DID YOU KNOW?!?!?!?!?

The new Rule in many Bay Area Courts is that if you appear In Pro Per and the other party is represented by an attorney, the Judge can and does make objections upon your behalf.

Today, more than half of all Divorces filed in the State of California are done so without an attorney. This translates into a cost savings of more than 450 million dollars per year to California residents.

"...the right to file a lawsuit pro [per] is one of the most important rights under the Constitution and laws." (Elmore v. McCammon (1986) 640 F.Supp. 905, 911);

Pro per litigation was the rule rather than the exception in early American history. Lawyers were actually banned outright or faced tight restrictions on non-lawyers appearing in court on behalf of others - as Lincoln himself did before he talked a judge into granting him attorney status. The American Bar Association convinced states to pass "unauthorized practice of law" statutes in the 1920s and 1930s which effectively gave lawyers a monopoly over the sale of legal information.

In the last two decades many Americans have begun to assert their historical and constitutional right to participate in the legal decisions that affect their lives.