Citizens Justice Association
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The Citizens Justice Association is a non-profit, legal reform, and pro-se training organization founded in September 2010, by Hull, Massachusetts
lawyer
David Grossack
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The Association offers legal education seminars for "lawyerless litigants" and distribute The Citizens Justice Manual, a book that trains activists in the techniques and psychology of protest
against legal abuse and government abuse.
Grossack is the author of How to Win a Lawsuit Without Hiring a Lawyer and recipient of the "Lawyer of the Year" Award by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for his civil rights litigation on behalf of men in domestic relations cases. The Boston Herald named him one of Massachusetts' 10 best lawyers that same year.
Prior to the formation of the Citizens Justice Association, Grossack conducted seminars for pro-se litigants and produced newsletters and videos under other auspices.
Grossack has organized demonstrations against legal abuse in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and the offices of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. After the latter demonstrations, an inspector-general was appointed to oversee the federal courts by Congressman James Sensenbrenner.
Grossack also testified in front of the Massachusetts House Judiciary Committee in an effort to make state courts more user-friendly. Since his appearance in 1999, the Massachusetts probate and Family Court in Suffolk County established a reading room for pro-se litigants, complete with forms. Other courts established websites with downloadable forms.
Grossack states that his work with the Association is intended to continue to pressure the courts to be more user-friendly for pro-se litigants.
Hull, Massachusetts
Hull is a peninsula town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,293 at the 2010 census. Hull is the smallest town by land area in Plymouth County and the fourth smallest in the state...
lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
David Grossack
David Grossack
David C. Grossack is an attorney, writer, and former activist born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of noted psychotherapist and author Dr. Martin Grossack and Judith Grossack.-Education:...
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The Association offers legal education seminars for "lawyerless litigants" and distribute The Citizens Justice Manual, a book that trains activists in the techniques and psychology of protest
Protest
A protest is an expression of objection, by words or by actions, to particular events, policies or situations. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations...
against legal abuse and government abuse.
Grossack is the author of How to Win a Lawsuit Without Hiring a Lawyer and recipient of the "Lawyer of the Year" Award by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly for his civil rights litigation on behalf of men in domestic relations cases. The Boston Herald named him one of Massachusetts' 10 best lawyers that same year.
Prior to the formation of the Citizens Justice Association, Grossack conducted seminars for pro-se litigants and produced newsletters and videos under other auspices.
Grossack has organized demonstrations against legal abuse in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and the offices of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. After the latter demonstrations, an inspector-general was appointed to oversee the federal courts by Congressman James Sensenbrenner.
Grossack also testified in front of the Massachusetts House Judiciary Committee in an effort to make state courts more user-friendly. Since his appearance in 1999, the Massachusetts probate and Family Court in Suffolk County established a reading room for pro-se litigants, complete with forms. Other courts established websites with downloadable forms.
Grossack states that his work with the Association is intended to continue to pressure the courts to be more user-friendly for pro-se litigants.