Access to Justice Committee

About the committee

The Access to Justice Committee makes recommendations to the Supreme Court about issues such as:

• increasing resources available for legal services for low-income litigants in civil cases;

• improving planning and coordination of legal services delivery; and

• reducing potential barriers to equal access to justice.

Study

The ​Assessment of Self-Represented Litigant Services released in 2020 offers recommendations on simplifying processes, developing statewide self-help tools, increasing training, and improving data collection and analysis. 
 

Committee roster

• Christie Koehn, chief court services officer of the 6th Judicial District, which includes Miami, Linn, and Bourbon counties

• District Magistrate Judge Kenton Gleason, who serves in Hodgeman County of the 24th Judicial District

• Kristi Hill, clerk of the district court of Wyandotte County, which makes up the 29th Judicial District

• Judge Sarah Warner, Kansas Court of Appeals

• Penny Wells, clerk of the Comanche County District Court in the 16th Judicial District

• Christy Campbell, Kansas Legal Services, Wichita

• Chief Judge Joe Dickinson of the 9th Judicial District, which is composed of Harvey and McPherson counties

• Senior Judge James Fleetwood, Wichita

• Jennifer Foster, district court administrator of the 9th Judicial District, which is composed of Harvey and McPherson counties

• Marcia Hannon, Kansas Supreme Court Law Library, Topeka

• District Magistrate Judge Starla Borg Nelson, who serves in Republic County of the 12th Judicial District

• District Judge Carl William Ossmann, who serves in Shawnee County, which makes up the 3rd Judicial District

• Patricia Scalia, Board of Indigents’ Defense Services, Topeka

• District Judge Erica Schoenig, who serves in Johnson County, which makes up the 10th Judicial District

• Amanda Truan, district court administrator of the 23rd Judicial District, which is composed of Ellis, Gove, Rooks, and Trego counties

• Ruth Wheeler, district court administrator of the 5th Judicial District, which is composed of Chase and Lyon counties