A Toolkit for Helping Children
May 6, 2013 by Elana Salzman ·
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The same can be said of our courts, particularly those that deal with children in abuse or neglect cases.
Juvenile courts handling termination of parental rights (TPR) and Children in Need of Services (CHINS) cases are faced daily with the dilemma [...]
US Supreme Court Examines Services for Self-Represented Litigants
December 20, 2012 by Elana Salzman ·
The treatment of self-represented litigants is an ongoing dilemma for Indiana courts. Judges grapple with questions of how to effectively ensure access to justice for these litigants, who may be at a disadvantage in proceedings where important rights are at stake. This question was addressed by the United States Supreme Court in 2011 [...]
Access to Justice Workshop
July 3, 2012 by Elana Salzman ·
“Because we’re here, I hope one less person is going to be a victim of domestic violence, one less person is going to be denied their benefits, one less person is going to feel shut out of the legal system that they thought was a promise to all of us.”
This was expressed by Justice Nathan [...]
