Access to Justice: Self-Represented Parties and the Court

UCLA Luskin School's Ann C. Rosenfield Fellow

Thanks to the Honorable Sandra R. Klein’s effort as chair of the Court’s Community Outreach Committee, the Court’s analysis of self-represented parties was also enhanced when the Court was selected to host Ann C. Rosenfield Fellow, Julie Pollock, for a year-long fellowship beginning in June 2013. During her fellowship, Ms. Pollock, while earning her Master’s Degree in Social Welfare at UCLA, concentrated her research on seniors in bankruptcy, whether represented or not. Fortunately, she was able to lend her expertise with GIS mapping to add to our analysis of the intersection of income, Spanish speakers, and the use of bankruptcy petition preparers in the District. Her mapping project is featured throughout this section of the report. Ms. Pollock also created the interactive bankruptcy timeline discussed elsewhere in this report.