Slicing Through the Great Legal Gordian Knot: Ways to Assist Pro Se Litigants in Their Quest for Justice

Hopwood, Shon

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Slicing Through the Great Legal Gordian Knot: Ways to Assist Pro Se Litigants in Their Quest for Justice

Shon Hopwood

Bellevue University

December 2, 2011

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 80

Abstract:
What are some problems facing the increasingly large number of pro se litigants in our courts? This article looks at the plight of the pro se litigant and suggests ways that Congress, the courts, and the bar can better solve some of the difficulties raised by pro se litigation.

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Keywords: pro se litigation, prisoner litigation, law, supreme court, ghostwriting, AEDPA, PLRA

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Date posted: December 2, 2011

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Hopwood, Shon R., Slicing Through the Great Legal Gordian Knot: Ways to Assist Pro Se Litigants in Their Quest for Justice (December 2, 2011). Fordham Law Review, Vol. 80. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1967427

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