Not every self-represented litigant needs a Case Management platform. But when you’re in real litigation — in a knock-down drag-out fight for something valuable — you need to get up to speed, get people to help, and get it together. Tools, training, and community: that’s Courtroom5.
Self-Represented Litigants Lose Often. Here’s Why.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Our courts are made for lawyers and they’re resistant to change. But pro se litigants can and should do better with our cases. Courtroom5 can help.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
How To Stay On Offense When You Represent Yourself
After five months with no activity, you’re slapped with a summary judgment motion that could end your case prematurely, and not in your favor. You could’ve prepared, but you’d decided to let things die down and respond as necessary. Now you’re paying for it. It’s always better to stay on offense when you’re engaged in battle.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
Be Ready When A Lawyer Asks What It Would Take To Settle Your Case
When you represent yourself, you can bet your bottom dollar the lawyer on the other side expects an easy victory. This is where bias against pro se litigants pays off. The quickest way to settlement is to defy expectations in court.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
What “Winning” Means For The Pro Se Litigant
Winning is never strictly about a court judgment. It’s more about aligning your goals with a strategy to achieve them. Harassing the other side with discovery or raising their litigation costs above the value of the claim are tactics every litigant should consider. Being able to use them is what winning looks like for the pro se litigant.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
What To Do When You’ve Been Sued
You’ll likely fall back on your TV knowledge the first time you get sued. It won’t be long before you realize you’re out of your depth. You’ll feel confused, overwhelmed and desperate. But once you get your emotions under control, there are really only three things you need to do.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
Legal Case Management For Self-Representation
Courtroom5 has developed a set of tools to ease the fear and drudgery of going to court without a lawyer. The Courtroom5 Toolset is designed instead to help self-represented litigants be more knowledgeable, organized, and effective in court. Check it out.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
Trial Communication Survival Tips
You sweated through a motion to dismiss or a summary judgment. It took months to complete discovery. You made it through many hearings. Now, you wake up screaming at night. You have cold sweats. Your stomach feels as if Lilliputians are tap dancing on it. It must mean it’s time to go to trial. Here are some trial survival tips.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
Need A Litigation Strategy? Begin With These Essential Questions
The secret to finding your footing in court is a solid litigation strategy. Not only does it give you a roadmap to victory, it forces you to analyze your strengths in the case and your opponent’s weaknesses. It also guides your legal research throughout the case and prepares you to make a good showing in front of a judge. The most important thing is to ask the right questions about your case. Here are some questions to get you started.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
5 Things Self Represented Litigants Wish They’d Known Before Going Pro Se
Long after a case is over, a pro se litigant might say, “if I knew then what I know now, things might have turned out better.” Here are 5 lessons that self represented litigants learn too late, after they’ve lost their cases. We know from experience that’s the absolute worst way to learn, because every case matters.
And if you need help representing yourself in civil court, it’s time to join Courtroom5.
