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National Center for State Courts Strategic Campaign Prioritizes Access to Justice and Sets Rules Simplification as Objective
This is great news. The National Center for State Courts Board has just approved its Strategic Campaign for 2013-2016, and, under the title Solutions for Enhancing Access to Justice for All, it includes as one of its four key elements … Continue reading
Posted in Rules Reform, Simplification, Systematic Change
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Randomized Studies Gain an Ally
We do not usually track electoral politics on this blog, except when it directly impacts access to justice. But this piece from Politico is irresistible in its description, by a Republican consultant, of how the Democrats used the scientific method … Continue reading
Posted in Research and Evalation, Systematic Change, Technology
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Will the Sequester Kill Innovation — and How to Prevent That
While the sequester will do a lot of short damage — for example the loss of $29 million or so in legal aid funding, the real risk is to the culture of innovation. To the extent that managers in courts … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Systematic Change
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JOLT Publishes Additinal LSC Tech Summit Papers Online
More papers from the LSC Summit on Technology and Access to Justice have now been posted online by Harvard’s Journal of Law and Technology, adding to those already published in the journal itself. The papers are: Summit on the Use … Continue reading
Posted in LSC, Self-Help Services, Systematic Change, Technology, Unbundling
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California Bar Explores Joining Movement for Non-Lawyer Practice
Another straw in a gathering wind. This article in the California Bar Journal reports on the Bar’s Board’s exploring the possibility of limited practice professionals: The State Bar Board of Trustees has expressed interest in examining a limited-practice licensing program … Continue reading
Posted in Attorney-Client, Legal Ethics, Systematic Change
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Senate Confirms New SJI Board Member
This is great news. Early in January, the Senate confirmed New York Court of Appeals Judge Jonathan Lippman as a member of the State Justice Institute Board. Readers of this blog do not need to be reminded of CJ Lippman’s … Continue reading
Posted in Court Management, Funding, Systematic Change
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JOLT Publishes Some of the Technology Summit Papers Highlighing Extent of Consensus
Harvard’s Journal of Legal Technology has now published some of the papers from the first LSC technology summit in a single integrated article, the table of contents of which appears below. Triage and Mobile survive directly on the list of … Continue reading
Posted in LSC, Systematic Change, Technology
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“Sorting-Hat” Triage Article Now Posted
My article on triage, titled The Access to Justice “Sorting Hat” — Towards a System of Triage and Intake that Maximizes Access and Outcomes, 89 Denv. U. L. Rev. 859 (2012), is now online at the above link. I very … Continue reading
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Some Reflections on a Foundational Access to Justice Technology Summit.
While LSC will in the future be releasing a full Report from this week’s Access to Justice Technology Summit, I thought it appropriate to share some of my own personal impressions and hopes. It was a powerful event, with a … Continue reading
Posted in LSC, Systematic Change, Technology
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Boston Globe Does “Ideas” Piece on Randomized Studies of Legal Aid
The Boston Globe has just run a valuable and sensible piece on the Greiner et al randomized studies. The headline sums it up: Free legal advice—but does it work?. The article will be very helpful in showing the value of … Continue reading
Non-Lawyer Practice Idea Featured on CNN Website
Professor Gillian Hadfield, who recently testified at one of the New York Access Hearings about non-lawer practice, has an important opinion piece on the CNN Website. She proves the total inadequacy of current access approaches, concluding that we simply have … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Ethics, Non-Lawyer Practice, Systematic Change
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Canadian Court Rules Subcommittee Report Advocates Review of Rules from Point of View of the Self-Represented
The Canadian Federal Court Rules Committee Subcommittee on Global Review of the Federal Courts Rules makes an interesting recommendation: The Rules Committee should assess all existing rules from the standpoint of access to justice, particularly by self-represented parties, with a … Continue reading
Court Simplification Working Paper from SRLN
The Self-Represented Litigation Network has completed its Working Paper titled Towards Simplification. The document, more a road-map than a proposal, outlines seven principles for simplification, six approaches, four barriers and political issues, and nine possible strategies. The document is here. … Continue reading
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Two Perspectives on Standardization and Efficiency, and a Suggested Synthesis
A recent New Yorker article talks about possible lessons for the health care system from the highly efficient production and management system of middle range chain restaurants like Cheesecake Factory. To show me how a Cheesecake Factory works, [the host] … Continue reading
Judicature Article on Broad Strategic Impact of Turner v. Rogers
I am proud that Judicature has just published my new article on Turner v. Rogers: The Implications for Access to Justice Strategies. The article is aimed at courts, the bar, legal aid programs, and access to justice Commissions, with the … Continue reading
