The submission of statements of claim is a critical procedure in civil judicial
systems, where plaintiffs plead the court to resolve conflicts with other
parties. Under the assumption that plaintiffs seek to represent themselves, we
are particularly concerned with the quality of the information exchange with
the court. To address this problem, we develop a method for constructing
statements of claim that uses visual stories. The research adopts design
science research, focusing on method construction and evaluation in a set of
experiments. The results suggest the method supports the construction of
coherent statements of claim and contributes to promote self-help and visual
narrative in judicial systems.