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Howell
Heflin Award
Self-Help
Support.org Receives Heflin Award
 Madelynn
Herman of NCSC’s Knowledge and Information Services Office accepts
the Heflin Award for Self-Help Support.org from Van Debrick, chief of
SJI’s Finance Division (left), and Joseph F. Baca, chief justice
(ret.) of New Mexico (right).
Self-Help
Support.org, a Web site dedicated to helping courts and legal service
providers deal with increasing numbers of self-represented litigants,
received the State Justice Institute's Howell Heflin Award at the
Eastern Regional Conference on Access to Justice for the
Self-represented in May in White Plains, New York. The Heflin
Award is presented annually to an SJI-supported project that has the
potential to significantly improve the administration of justice in
state courts nationwide.
The
National Center for State Courts established this Web site—in
partnership with the American Judicature Society, Legal Services
Corporation, Probono.net, and Zorza Associates—to provide an online
resource for courts, attorneys, and self-help practitioners (www.selfhelpsupport.org).
The site provides a network and valuable resources for nearly 1,600
practitioners.
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