‘Hackcess to Justice’ teams will devise new tech to improve access to justice

As the ABA Annual Meeting gets underway in Boston, teams of law students, lawyers, and computer programmers will be gathering at nearby Suffolk University Law School to help solve a problem that continues to vex many in the legal community: While advances in technology have helped increase the availability of…

Aug 5, 2014 8:00 PM CDT

How can we apply New Normal principles to increase access to justice?

Before law school, I worked for Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Democratic senator from New York. That job exposed me to a lot of interesting experiences, none perhaps more so than in the winter of 1980-1981, after Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter and took office as President. The initial days of…

May 8, 2014 5:14 PM CDT

Aggressive action—not tinkering—is required to resolve the access to justice crisis

There is a deep access-to-justice crisis in this country—but the legal profession gets a failing grade for its response to it. Consider this: • More than 61 million people eligible to receive legal aid—for such fundamentally important matters as avoiding the foreclosure of their homes or losing parental rights—are not…

Feb 6, 2014 3:00 PM CST

Access-to-Justice Hackathon: Call for ideas

The ABA Journal and Suffolk University Law School are planning to host a “hackathon” in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting this Aug. 7-12 in Boston. There’s been no formal theme selected. But there’s a general consensus that the project should further access-to-justice efforts in some way. During the hackathon,…

Feb 5, 2014 10:03 PM CST

Should small firms be the ones to close the access-to-justice gap? | How to be a great local counsel

Corrected: Last week, the New York City Bar Association announced some new pilot programs: a New Lawyer Institute, which would offer a yearlong comprehensive CLE curriculum for 2014 law grads, and a law firm incubator that would “enable new lawyers to address the unmet civil legal needs of the middle…

Nov 22, 2013 2:30 PM CST

Best way to boost access to justice? Change ethics rules, ‘13 Legal Rebel Renee Knake says

Making New Lawyers

Aug 28, 2013 5:00 PM CDT

ABA commission promotes access to civil justice with grants to five groups

Citing a goal of expanding access to civil justice, an ABA commission has announced grants to courts and legal groups in five states. The money would promote Access to Justice Commissions in states where they do not exist, according to a press release. Twenty-seven states and Washington, D.C., already have…

Mar 21, 2013 1:55 PM CDT

Stepping Up for the Underserved: Lawyers’ Pro Bono Is Key to Providing Equal Access to Justice

Nov 1, 2012 9:40 AM CDT

LSC to Grant $3.4M for Technology to Improve Access to Justice

Updated: The Legal Services Corporation announced this week that it will grant more than $3.4 million to organizations looking to improve Web-based resources for low-income Americans. The money to 43 organizations in 25 states is meant to be used to enhance pro bono, expand websites for veterans and for disaster…

Sep 28, 2012 10:42 AM CDT

Talking 2012 & Beyond: Techshow Highlights Access to Justice, Ben Stein and Zombies

Jun 1, 2012 7:40 AM CDT

Stephen Zack to Chair Access to Justice Center

Jun 1, 2012 6:30 AM CDT

Former ABA President Zack to Lead Access to Justice Group; ‘Justice Index’ Among Its Projects

Immediate-past ABA President Stephen N. Zack will continue to promote access to justice as the new chairman of a national advocacy group. Zack has been named chairman of the National Center for Access to Justice, a nonpartisan advocacy group based at Cardozo Law School in New York City, according to…

May 7, 2012 3:26 PM CDT

Greater Access to Justice, Not Wall Street, Will Solve US Problems, Ben Stein Says in Keynote

ABA Techshow keynote speaker Ben Stein applauded technological advances that enable U.S. (and Canadian) lawyers to increase access to justice for their fellow citizens in a Friday session titled “The Life of Law is Not Logic But Experience.” Referring to the Constitution and the legal system it fosters as “the…

Mar 30, 2012 8:20 PM CDT

New Commission Aims to Improve Access to Justice for Fast-Growing Hispanic Population

The ABA’s new Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities will look at how to improve access to the justice system for Hispanics but also at how to bring a deeper understanding of the culture of the rule of law to the nation’s biggest and fastest growing minority population, ABA…

Oct 14, 2010 3:34 PM CDT