Definitions

(a) "Self-Represented Litigant" means any individual who seeks information to file, pursue, or respond to a case without the assistance of a lawyer authorized to practice before the court. (b) "Self-Help Personnel" means lawyer and non-lawyer personnel and volunteers under the direction of paid staff in a Self-Help Program who are performing the limited role under this rule. "Self-Help Personnel" does not include lawyers who are providing legal services to only one party as part of a legal services program that may operate along side or in conjunction with a Self-Help Program. Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE 72 MINNESOTA COURT RULES (c) "Self-Help Program" means a program of any name established and operating under the authority of this rule. (Added effective January 1, 2004.)