Justice and Technology Clinic- A New Model for Delivery John Mayer CALI Ronald W. Staudt
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Justice and Technology Clinic-A New Model for Delivery
John MayerCALI
Ronald W. StaudtChicago-Kent College of LawCenter for Access to Justice & Technology
APPS 4 JUSTICE
Two Access to Justice Successes!
LSC: TIG grants deliver tools to unrepresented.
CLEPR delivers law student services to unrepresented.
2000- 2010 1968-1978
CLEPR = Council on Legal Education and Professional
Responsibility
Need for Legal Services
Legal Services Corporation funded agencies complete 1,000,000 cases each year
Still:
50% of those seeking legal help at these agencies are turned away
80% of the poor and working poor in the United States do not have access to legal
services
Steady rise in self representation in U.S. courts
Significant increases in self representation in CA divorce cases
In 2009 in Chicago, creditor cases tripled,
“Therefore, you could say pro se cases have tripled!”
Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants: A Consumer Based Approach Research (1999-2001)
SJI grant number: SJI-00-N-248 and other funding partners Prototype Development (2001 – 2003)
The Joint Simplified Dissolution of Marriage Prototype A2J Author™ (2004…ongoing)
A factory to produce web-based Guided Interviews SJI grant numbers:
SJI-04-N-121 & SJI-04-N-121-C06-1 LSC Technology Initiative Grants:
TIG#60661 (2006): Partners - Legal Aid of Western New York, Pro Bono Net, and Center for Computer Aided Legal Instruction
TIG#07538 etc (2007-2009) : Partners - Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. and Center for Computer Aided Legal Instruction
A Consumer Based Approach: Research
• Identify the major barriers to access to justice by litigants without lawyers• Ethnographic research in 5 courts,
California, Delaware, Colorado & Illinois
• Employ the latest in system design methodology to redesign the process
• Design Factors, Function Structure, Information Structure, Solution Elements, System Structure
The Prototype: Joint Simplified Dissolution of Marriage
The Prototype: Joint Simplified Dissolution of Marriage
Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants: A Consumer Based Approach Prototype Lessons Learned:
The Interface works!
Custom development requires expensive technical expertise
Solution
A graphical user interface designed by Chicago-Kent and CALI for low-income, self-represented individuals
What is A2J Author?
Guided Interviews
Intelligent document templates
A2J Author™: Document assembly front-end & more
Document Assembly
Petition for a Protection Order
Petition for a Protection Order
Typical A2J Interview on IllinoisLegalAid.org
Connects to National Server - LawHelpInteractive.org
Completed Documents Delivered to Local Computer
A2J Author Activity-Legal Services & Courts, 2000- 2010
32 States & 4 countries500 A2J Guided Interviews
500,000 Court Documents
Petition for a Protection Order
Petition for a Protection Order
Two Access to Justice Successes!
LSC: TIG grants deliver tools to unrepresented.
CLEPR delivers law student services to unrepresented.
2000- 2010 1968-1978
CLEPR Helps Establish U.S.Clinical Education 1968-1978
Annual hours of law student legal services- in millions/year
1968 1978
Apps 4 Justice Clinics
Powerful educational punch.
Increase access to justice.
Legal Aid - New A2J Guided Interviews• Guardianship petition• Expungement complaint• Wage theft IDOL claim
etc.
Law Students -• Field observation/help desk• Scope document• Research memo• Storyboard• A2J Guided Interview &
HotDocs template
Justice & Technology Practicum2010-2011
Why Apps 4 Justice clinics deliver powerful education:Deep dive into law, procedure &
heuristics
Exposure to policy/ethical issues raised by legal services delivery and technology
Key competencies for emerging law practice (elawyering, unbundling, web2.0 & “cloud practice”)
Proposed National Initiative:Apps 4 Justice Clinics: 2012-14 Course materials and
distance tools on CALI & Google
5 clinic pilots with LSC
Matching students to projects
Marketing, evaluation and plan for growth
Will Produce
ROI— Virtuous Circle
Skills & Core Competencies
A2J Guided
Interviews &
Templates
Access to Justice
A4J Clinical courses
Apps 4 JusticeLearning Law by Building Software
April 15, 2011
Justice and Technology Clinic-A New Model for Delivery
Justice and Technology Clinic-A New Model for Delivery
John MayerCALI
Ronald W. StaudtChicago-Kent College of LawCenter for Access to Justice & Technology
APPS 4 JUSTICE