A Blueprint for Expanding Access to Justice in Los Angeles Superior Court’s Eviction Docket: This Stanford Law School policy brief outlines actionable strategies to improve access and equity in eviction proceedings in LA County, offering data-driven insights and recommendations for court and policy reform.

Achieving Civil Justice: A Framework for Collaboration: This report, from the Making Justice Accessible Initiative, focuses on efforts to close the civil justice gap developed with legal professionals, scholars, and community leaders. It offers an overview of opportunities to increase access to justice for all Americans. As part of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Project, Justice: Legal Services for the 21st Century.

No lawyer? No problem. Courtroom5 wins cases for the unrepresented: Dr. Sonja Ebron, co-founder of Courtroom5 and one of the founding members of JTA, is featured alongside her business partner, Dr. Debra Slone, in this spotlight by Google for Startups. Together, they’re using technology to empower self-represented litigants and close the justice gap in civil courts – bringing people-centered innovation to a system built for lawyers, not the public.

Unlocking Legal Regulation: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future: Institute for the Advancements of the American Legal System synthesizes 12 recommendations covering topics including key stakeholders, program structure and requirements, messaging, research and data, and more.

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.

From Founded to Funded: Challenges & Visions for Justice Tech:  Duke University Center on Law & Tech comprehensive report on current barriers, necessary support, and potential for impact of existing justice tech companies.

Towards Human-Centered Standards for Legal Help AI: Guidelines for companies and policymakers to prioritize community perspectives as they design AI technology and policies.

Innovative Approaches to Justice Services: Transforming Systems through Innovation4Justice:  Regulatory reform and research emerging from i4J’s efforts and resources from other organizations.

 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:  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:  Legal Services Corporation assessment on the current state of the US access to justice crisis.

Justice-as-a-Platform: MIT Report:  Report on uses of legal technology to solve access to justice issues.

How Courts Embraced Technology, Met the Pandemic Challenge, and Revolutionized Their Operations:  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:  Article setting forth options to digitize US courts.

Justice Tech for All: How Technology Can Ethically Disrupt the US Justice System:  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:  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:  Case study on legal technologies for use by non-lawyers, including list of available technologies.

Technology for Legal Empowerment: A Global Review:  Report reviewing non-lawyer technology and highlighting programs already in use.

Building a Business Case for Access to Justice:  OECD report reviewing issues and limitations to access to justice.

Innovating Justice: Needed and Possible:  HiiL report on unmet justice needs, potential for innovation, investment, and promising innovation projects.

LSC 2017 Justice Gap Report:  Report analyzing gaps in justice in civil matters with people representing themselves.

How People Understand and Interact with the Law:  Overview of civil legal problems, rights surrounding them, and solutions.