Into the Tornado,Reaching for 100%

Ron StaudtChicago-Kent College of Law

Massive need for legal services--unmet

◦80% of the civil legal needs of the poor unmet.◦LSC agencies take 1 million cases and turn away 1 million.

◦70-75% of the civil legal needs of middle class unmet.

LSC Technology Initiative Grants

Successes- 2000-2014echnology Innovation GrantsStatewide Web Sites

Internet platforms for innovation in every state

LHI-National Automated Document Server220,000 automated interviews served in 1st ¼ 2014,3000 Hot Docs templates, 1000 A2J Guided Interviews

A2J Author2,500,000 LHI uses and counting

What is A2J Author?

An online tool from Chicago-Kent & CALI to build graphical interfaces for low-income, self-represented individuals.

A2J Author Gathers DataAuthoring tool in the Cloud End User A2J Guided Interview

“Learn More” bubbles, definition pop-ups, audio, graphic and video capabilities.

A2J Author “just in time” Learning

Uses for A2J Author

DocumentAssembly

Online IntakeBenefitsEligibility Screen & Calculators

E-FilingTriage

Stand-AloneInfo Guides

2,524,6391,529,205

A2J Guided Interviews

A2J Author 5.0-

Cloud app &Mobile viewer!

Report of The Summit on the Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice 

“It charts a path to a futurewhere, through the smart and disciplined use of technology, the legal aid community can provide some form of assistance to everyone with a significant civil legal problem – and not have to turn people away with nothing.”

LSC President James J. Sandman:

LSC Technology Summit- Strategies to Reach 100%

1. A unified “legal portal” in each state 2. Sophisticated document assembly applications3. Mobile technologies 4. Business process/analysis 5. Expert systems

NEW in 2014—Pro Bono Competitive Challenge Grants to Use Technology to Support Pro Bono Programs

Statewide pro bono platforms “virtual one-stop-shops,” for volunteer lawyers

1. coordinate work on cases2. obtain training on line3. access case management tools, and4. deliver services to clients online

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2014 LSC Pro Bono Initiative-

Grantees’ Innovations •Statewide networks

•On demand CLE training

•Live Chat, Virtual Clinics and Flying Squads

•ILAO online pro bono recruitment, online intake, on demand learning modules

•Customized virtual law firm platform and video conferencing

•Veterans’ Hotline and Pro Bono Resources Center

•Online meeting and document sharing

A Grand Convergence: Web Portals for Justice

StatewideWebsite: Content

Triage and Referral

Self Help Using A2J Author &

Smart Documents

Legal Aid Staff

Lawyers

ProBono Lawyers

Law School and Bar

IncubatorsCourts and

Agencies

Web search for legal

help- Google?

Into the Tornado?Reaching for 100%

• LSC Summit on the Use of Technology & LSC Pro Bono Initiative

• ABA Justice Initiatives aimed at the latent market• Legal Access Job Corps• ABA Blueprints Project and Law School Incubator Movement• ABA President Hubbard’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services

• Courts, Law Schools, State and Local Bar AssociationsIOLTA, Lawyer Referral…

• Private sector innovations and investment

StatewideWebsite: Content

Triage and Referral

Self Help Using

A2J Author & Smart

Documents

Legal Aid Staff

Lawyers

ProBono Lawyers

Law School and Bar

Incubators

Courts and

Agencies

CASH

Modest Means Panels

Lawyer Referral Services

eLawyering Platforms

Legal Aid Private Practice

LEADSLEADS

Web search for

legal help-

Google?