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LawHelp Network Session TIG Conference January 12, 2012. Agenda. Welcome and Introductions Network Highlights & Priorities for 2012 2012 Development Initiatives LawHelp probono.net LawHelp Interactive 2012 Program Initiatives and Network Support. Introductions.
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LawHelp Network Session TIG Conference January 12, 2012
Agenda • Welcome and Introductions • Network Highlights & Priorities for 2012 • 2012 Development Initiatives • LawHelp • probono.net • LawHelp Interactive • 2012 Program Initiatives and Network Support
Introductions • What’s one aspect of your statewide websites you are especially excited about? • What’s one area you want to prioritize in 2012? • Creating new content areas • Integrating new technology • Expanding outreach and marketing • Other ideas?
2012 Development - LawHelp • LawHelp Rebuild rollout & adoption • LawHelp mobile platform • LawHelp-LHI content widgets • GA self-help mini-portal • MN library satellite sites • National LawHelp.org/espanol • API and content-sharing
LawHelp Rebuild Rollout & Adoption • Rollout underway! • Groups 5 & 6 admin training next week • All states launched by end of Q1 • Starter translation sets available for Spanish mirror and Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Russian mini-portals • Q2 releases: expanded admin roles, internal site reports and tickler system
LawHelp mobile platform • 2010 TIG grant to Montana Legal Services Association • Project partners: Colorado Legal Services, Northwest Justice Project and Pro Bono Net • Goal: Increase access to LawHelp's self-help and referral information for the growing number of people accessing the Internet through mobile devices • Available to all LawHelp states after pilot stage in MT this spring
LawHelp-LHI content widgets • 2011 TIG grant to Atlanta Legal Aid Society • Partners: ALAS and Nebraska Legal Services • Goal: Develop ability to integrate LHI interviews into statewide websites and other contexts for more seamless user experience.
GA self-help mini-portal • 2010 TIG to Atlanta Legal Aid Society - Partners: Fulton County courts, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers and PBN • Goals: • Create multimedia consumer materials and A2J interviews for court self-help centers • Develop LegalAid-GA.org mini-portals for use on court public access workstations
MN Library Satellite Sites • 2010 TIG grant to Legal Aid Society of Kentucky • Partners: Central Minnesota Legal Services, Minnesota Legal Services Association and Pro Bono Net • Goal: Expand library partnerships through localized, library-specific LawHelpMN.org satellite sites • Sites will feature a curated set of local self-help and referral information • Available at public library workstations and online • Replicable by other LawHelp states after a pilot stage in MN
National LawHelp.org/espanol • 2011 TIG grant to Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York • Partners: LawHelp.org/NY and Pro Bono Net • Goal: Increase awareness of and access to legal aid online resources and services for Spanish-speaking LEP clients nationally and in New York State
National LawHelp.org/espanol • Create a Spanish version of LawHelp.org national homepage with links to state mirror sites and Spanish content • Develop 10 nationally-relevant online guides in English and Spanish to help clients understand the legal system and their language access rights • Launch LiveHelp assistance on LawHelp.org/espanol
AR Ntl Content Sharing • 2009 grant to Center for Arkansas Legal Services • Partners: Arkansas Legal Services Partnership and Pro Bono Net • Goal: To share public content resources with centralized ShareLaw.org website for all website coordinators, and to share content more easily within the probono.net system. • Will use LawHelp API to share content to ShareLaw. • Can set-up pilot accounts now for interested states. • Beginning of Q2 rollout of changes to probono.net.
2011-12 Development – probono.net • Enhanced new cases application (done) • Calendar and cases widgets • FloridaProbono.org custom design • Enhanced content personalization • MA statewide pro bono website
Enhanced new cases application • Funded by ProJusticeMN and probono.net/NY partners • Site members can now subscribe to email alerts for new case notifications by county or topic • New workflow for members to view the status of cases and review, accept and close case listings online. • Tools for PAI coordinators to track placement status
Calendar and cases widgets • Funded by 2010 TIG grant to Mississippi Center for Legal Services • Partners: Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project and Pro Bono Net • Goal: Increase awareness of and access to pro bono training and case information statewide • “Widgetize” the probono.net calendar and cases widgets for easy embedding on partner sites
Calendar and cases widgets User view of widget generator Admin view of widget controls
Enhanced content personalization • 2011 TIG grant to Central California Legal Services • Partners: OneJustice, LAAC and Pro Bono Net • Goal: Expand pro bono participation in CA’s rural Central Valley • Enhance member reporting and content personalization by area of interest • Rollout in Q2 2012
MA Statewide Website • TIG 2011 grant to Volunteers Lawyers Project at the Boston Bar Association • Goal: To build a new statewide website for Massachusetts on probono.net. • Enhancements include: • New clinics/projects tool • Single sign-on • Email resources to admin inbox for approval
Minnesota E-filing pilot • 20111 TIG grant to Central Minnesota Legal Services • Partners: MN Legal Services Coalition, Hennepin County Self Help Center • Goals: To develop an e-filing interface for SRLs that will enable those filing for Domestic Violence protection and Civil Harassment to create the forms and then e-file them via LHI. • The two forms will be automated and modified to allow for e-filing with the court’s e-filing vendor system. • The pilot will be limited to two forms and to users of the self help center in Hennepin County.
CitizenshipWorks LHI Initiative • Funded by the Knight Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation • Partners: Immigration Advocates Network and New American Citizenship Coalition (NACC) • Host two Citizenship A2J templates - the N-400 form and a self screening tool. • Develop capacity to support large group clinics via LHI - Q1 2012 • Support for API content (Mandarin and Vietnamese) on LHI and A2J Author. • Enhance the reporting infrastructure of LHI for evaluation purposes.
2012 PBN Program Initiatives National marketing support: • ALM regional marketing partnership • PA, DC, TX, GA, FL • LawHelp redesign marketing support • National LawHelp.org library training initiative • 4 webinars • National marketing pieces in English and Spanish • State networking and outreach support
2012 PBN Program Initiatives • Community Training series with LSNTAP • LawHelp and probono.net admin trainings • LiveHelp replication and expansion support
Thank you! Liz Keith – lkeith@probono.net Allison McDermott– amcdermott@probono.net Jillian Theil – jtheil@probono.net Jim Wiegand – jwiegand@probono.net