Category Archives: Technology

Lawyers Replaced by Computers — NYT Article — Lets Focus on New Capacities

Posted on March 8, 2011 by richardzorza

The NY Times article, Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software, has aroused a lot of comment, e.g. here (Strategic Legal Technology). Of course, much of the comment is about the “replacement” angle (although not the Strategic Legal Technology … Continue reading →

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Pew Study on Relationship of Perception of Community Openness to Civic Satisfaction

Posted on March 3, 2011 by richardzorza

Pew has released a nice study on the relationship of perception of community openness to civic satisfaction.  Press release here.  Study here. Gov20,govfresh blog here. From the Introduction: Those who think local government does well in sharing information are also … Continue reading →

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ABA Delivery of Legal Services Committee Poll on Finding Private Lawyers – Views of Unbundling

Posted on February 23, 2011 by richardzorza

Lots of us have been waiting for this.  The ABA Delivery Committee will soon be has now completed posting the results of its survey Perspectives on Finding Personal Legal Services on its website. Here is the actual link. Here is … Continue reading →

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E-Filing and Acess — We Need a National Campaign

Posted on February 18, 2011 by richardzorza

As more and more states explore e-filing, it is important to remember the critical relationship between e-filing and access to justice. Most state level e-filing initiatives seem to be moving more slowly than anticipated.  (NCSC very useful state links here.  … Continue reading →

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Updating of Post on Watson Jeopardy Win — Voice Recognition Not Used

Posted on February 17, 2011 by richardzorza

I have updated my recent post on the IBM Watson Jeopardy win to reflect the fact that the computer was not using voice recognition.  Obviously some of my thoughts for future implications will need to await demonstration of that integration … Continue reading →

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Implications for ATJ of IBM’s Watson’s Victory on Jeopardy

Posted on February 17, 2011 by richardzorza

Lots of coverage on IBM’s Watson’s victory on Jeopardy.  Does it mean we rethink the information/advice distinction? Much focus has been on the implications for medicine and for technical support.  (By the way, for techies interested in the configuration, here … Continue reading →

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Project Gets Pro Bono Award for Website with Full Records of Actual Innocnce Cases

Posted on February 14, 2011 by richardzorza

The law firm of Winston & Strawn recently got the Law Technology News (LTN) Award for the Most Innovative Use of Technology in a Pro Bono Project. for its web project, InnocencRecord.org, which works with the Innocence Project to post … Continue reading →

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Whose Fault When Something Goes Wrong — Blaming the User/Litigant is the Road to Stasis

Posted on February 12, 2011 by richardzorza

When something goes wrong, there’s a strong instinct to blame the litigant, the client, the website user.  A recent example is this CNN story on unintended acceleration. (Its written in term of being the drivers fault). An old friend once … Continue reading →

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New Mexico Legislative Analysis of Benefits of E-Filing

Posted on February 11, 2011 by richardzorza

There is pending in the New Mexico legislature a proposal that would have the effect of shutting down e-filing. A state legislative analyst concludes in this analysis that a shutdown would have negative financial impacts. Some points made: Courts that … Continue reading →

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LSC TIG Request for Letters of Intent

Posted on February 10, 2011 by richardzorza

The LSC TIG request for Letters of Intent is now out.  The Letters of Intent (LOI) are due Monday March 7, 2011.  This Wed Feb 16 webinar (update — now available here) on the process would be particularly helpful for … Continue reading →

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LSC to Invite Letters of Intent for TIG Grants This Coming Week of Feb 7 — Likely Due in about a Few Weeks — Some Ideas

Posted on February 5, 2011 by richardzorza

LSC has posted to LS-Tech that it plans to announce its invitation to submit letters of intent (LOI) for TIG Grants this coming week (i.e the week of Feb 7).  Last year the LOI phase was open for four weeks. … Continue reading →

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LSC Board Hears Briefing on Technology and Innovation

Posted on February 1, 2011 by richardzorza

Last Thursday, I was part of a group that briefed the LSC Board on Technology and Innovation at an open briefing prior to its formal meeting later in the week.  Incoming LSC President Jim Sandman was present, as were four … Continue reading →

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Implications of Broadband Initiative for Access to Justice — Interesting Canadian Experiment and a TIG idea

Posted on January 31, 2011 by richardzorza

Sunday’s Washington Post on rural broadband set me thinking about the need to be more creative about broadband and the justice system. When someone says medical and broadband in the same sentence, you know what to think — doctors doing … Continue reading →

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SC ATJ Commission Experiments with Animation to Make FAQs Accessible

Posted on January 29, 2011 by richardzorza

Experimenter of the day award to Robin Wheeler at the SC ATJ Commission for experimenting with online animation to distribute self-help FAQs. Here is the link to their blog with the experimental animation. Here is a direct YouTube link.  Here … Continue reading →

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This Blog Integrated with Twitter — Take a Look at the Technola Blog

Posted on January 20, 2011 by richardzorza

You can now share posts on this blog using your Twitter account.  There is a twitter button in the share area at the bottom of the post.  You only see this when you go into the full version of the … Continue reading →

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