Courtroom5
Courtroom5 is one of the only services offering a general toolkit for pro se litigants (people representing themselves in court). Appropriate for any civil case, but not for criminal cases, traffic tickets, or eviction. Courtroom5 boasts an impressive 7 out of 10 people who use their service either win or settle.
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Counts | Analyze your case and your opponents case by identifying the elements of claims or defenses, and determining your discovery questions, responses, and objections. |
| Free Version | Courtroom5 offers a free access plan to get you started with 1 document, 5 events, 2 counts, 5 law searches and 5 library lessons. |
| Documents | Use automated templates to write your pleadings and motions. Save your drafts and edit them whenever you like, then download and print your motions in a format that’s ready to sign and file. |
| Laws | Courtroom5’s legal research tool finds cases, statutes, and other authorities. You can store all your research results then organize these citations to easily paste into your motions. |
| Filings | You can upload and tag PDF versions of all documents filed in your case, manage filings to add exhibits to your motions, and search your files for specific tags. |
| Evidence | Collect and organize evidence for your case. Store your discovery results in PDF or image formats, with notes on related facts and elements. Your evidence is at your fingertips when you need to use it in court. |
| Damages | Whether you’re a plaintiff with a complaint or a defendant with a counterclaim, you can upload receipts to estimate and calculate damages. |
| Tasks | You can plan your major tasks by the stage of your case. Track the progress of your tasks (In Progress, Completed or Deferred status). Schedule events like hearings and filing deadlines, and set reminders as needed. |
| Expenses | Keep a running total of your costs. Upload receipts for each expense, or simply estimate the amount you spent. Categorize expenses for copies, parking, postage, everything. |
| Courses | Courtroom5 trains you to represent yourself effectively with animated video courses and live workshops to build the skills you need to navigate the civil claims process. |
| Workshops | They offer workshops on popular litigation topics, to fill any gaps left by the courses. Recorded workshops provide one-hour lessons on a single topic. Other sessions are live, providing an opportunity to ask questions of instructors and other members. |
| Community | Courtroom5 offers a community that can help you eliminate the most common causes of failure by posting your questions and reading how other users have handled similar issues. |
| Free Blog | Courtroom5 offers a blog that covers a variety of topics related to self-representation for free on the site. |
