LSNTAP Community Training:

Online Resources for Self-Represented

Litigants

LSNTAP Community Training:

Online Resources for Self-Represented

Litigants

VIDEO

United States Department of Commerce

Broadband TechnologyOpportunitiesProgram

United States Department of Commerce

Broadband TechnologyOpportunitiesProgram

United States Department of Commerce

Broadband TechnologyOpportunitiesProgram

www.WashingtonLawHelp.orgwww.YouTube.com/user/

NWJusticeProject

Daniel Ediger DanielE@nwjustice.org

Daniel Ediger DanielE@nwjustice.org

Daniel Ediger DanielE@nwjustice.org

Daniel Ediger DanielE@nwjustice.org

Why VIDEO?

www.YouTube.com/user/NWJusticeProject

www.WashingtonLawHelp.org

What kind of

VIDEO?

animation &voice-over narration

animation &voice-over narrationvideo screen-grabs & online demos

animation &voice-over narrationvideo screen-grabs & online demosexamples of legal forms & documents

animation &voice-over narrationvideo screen-grabs & online demosexamples of legal forms & documents

live actors & narrators

stillimages

screencapture

audio-video

animation

Tools We Use to Make Videos

stillimages

MS OfficePowerPoint

AppleKeynote

Apple iPhoto

screencapture

audio-video

animation

Tools We Use to Make Videos

stillimages

MS OfficePowerPoint

AppleKeynote

Apple iPhoto

screencapture

CamstudioFREE

Snagit$50

Camtasia$300

audio-video

animation

Tools We Use to Make Videos

stillimages

MS OfficePowerPoint

AppleKeynote

Apple iPhoto

screencapture

CamstudioFREE

Snagit$50

Camtasia$300

audio-video flipcam iPhonemini-DV

camcorder

animation

Tools We Use to Make Videos

stillimages

MS OfficePowerPoint

AppleKeynote

Apple iPhoto

screencapture

CamstudioFREE

Snagit$50

Camtasia$300

audio-video flipcam iPhonemini-DV

camcorder

animation paper, pensdry-erase

whiteboardgreen-screen

Tools We Use to Make Videos

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What information do clients look for?

What information is already out there?

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Some Guidelines for Clearer Writing:

Avoiding passive voice helps convey meaningful directions to pro se litigants,

so they can achieve positive goals.

Elimination of unnecessary and/or redundant legal terms leads to a more comprehensible educational

resource, and therefore greater viewer efficacy.

Tips for

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Speak in 2nd person Tips for

Better Scripts

Speak in 2nd person

Avoid passive voice!

Tips for

Better Scripts

You should put subjects first

Speak in 2nd person

Avoid passive voice!

Tips for

Better Scripts

You should put subjects first

Speak in 2nd person

Avoid passive voice!

Use concrete words. Delete needless words.

Tips for

Better Scripts

You should put subjects first

Speak in 2nd person

Avoid passive voice!

Use concrete words. Delete needless words.

Tips for

Better Scripts

Each sentence should state an essential fact…

You should put subjects first

Speak in 2nd person

Avoid passive voice!

Use concrete words. Delete needless words.

Each sentence should state an essential fact…

…or direct viewers to take a simple action.

Tips for

Better Scripts

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How should we show it?

Legal Aid Network of Kentucky

www.kylawhelp.org

Éducaloi:bilingual,

plain language legal information for

Quebecers

www.educaloi.qc.ca

People’s Law SchoolBritish Columbia

www.publiclegaled.bc.ca

Common CraftSeattle, Washington

www.commoncraft.com

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how many viewers

who’s watching

how they watch it

where they are

what keeps their interest

what keeps their interest

Foreclosure Prevention &

Mediation

Job Security & Employment Barriers

Public Benefits

Housing Security& Landlord / Tenant

Law

Equal Access to Legal Services & Resources

www.YouTube.com/user/NWJusticeProject

www.WashingtonLawHelp.org