Russell Engler

When Does Representation Matter

1 Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs, New England Law | Boston. This work was supported by a stipend from the Board of Trustees of New England Law, Boston. 2 Report to the Chief Judge of the State of New York, 15-18 (November 2010) hereinafter “NY Report I”), available at http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/access-civil-legal-services/PDF/CLS-TaskForceREPORT.pdf; Report to the Chief Judge of the State of New York, 19-21 (November 2011) hereinafter “NY Report II”), available at http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/access-civil-legal-services/PDF/CLS-2011TaskForceREPORT_web.pdf Report to the Chief Judge of the State of New York, 15-16 (November 2012)(hereinafter “NY Report III”), available at http://www.nycourts.gov/ip/access-civil-legal-services/PDF/CLS-TaskForceREPORT_Nov-2012.pdf; Judges’ Views of Pro Se Litigants’ Effect on Courts, 40 CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW 228 (July-August 2006). 3 Id. 4 See, e.g. The Massachusetts Court System, Judicial Guidelines for Civil Hearings Involving Self-Represented Litigants, http://www.mass.gov/courts/judguidelinescivhearingstoc.html (last visited September 30, 2013). 5 See, e.g., Clare Pastore, California’s Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Act Tests Impact of More Assistance for LowIncome Litigants, 47 CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW 97, 106 (July-August 2013)(“Several [legal services lawyers] mentioned the frustration of seeing substantial time and funding resources going to prove what they felt was obviousthat providing counsel to indigent clients makes a difference”). 6 See, e.g., NY Report I, supra note ___, at 18-20. 7 American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC), Rule 4.3, available at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/