I need a nap

[simplyn2deep]

Fell asleep on the bus and almost missed my stop.

At the Self Help Center, they seem to only have me working on 1 or 2 litigants. Nothing really wrong with that, but compared to the other volunteers who see 4 or 5 litigants in the 3 hours of the morning shift. My supervisor said it's good they have me to give extended one on one time, but sometimes I don't feel like I'm contributing much. Like today, I worked with a couple who were responding to an eviction notice (they don't live in a rent controlled city, and their rent was raised nearly 40%!) and the other person I worked with was a hearing impaired woman who was filing for divorce. That one wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. There was a lot of writing of questions between the 2 of us, but no other challenges. By the time I finished with those 2 litigants, it was noon and the office was closing for lunch.

Wonder what will be in store for me on Friday...

Time to take my nap...and maybe do some writing. yeah. I'd like that.

Comments

[alba17]

What sort of litigants are these? People representing themselves in court, I assume? (former lawyer here) Sounds like you're doing some good work. *thumbs up*

[simplyn2deep]

Yeah, I volunteer at a legal self help center in a courthouse where we help litigants fill out various family related (usually divorce and/or paternity) petitions and ones dealing with evictions