick all that apply to you.Add any other ideas in the comment box.

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* 5. Do you need information in a language other than English? Please pick all that apply and add any others in the comment box.

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* 6. If you have any special needs, please indicate if any of the options below would help you.

* 1. The ATJ (Access to Justice) Committee of the LSBA wants to know what kind of information would most help you if you were trying to handle a legal problem on your own, without a lawyer.

Please say which of the following sentences best describes you.

* 2. What legal information do you need?

Please understand that this form is not a way to ask for a lawyer or legal advice. This survey is designed to help the ATJ Committee find out what sort of information people want.

You can pick all that apply to you.

* 3. If you were handling a legal problem on your own, what kinds of information or services would help you the most?

Pick all that apply and use the text box to include any other information you want to add.

* 4. Where would it be easiest for you to get information about handling a legal problem on your own?

You may pick all that apply to you.

Add any other ideas in the comment box.

* 5. Do you need information in a language other than English?

Please pick all that apply and add any others in the comment box.