I thoroughly recommend SRLN’s recently launched Access to Justice Twitter Trends.
Originally developed for SRLN Working Group members, the weekly listing is now available to all through the new SRLN website (itself massively redesigned from the old one.)
Based on constant monitoring of Twitter and key sources, the weekly listing, in my opinion, is particularly useful for highlighting developments that the ATJ community, through our tweeting behavior, has already identified as of particular interest to all of us.
Looking through a week’s listing shows the huge range of innovative things happening. I used to think that I heard of, and was hopefully able to blog about, most of the important things happening. I no longer have that delusion, or even that goal!
Here, for example, is the most recent listing:
- Watch experts predict future technology and the potential changes to the delivery of legal services: http://vimeo.com/155984071
- New Mexico Governor Again Vetoes Bill to Improve Court Interpreter Serviceshttp://disq.us/9c057d
- Justice Dept. Condemns Profit-Minded Court Policies Targeting the Poor- NYTimes:http://nyti.ms/1XpIf9h
- Changing Fed Rules of Civil Procedure: http://bit.ly/1Xf4KNX
- New DOJ resources support reform of fines and fees practices: http://1.usa.gov/1MkgHfm
- Boston Displacement Mapping Project uses GIS/data to map story of no-fault evictions:http://bit.ly/1RiuJj6
- A look at what is going on with access to justice in Canada: http://bit.ly/1RLJhbx
- DOJ Dear Colleague Letter on Fines and Forfeiture is Another Game Changer via Richard Zorza: https://accesstojustice.net/2016/03/14/doj-dear-colleague-letter-on-fines……
- User centric design ideas to keep in mind when developing mobile legal apps:http://bit.ly/1YVQb3m
- Montana Supreme Court Justice Beth Baker’s Billings Gazette Op-Ed on closing the justice gap: http://bit.ly/1YSiGyT
- An up-to-date list of court e-filing fees from NCSC: http://bit.ly/1pnPEL9
- Video from the IAALS Summit in February: http://bit.ly/1pnPBin
- UK lawyers express concern in response to online court proposal: http://bit.ly/1TNPaei
- Court Challenges Program may launch again in Canada, pushing for language access:http://bit.ly/21r3WGT
- What’s new in access to justice in Mississippi: http://eepurl.com/bTZPh5
- On crowdsourcing access to justice solutions: http://bit.ly/21wY0fx
- College senior maps legal help need in Arkansas: http://bit.ly/1Pe1ext
- How can everyone get fair access to the law? From the BBC: http://ow.ly/ZmFZo.
- Jim Sandman’s Comment on the Nomination of Judge Garland and Access to Justice via Richard Zorza: http://bit.ly/1psvqzV
- Sense of Access to Justice as a Framework for Justice Reform – from the Access to Justice Research Network – http://bit.ly/sense-of-justice …
- Judge challenges government over legal representation for vulnerable peoplehttp://gu.com/p/4hedb/stw
- A look at the need for civil legal help on Native American reservations: http://bit.ly/1XzZyUW
- Delaware courts launch new mobile friendly site, the future of expanding #A2J with most seeking legal help on phones: Link.
- This NY Courts video is a great example of what all states should offer:https://youtu.be/_34J99kKwDY
Congratulations to SRLN, and indeed all who are creating and telling the story of this movement.
Of course, you can also get much of this through the SRLN Twitter feed, which is accessible on the SRLN website (bottom left).
This is a helpful list, but it’s difficult to remember to come back to the website every week to look for a new update. Has there been any thought of setting up a listserv for people to receive this particular update? Or is it already emailed to some SRLN list?
Thanks for this and thanks for everything you post! I so much appreciate your keeping your eye on this vital information.