Access to Justice Committee

Purpose

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

• increasing resources available for legal services for self-represented 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

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

• Chief Judge Kevin Berens of the 15th Judicial District, composed of Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace counties

• Judge Jennifer Brunetti of the 11th Judicial District, composed of Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties

• Judge Amy Fellows Cline, Kansas Court of Appeals

• Judge Sarah Warner, Kansas Court of Appeals

• Christy Campbell, Kansas Legal Services, Wichita

• Senior Judge James Fleetwood, Wichita

• Marcia Hannon, Kansas Supreme Court Law Library, Topeka

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

• Meredith Snepp, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka

• Meredith Schnug, clinical associate professor and associate director of the Legal Clinic at the University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence

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

• Amy Entrikin, Nemaha County Clerk of the Court, 22nd Judicial District

• Madeline Dickerson, protection order project coordinator for the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

• Casey Johnson, director of advocacy and litigation for Kansas Legal Services

• District Judge Carl Folsom III, who serves in the 7th Judicial District

• Amanda Flores, Clerk of the Reno County District Court

• Michelle McCormick, Executive Director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

Contact

​tcs@kscourts.org