With funding from the Legal Services Corporation Technology Assistance Grants, Pro Bono Net is organizing its first online developer training for the online legal services and court document assembly community. This five week series will start on 9/9/2014 and will end on 10/7/2014. Each two hour session will teach basic A2J Author and HotDocs
Is the LawHelp Interactive Rebuild essentially a Wedding?
LawHelp Interactive (LHI) is a Pro Bono Net program that helps poverty law and court access-to-justice programs implement online document assembly projects. Blue Ridge Legal Services and Pro Bono Net are rebuilding the technical infrastructure of LHI to make sure that it remains a sustainable, scalable national solution for the extensive development and use of
LSI and PBN: Creating Access with Sponsorships
Whenever I present on language access issues there is always a question of how to provide information to website users who have limited English proficiency (LEP). Because my focus is providing support for the LawHelp.org community, these discussions may range from how best to present information to making content mobile accessible to reaching out to
3 Exciting Highlights from the 2014 LHI Tech Summit and for the Year Ahead!
At the beginning of February, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP hosted the 2014 LawHelp Interactive Technology Summit in their New York office. The summit was organized with generous support from the Legal Services Corporation.
The 2014 LHI Tech Summit was yet another success!
As always, the summit is a wonderful opportunity to catch
Funding Opportunities for Tech-Enabled Access to Justice Partnerships
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) released its TIG Letter of Intent (LOI) invitations last week. This year the priorities are very focused and closely aligned with the Technology Summit Report of 2013.
This year the total amount of funds available to Legal Services grantees is $3.45 Million. There are two main categories: 1) innovation
In South Carolina, LHI Increases Efficiency and Access to Justice in Child Support Cases
The Problem
In the weak recovery from the worst recession in nearly a century, many South Carolinians have found it increasingly difficult to make their child support payments and have sought modifications to reduce their burden. One study reported that 79% of non-custodial parents in South Carolina who are unable to pay court-mandated child support
Tech Pilot in Bronx Family Court Dramatically Increases Court Efficiency
In Bronx Family Court, Pro Bono Net’s LawHelp Interactive forms are a central component of an innovative e-filing project that has dramatically increased the court’s efficiency. The new pilot project is a paradigmatic example of technology’s capacity to increase access to justice, streamline court processes, and create a better and friendlier litigant experience.
Traditionally, when
Limited English Proficiency Complaint Resource Center: A New Tool to Help Advocates Create Title VI Language Access Complaints
By Claudia Johnson and Katie Brement
Almost 50 years ago, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities and women. The passage of the Act marked a new beginning for our society based on equality.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 exists
LSNTAP Webinar: Online Resources and Innovative Technology to Assist the Unrepresented
Patrick Reynolds, the 2013 Pro Bono Net and Montana Legal Services Association 2013 AmeriCorps VISTA, reports on the September 11th, 2013 LSNTAP webinar on the use of technology to help unrepresented litigants. More of Patrick’s posts are available here.
The LSNTAP Webinar occurred on Wednesday September 11th and featured 4 presenters. After an
Tackling Resource Access Together at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference
by Xander Karsten and Jillian Theil
As part of our work with Pro Bono Net, we frequently attend conferences, which offer us the opportunity to connect with colleagues as well as learn and share trending topics, information and new tools. This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference
From L-R: Michael Smolens, Matthew Burnett,