System Disarmed: My Experience as a Pro Se Litigant

 

System Disarmed: My Experience as a Pro Se Litigant 

SYSTEM DISARMED My experience as a pro se litigant A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Honors Program Northeastern Illinois University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of NEIU Honors Program For Graduation with Honors Michael Stephen Alexander June 2020 ABSTRACT This project introduces and reviews what is the pro se

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 myRZQ*OREDO3RVLWLRQLQJ6\VWHP on this endeavor to disarm the system. The paper will examine a brief but interesting novelty from earlier history when it was Ăprivilege to stand on your own two feet and anyone who wanted to represent you was forbidden to accept pay. The ClaǁDĂĐŚŝŶĞ;ůĂǁͿ͕ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚĂƐĂǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů͕ďŽdžĞĚĂƌĐĂĚĞŐĂŵĞŽĨ WƵďůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐĂƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚƚŽĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶƚŚĞƉƌŽƐĞůŝƚŝŐĂŶƚǁŝƚŚĐŽƵƌƚƐLJƐƚĞŵƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͘>ŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ

 ĂďŽƵƚƉƌŽƐĞůŝƚŝŐĂŶƚƐŝƐƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚ͘džĂŵŝŶĂƚŝŽŶŽĨŵLJƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐĂƐĂƉƌŽ litigant are ƌĞǀŝĞǁĞĚ͘ In conclusion, this thesis has measured more than the depth and width of the paradigm assigned to a pro se litigant by the system. Its inclusions of past, present and precedents, adds focus on the void of status, creating a datum seldom realized by victims of the court system. The state must ensure that pro se litigants be afforded respect, courtesy, and assistance that attorneys receive in the courts to eliminate that void of status previously mentioned. This is a modern world. Technology has run so fast that it has caught up with itself. Yet the court system refuses to avail of these modern models. The legal system might as well continue to horde tons of information on eighty column data cards, processed through Univac 1005 main frames. Any court case can be properly digitized allowing for all applicable data to be readily accessible. I know, for I did submit digital files to the court system genre prior to its public appearance. i

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