shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress

 The Minnesota Judicial Branch is constantly adding to its useful Self Help Center.  In addition to several online documents about the divorce process and relevant law, you can now download and view a 26-minute video, How to Start a Divorce. (via SelfHelpSupport.org) Although meant to be viewed as a single presentation, it has been divided for downloading purposes into eight parts:

Part 1: What Will it Cost and How Long will it Take
Part 2: How can a Lawyer and Mediator Help You?
Part 3: Find the Court Forms

Part 4: Starting the Petition  
Part 5: Petition – Finances, Property and Debt  
Part 6: Petition – Child Custody, Parenting Time and support   
Part 7: Petition – Requests to the court and Completing the Summons  
Part 8: Service – Delivering your Forms to Your Spouse and the Final Steps to Divorce 

    On the other hand, although it portrays some romantic difficulties and betrayal, Antitrust: the movie (2001) — starring Ryan Phillippe, Claire Forlani, and Tim Robbins — won’t be particularly helpful for learning about either divorce nor antitrust law.   As we’ve been reminding you, however, the Silver Telly Award-winning video Fair Fight in the Marketplace is an excellent, entertaining antitrust primer.  The 30-minute video, which is presented by the American Antitrust Institute, can be viewed online at any time here.  Fair Fight will soon be available on your tv, on affiliates of the Public Broadcasting System.  You can find the schedule of PBS airings, here, as well as a 30-second promo.  As of March 15, 2007, the broadcast schedule includes:

Fair Fight in the Marketplace PBS BROADCAST SCHEDULE    

CALIFORNIA  
KQED-9    San Francisco    Sunday, April 1    5:00 PM (press release)
KQED-9    San Francisco    Monday, April 9    12:30 AM
KQED-9    San Francisco    Tuesday, April 10    11:30 PM
KCET-28   Los Angeles       Saturday, April 14    11:00 PM
KCET-28   Santa Barbara   Saturday, April 14    11:00 PM
KCET-28   Palm Springs     Saturday, April 14    11:00 PM
KRCB-22   Sonoma County  Sunday, April 29    11:00 PM
 
INDIANA   
WNIN-9    Evansville   Sunday, April 15    5:30 PM
WIPB-49   Muncie       Friday, April 27    10:30 PM
 
MINNESOTA   
KAWB-22  Austin      Tuesday, April 3    9:30 PM
KAWE-9    Bemidji    Tuesday, April 3    9:30 PM
 
PENNSYLVANIA  
WYBE-35    Philadelphia    Saturday, April 21    11:30 PM
WYBE-35    Philadelphia    Wednesday, May 2    11:30 PM
WYBE-35    Philadelphia    Wednesday, May 9    12:00 PM

  If you would like to see Fair Fight in the Marketplace on your local PBS station, please let them know.