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Great New Jane Austen “Quote” in Article on Vermont Access Coalition Activities
Justice Denise Johnson sits on the Vermont Supreme Court and Chairs the state Access to Justice Coalition. She has written a fine article in the Vermont Bar Journal, about that Coalition’s admirable and comprehensive activities. Well worth a read for … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice Boards, Access to Justice Generally, Legal Aid, Pro Bono, Self-Help Services, Triage
Tagged Jane Austen
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LSC’s Sandman on Innovative Pro Bono Ideas Including Technology
The Pro Bono Institute has posted a nice video on YouTube of LSC President Jim Sandman talking about pro bono. Particularly useful are his suggestions (which should carry a lot of weight with managing partners at large firms — after … Continue reading
Posted in Pro Bono, Technology
Tagged Marketing
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Nice Introductory Video on Texas Court Processes for the Self-Represented
This is a great model introduction to court processes now up on YouTube, thanks to the Texas Access to Justice Commission, the Lubbock County Bar, and Texas Legal Services Center. Here it is: Note the nice job they do promiting … Continue reading
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Bureau of Justice Assistance Has New Confirmed Director, Denise O’Donnell from New York
I missed this. The Bureau of Justice Assistance’s new Director Denise O’Donnell, was confined by the Senate in late May. Given BJA’s critical role in federal grants to the justice system, this is an important appointment. Here is a list … Continue reading
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Commission on Uniform Laws Issues Uniform Act for Autheniciation of Online State Legal Material
The Commission on Uniform Laws has approved a Uniform Law designed to standardize the authentication of online state legal materials. Here is some of their press release. July 12, 2011 — A new act approved today by a national law … Continue reading
Nice Resource Center for Publc Libraries as Access Point
In another of the ongoing follow-ups to last year’s Public Libraries and Access to Justice Conference, the Newton Mass public Library has launched its Legal Resources Self Help Center. Intended for the public library user and nonlaw librarian, this Legal … Continue reading
Might This be an Opportunity to Get Legal Information into Health Centers?
HHS Announces: HHS and The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology introduce new Investing in Innovations (i2) Initiative Could we use this initiative as a way to get medical legal information into public health clinics, hospital waiting … Continue reading
Richard Moorhead asks: “Hackgate, Where Were The Lawyers?”
Richard Moorhead nails it again in his blog: US scandals (Watergate, Savings and Loan, Enron and latterly Lehman) have tended to prompt the question: where were the lawyers? Indeed, Watergate is widely credited with being the first crisis to prompt … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Ethics
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Study of Broad Benefits of Health Insurance for Poor
Thursday’s NYT has a very important article on the broad benefits of Medicaid for the poor. What happened was this. Oregon had some spare Medicaid money, but it was only enough for 10,000 people. So they allocated the slots at … Continue reading
Posted in Medical System Comparision, Research and Evalation
Tagged Health, Medicaid
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When Is A Website Practicing Law? Provocative Post By Richard Granat
Richard Granat has a very interesting and reflective post on the e-lawyering blog on the question of when a website is practicing law. (No surprise, Richard is a pioneer who is always thinking ahead.) As the title “Is LegalZoom Just … Continue reading
Posted in Legal Ethics, Technology
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DOJ Grant Information Page — With E-mail Updating Notification Available
Special thanks to the DOJ Access Initative for its Grants Information Page, bringing together informtion about a wide range of Federal grants, including many that would not normally get the attention of access advocates. For example as of his date, … Continue reading
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Making Mobile Gov Project
The US government has a project dedicated to helping government make full use of mobile technologies. As the site says: We are starting by helping you discover information and make the case for mobile in your agency. Next, we want … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Technology, Technology
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CALI Confernce for Law School Computing Posts its Sessions Online
This is an impressive set of online materals (video and often ptts too) for a total of about 50 sessions. Some titles: Competing with Facebook The Future (of Web Development) is Now: Key Features of HTML5 that are Ready for … Continue reading
Posted in Law Schools, Technology
Tagged CALI
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Montana Supreme Court Commission On Self-Represented Litigants Wins Case on Use of Its Copyrighted Forms
It’s a default judgment, but significant nonetheless. The Montana Supreme Court Commission On Self-Represented Litigants won a case about improper use of its forms by a commercial organization called “Legal Aid Administration, LLC”, (described in the complaint as a “limited … Continue reading
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Lawyer Surplus in the US — Action By Law Schools For New Delivery Models Long Overdue
The New York Tines Economix blog collects data on the lawyer surplus. Key scary statistic: “In fact, across the country, there were twice as many people who passed the bar in 2009 (53,508) as there were openings (26,239)” The post … Continue reading
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