Duties of the Judicial System to the Pro Se Litigant

• Main Author: Andrews, Mark
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Duke University School of Law 2013
• Subjects: Law; Ulmer; Alaska law review; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol30/iss2/3; https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1365&context=alr

Alaska courts have assisted unrepresented litigants in civil cases, explaining procedural technicalities to pro se litigants and applying more lenient standards to pro se pleadings. Although the origin of this policy is unclear, the Alaska Supreme Court in Breck v. Ulmer held that the trial court sh...