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It is January. The media (legal as much as general) is full of predictions for the next year. For our purposes, let us assume that this is too short a time frame to be meaningful. For a start, much investment in access to justice comes from public funds and they are going to be in … Continue reading Five years – Five Trends: Technology and Access to Justice in 2026
1 December Africa Legal Innovation Week 2020 kicks off with opening of a four day virtual conference from Nairobi. ABA Journal publishes article by Danielle Braff on ‘What law firms and legal organisations should consider before creating their own apps’. All sensible advice on mission clarity and finance for both profit and not for profit … Continue reading From Africa Legal Innovation Week to the end of Adobe Flash: the stories of December 2020
The Law Centres Network (LCN) for England and Wales is spending this afternoon wrapping up its four day virtual conference on the theme of ‘activist lawyers’. There is just the final afternoon session; the Christmas Karaoke; the participative murder mysteries; the presentation of lifetime achievement awards and the ruminations of law centres’ favourite ex-minister Willy … Continue reading Activist Lawyers, Virtual Conferences and Setting a High Bar
Australian organisation Justice Connect has published one of the must-read reports of the year: Seeking Legal Help Online. You can consult and download it as either an executive summary or a full report. Go to the main version. It includes the summary anyway and it gives more of the sense – and importance – of … Continue reading Seeking Legal Help Online: a must-read
The International Legal Aid Group held a webinar on Covid 19, Technology and Legal Aid last week. The opening presentation formed the previous post to this blog. Four panellists added their thoughts. There was then a general Q and A session. Participants came from six continents. This is a selection of the points raised – kept … Continue reading Covid 19, Technology and Legal Aid: a global discussion