About the National Self-Represented Litigants Project
The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) builds on the National Self-Represented Litigants (SRL’s) Research Study conducted by Dr. Julie Macfarlane from 2011-2013. The Project takes its mandate from the Final Recommendations of the Research Report: 10 Actions Steps for the SRL Phenomenon.
Since 2013, the NSRLP has continued to generate energy and motivation towards serious contemplation of system change, reflecting the findings of the Research Study. The core of their work is to advocate for better and deeper understanding of the needs, motivations and challenges of self-represented litigants.
About NSRLP West
NSRLP West is the first partnership between the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) and another academic institution. While the NSRLP has been national in scope since the beginning, the development of NSRLP West will allow the project to develop research and advocacy programs that better respond to access to justice issues in Western Canada, and in British Columbia in particular. NSRLP West will support the ongoing work of the NSRLP, and will also add a new dimension to the NSRLP profile, by focusing on access to justice issues that affect rural and remote, Indigenous, and northern communities.
NSRLP West is funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia. Thank you for supporting this initiative.