Category Archives: digital information

Technology tactical and strategic in the service of access to justice

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Technology’s role in access to justice makes a fertile topic for an academic conference. Certainly, that is the lesson from  ‘The Future of Law: Technology, Innovation and Access to Justice’ organised jointly by the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. The topic encourages a nice mixture of an international approach, … Continue reading Technology tactical and strategic in the service of access to justice →

Solicitors pro bono charity in Anglo-American collaboration  

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Martin Barnes  LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group), with the support of Deloitte UK, is developing a new online pro bono service to improve access to justice through technology. In an example of international co-operation, it is doing this through a product developed in the United States.  The service, complementing existing services and sources of … Continue reading Solicitors pro bono charity in Anglo-American collaboration   →

Activists Speaking 1: Terry’s Story – Terry Stokes of rightsnet

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This is the first of a series of interviews with people active in the field of the digital delivery of legal services to poor people.  I am the CEO of Lasa. The name reflects our history. It did stand for London Advice Services Alliance but we have now moved on. We are a national organisation  best … Continue reading Activists Speaking 1: Terry’s Story – Terry Stokes of rightsnet →

Illinois Goes Wiki: Edit Now – going forward, looking backward

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Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO) is one of the foremost legal triage sites for low income users in the US, and thereby the world. Its website has been praised already as ‘the best in the country’ by the Legal Services Corporation’s David Bonebrake. Now the organisation has come up with an idea for both improving … Continue reading Illinois Goes Wiki: Edit Now – going forward, looking backward →

Justice Connect: Gateway to a new digital world?

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Justice Connect (JC), which recently released its Dear Landlord app assisting tenants, has now taken a step forward on a wider product: the online intake tool that is part of its wider Gateway Project. Someone at JC clearly has learned the art of the deal. Dear Landlord was a collaboration with Neota Logic and the … Continue reading Justice Connect: Gateway to a new digital world? →