
Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Fairly soon after Justice Laurie D. Zelon joined the 2nd District Court of Appeal in the fall of 2003, she realized that people representing themselves on appeal without lawyers need help.
"I got here, and I looked at the briefs we get from self-represented litigants," she said. "It's hard for them. It's got to be the most terrifying thing in the world to walk in and see ... (continued)