Leveraging Technology to Promote Justice Equity
Resources: Monitoring The Evolution of Access to Justice
Monitor the evolution of access to justice with our curated content to stay on top of industry developments and opportunities through articles, industry analysis, podcasts, and recommended social media accounts.
Articles
Good AI Legal Help, Bad AI Legal Help: Establishing quality standards for responses to people’s legal problem stories: Stanford Legal Design Lab proposes 22 specific criteria to evaluate quality of AI legal assistance.
January 2024
From Founded to Funded: Challenges & Visions for Justice Tech:Â Duke University Center on Law & Tech comprehensive report on current barriers, necessary support, and potential for impact of existing justice tech companies.
October 2023
Towards Human-Centered Standards for Legal Help AI: Guidelines for companies and policymakers to prioritize community perspectives as they design AI technology and policies.
September 2023
Innovative Approaches to Justice Services: Transforming Systems through Innovation4Justice: Regulatory reform and research emerging from i4J’s efforts and resources from other organizations.
August 2023
 Medical-Legal Partnerships: A Model for Access to Justice: The potential of medical-legal partnerships as a means to enhance access to justice in healthcare settings.
Supporting Tech for Justice-Impacted Communities: Strategies to Supercharge Justice Tech Investing:Â Framework with practical advice for investors and entrepreneurs seeking to disrupt the justice system via technology and grow the sector.
The Justice Gap: The Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-income Americans:Â Legal Services Corporation assessment on the current state of the US access to justice crisis.
Justice-as-a-Platform: MIT Report:Â Report on uses of legal technology to solve access to justice issues.
How Courts Embraced Technology, Met the Pandemic Challenge, and Revolutionized Their Operations:Â How civil courts used technology during the COVID-19 pandemic for civil litigants who have no right to counsel.
How the U.S. Can Compete with China on Digital Justice Technology:Â Article setting forth options to digitize US courts.
Justice Tech for All: How Technology Can Ethically Disrupt the US Justice System:Â Village Capital report defining the emerging justice tech vertical, its subsectors, and recommendations to scale.
Many U.S. Families Faced Civil Legal Issues in 2018:Â Results from Pew Charitable Trusts survey highlighting issues leading to interaction with US civil legal system.
Legal Tech for Non-Lawyers: Report of the Survey of US Legal Technologies:Â Case study on legal technologies for use by non-lawyers, including list of available technologies.
Technology for Legal Empowerment: A Global Review:Â Report reviewing non-lawyer technology and highlighting programs already in use.
Building a Business Case for Access to Justice:Â OECD report reviewing issues and limitations to access to justice.
Innovating Justice: Needed and Possible:Â HiiL report on unmet justice needs, potential for innovation, investment, and promising innovation projects.
LSC 2017 Justice Gap Report:Â Report analyzing gaps in justice in civil matters with people representing themselves.
How People Understand and Interact with the Law:Â Overview of civil legal problems, rights surrounding them, and solutions.
Recommended Podcasts
Reimagining Justice Podcast:  Australian lawyer’s podcast on highlighting the voices of those who are improving access to justice through technology.
Talk Justice Podcast:Â Discussions with national leaders about expanding access to justice.
Who Wrote That Up For You?: Shining the light on the justice system with resources that help put the power back in the individuals’ hands.
Recommended Follows
JusticeConnect:Â Organization that designs and delivers interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice.
Hague Institute for Innovation in Law:Â Institute working toward #UserFriendlyJustice through data, innovation and transformation.
Cornell Legal Information Institute:Â Cornell Law School effort to support free access and understanding of the laws the govern them.
Free Law Project:Â Providing access to primary legal materials, developing legal research tools, and supporting academic research on legal bodies.
Access2Justice Tech:Â Â Social enterprise improving #AccessToJustice through technology. Graphic Design, Software Development, Project Management, Document Automation & Web Development.
Suffolk Legal Innovation & Technology Lab:Â Consultancy and R+D shop focusing on legal tech and data science.
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