Category Archives: Technology

Data Mining — Using Google Tools to Track Changes in Legal Needs

Posted on June 11, 2012 by richardzorza

This should make everyone sad, regardless of political affiliation.  Its a study, described in the New York Times, using Google Insights, of the relationship between racism and voting in the 2008 election. What the researcher did, brilliantly, was to use … Continue reading →

Posted in Research and Evalation, Technology | 1 Comment

Request for Blue Sky Technology and Access to Justice Ideas

Posted on May 7, 2012 by richardzorza

As you may know, the LSC Technology and Access to Justice Summit will include in one of its White Papers a “Blue Sky” paper, designed to take a far out look at how technology and access to justice can interact … Continue reading →

Posted in LSC, Systematic Change, Technology | 4 Comments

Setting Public Goals for Access Commissions: The Massachusetts Model

Posted on May 7, 2012 by richardzorza

Kudos to the Massachusetts ATJ Commission for publicly setting itself objectives that are both concrete and ambitious — and for assigning groups and individuals to be responsible for moving them forward.  I am particularly impressed that goals for working with … Continue reading →

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LSC Technology Summit Moves Forward

Posted on May 4, 2012 by richardzorza

The LSC invitational Summit on Technology and Access to Justice is moving forward.  I am involved in, and very happy with the progress.  Kudos to John Greacen, who is working as the planning consultant, with a small group.  Please note … Continue reading →

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Google Map Showing Self-Help Services in CA

Posted on May 4, 2012 by richardzorza

Check this out.  It speaks for itself, as maps always do. Lets hope that we can get a national map showing both the availability, and gaps in, self-help services.  Maybe someone can create a GIS map version of the data … Continue reading →

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Excellent Idea

Posted on April 22, 2012 by richardzorza

I pass on a great idea from Glenn Rawdon.  He suggests as a general matter that we need a Siri-like app that gets people to the right online access to justice information for their problem.  As the Apple site puts … Continue reading →

Posted in Mobile Technology, Self-Help Services, Technology | 1 Comment

Tennessee Offers to Share Pro Bono Attorney Software That Screens and Links Those with Questions to the Atty

Posted on April 14, 2012 by richardzorza

This from Buck Lewis, Chair of the Tennessee Access to Justice Commission: After three years of planning and over a year of operation, I am pleased to tell you that Tennessee is operating a successful online pro bono web site … Continue reading →

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LSC Intake Rules– LSC Asks for Comment on Proposed Program Letter

Posted on March 27, 2012 by richardzorza

LSC has posted for requested comment a proposed Program Letter on “Financial Eligibility Screening Guidelines.”  The whole draft is here.  Comments are due April 25. Here is the body of the proposed Program Letter (footnotes omitted):

Posted in Access to Justice Generally, Legal Aid, LSC, Technology, Triage | 2 Comments

Online State Codes Project Passes Milestone — First State, Virginia, Now In Public Beta

Posted on March 23, 2012 by richardzorza

This is a nice idea. Here is the idea, from their website: State codes are wretched. Seriously, look at a few: California’s, New York’s, Illinois’, and Texas’ are all good examples of how stunningly difficult that it is to understand … Continue reading →

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Texting for Citizenship

Posted on March 7, 2012 by richardzorza

CitizenshipWorks has a new text app out. Just text “citizenship” (“ciudadania” in Spanish) to 877877 and receive the location and contact information of nearby legal services providers as well as information about the naturalization process. Nice.  

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Free LSC Webinar on TIG Programs and Language Access, Wed March 14

Posted on March 6, 2012 by richardzorza

Here is part of the announcement: On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) LSC will host “Language Access and LSC’s TIG Program: Legal Aid and Court Collaborations.” LSC is offering this webinar to help legal services providers better … Continue reading →

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A New Cut at Triage Principles

Posted on February 28, 2012 by richardzorza

A few weeks ago, I bogged on some principles for triage that had come out of a meeting at the TIG conference. Since then I have elaborated and expanded them, including expanded their scope to include triage conducted to determine … Continue reading →

Posted in Court Management, Technology, Transparency, Triage | 3 Comments

Claudia Johnson On Ideas for the 2012 TIG Round

Posted on February 22, 2012 by richardzorza

The Legal Services Corporation has made available their Letter of Intent Request for this cycle of TIG grants. The letters are due 3/12/2012. More information can be found here. The areas of interest are 4 this year: a) using mobile … Continue reading →

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Google Glasses — and Implcations for the Justice System

Posted on February 21, 2012 by richardzorza

The New York Times Bits Blog has a post on Google’s plans to start selling “Google Glasses” by the end of the year. You wear these glasses on your head and they feed you information about your environment from the … Continue reading →

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New Videos Show How to Create Multi-Media Content

Posted on February 13, 2012 by richardzorza

The videos were created by Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, and are available on NTAP, as well as other locations. Presentations are: How to Record in GoToMeeting and Edit in Movica How to use Audacity to edit a PowerPoint Sound Track … Continue reading →

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