Tag Archives: Open Society Justice Initiative

Remote Services: a must-read guide for all

Providing legal services remotely: a guide to available technologies and best practices is published by a consortium of organisations. These happen to be institutions particularly concerned with the delivery of legal aid in developing countries: DLA Piper’s New Perimeter, Open Society Justice Initiative and  the Legal Empowerment Network run by Namati. However, Covid and financial pressures … Continue reading Remote Services: a must-read guide for all

Legal Empowerment and Global Responses to Covid 19

The Covid 19 pandemic is providing a stimulus to the global legal empowerment movement. Namati, one of its leading organisations, held a webinar on Tuesday with an attendance of close to 300. This  discussed current developments in countries that included India, Argentina, North Macedonia and the Philippines. A slightly different network was involved in the … Continue reading Legal Empowerment and Global Responses to Covid 19

Technology, Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment in Developing Countries

Most talk of technology in the service of access to justice takes place in the context of countries with developed economies like the US, UK and Australia. Actually, as a matter of practice, much international talk is restricted further to anglophone countries where cross-communication is easier. But, there are increasing signs that there people and … Continue reading Technology, Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment in Developing Countries