Each year, the California JusticeCorps program recruits and trains nearly 300 undergraduate college students to serve in the court’s legal access self-help centers. Our AmeriCorps provide information to people coming to court, but can’t afford an attorney to represent them. In California over 4 million people come to court each year attempting to navigate the legal system on their own to resolve issues pertaining to their family, housing and financial stability. Unfortunately, legal aid attorneys can’t come close to meeting the tremendous need for legal services—in fact, 2 of every 3 meritorious cases are turned away from legal aid assistance because of lack of resources. This is not just a California issue. National data indicates that 60 to 90 percent of family law cases nationally involve at least one party forced to represent themselves. The assistance JusticeCorps members provide is assistance people may not have received otherwise. It’s assistance that helps families move to a place of greater stability in their lives after divorce and custody disputes. It’s assistance that helps people avoid eviction.  In the 2009-10 program year alone, across 6 counties, 285 JusticeCorps members assisted 60,000 litigants, provided 24,942 referrals to related services and helped to complete 38,900 legal forms.