Less than a year after the launch of a pilot program allowing non-lawyers to help unrepresented, low-income litigants, the program’s supporters are calling for an expansion and changes to the law that would allow the non-lawyers to take on more responsibilities.

According to a “snapshot” report on the Navigator program, litigants who have received assistance and members of the Judiciary who work in courts where the program is active said that they generally found the program helpful and that it better prepared litigants for their cases.

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