Tag: Self-Representation

  • Staff Pick: Nolo’s Neighbor Law  

    Staff Pick: Nolo’s Neighbor Law  

    Fred Rogers sang a song about being friends with our neighbors in his song, ‘It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood’.  The last line is hopeful: ‘I like to think of you as my neighbor and my friend’.  In a perfect world, we would like to be friends with our neighbors.  Legal issues about boundaries, fences, trees, noise, garbage,…

  • Dig Into Dunlap-Hanna Forms

    Dig Into Dunlap-Hanna Forms

    When you are involved in legal proceedings, it is very important that your forms are the correct ones. Anything you file with the court has to follow the requirements of state and local statutes, court rules and legal precedents. Any court filing that doesn’t follow these rules can be thrown out of court. For that reason, it’s often best practice to follow the structure and language of motions that have worked…

  • A New Legal Guide Made for You

    A New Legal Guide Made for You

    Legal questions tend to show up out of nowhere, and it is not always obvious where to start. We hear that often at the Allegheny County Law Library, and it was clear that people needed a more straightforward place to begin. That is why we created an online guide that brings essential local information together in…