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Enhancing Access to Justice Through Technology Solutions

Explore the intersection of legal services and technology for improved access to justice, focusing on unbundling services, client empowerment, and digital efficiencies. Learn about the evolving legal landscape and innovative methods of delivery.

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Enhancing Access to Justice Through Technology Solutions

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  1. Access to Justice and TechnologyRonald W. Staudt Class 3: The Supply: Legal Services Delivery Systems for Low Income People Guest: Leslie Corbett, Chicago Bar Foundation February 12, 2003

  2. February 12 • Web exercise and paper topics due • Alan Houseman, Access to Justice Conference September 11, 2001: Civil Legal Assistance for Low-Income Persons: Looking Back and Looking Forward, LexisNexis™ 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1213  (2002) • Visit LAFMC, Cook County Advice Desk; CARPLS; Prairie State…reports 2/26 • Explore the Legal Services Corporation website: www.lsc.gov

  3. Shift to the Digital ParadigmWill Hornsby • Unmet need • Two tiers of law practice: corporate/institutional clients & personal plight lawyers • Pro se and unbundling • Inefficiencies of traditional model and digital design efficiencies

  4. Inefficiencies of traditional model and digital design efficiencies • Client developmenthttp://www.truckerlawyers.com/ • Intake and screening http://www.jacoby-and-meyers.com/form.html • Client education • Form preparation • Geographical barriers • Ongoing client communication • Dispute resolution www.squaretrade.com • Ancillary businesses

  5. What is Unbundling? • “The client is in charge of selecting one of several discrete lawyering tasks contained within the full-service package.” • Forrest Mosten

  6. Why do we care? • Access to Justice remains a serious problem in the US and “…by providing limited service representation or ‘unbundled’ services in the area of civil law [we may be able to] stretch limited ‘free’ services and make for cost services affordable to a larger segment of our society. Kim Prochnau King County Superior Court Administrator

  7. Today’s Class: Legal Services Delivery Systems for Low Income People • Alan Houseman, Access to Justice Conference September 11, 2001: Civil Legal Assistance for Low-Income Persons: Looking Back and Looking Forward, LexisNexis™ 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1213  (2002) • Leslie Corbett: Cook County Hot Line Experience • Discuss Paper topics and site visits

  8. LSC Act of 1974:Five Fundamental Objectives • continuing the "present vital legal services program"; • ensuring "equal access" to our system of justice "for individuals who seek a redress of grievances"; • providing "high quality legal assistance to those who would be otherwise unable to afford adequate legal counsel"; • keeping the legal services program "free from the influence of or use by it of political pressures," • assuring that "attorneys providing legal assistance ... have full freedom to protect the best   interests of their clients in keeping with the [ethics codes] ... and the high standards of the legal profession."

  9. New Plans/ New Methods of Delivery • Coordinated service delivery- one state system • Coordinated Advice and Brief Services • Accessible intake systems • Gateways to State CIvilwith no lawyers • TIG grants and Internet tools…

  10. Access to Justice book www.judgelink.org/a2j Charter: http://www.judgelink.org/a2j/system_design/charter.html

  11. ABA Legal Needs Studies. http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/publications/home.html http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/downloads/sclaid/legalneedstudy.pdf Will Hornsby Staff Counsel, ABA Division for Legal Services, http://www.abanet.org/legalservices, sponsor of http://www.findlegalhelp.org

  12. Sources of legal services

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