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Guest Post: Building Better Civil Justice Systems Isn’t Just About The Funding

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Courts are themselves a key part of the access to justice problem: opaque, duplicative and confusing court forms and burdensome filing processes make accessing the civil justice system deeply inefficient for the sophisticated, and an impenetrable maze for the 70+% of civil litigants who don’t have a lawyer.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

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We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Indiana courts use a portal E-filing model that allows the public to choose from several providers. We share what we found below. Very well done.

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LawNext Podcast: CALI Executive Director John Mayer on Using Tech to Advance Legal Education and Access to Justice

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Along the way, CALI’s mission expanded to include addressing access to justice, primarily through its development, in partnership with Chicago-Kent College of Law, of A2J Author, an expert system designed to help self-represented litigants complete court forms and navigate legal processes.

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Why does it worth hiring a Paralegal for your Small Claims matter.

SAV Paralegal Services

There are several misconceptions that exist when it comes to the Small Claims Court. litigation, as this court is not that small how it looks. Court also has a limit on the amount of legal costs that might be awarded. Court also has a limit on the amount of legal costs that might be awarded.

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Project Management Tools for Attorneys

Attorney at Work

As law students, few litigators imagined themselves transitioning into project management roles after passing the bar. Litigators rarely receive formal training in project management, but this does not mean they do not do project management. An Accidental Project Manager. How can Trellis help you achieve better results for clients?

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Oklahoma Access to Justice Summit

LegalTalkNetwork

Oklahoma Bar Association’s executive director John Williams and president Kimberly Hays sit down to talk about pro se litigants, the Oklahoma Access to Justice Commission, Free Legal Answers, and their bar association’s involvement with the American Bar Association. AccessToJustice pic.twitter.com/AEHbAGOjvt.

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Document Automation: Streamline Workflows and Get More of Your Time Back

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Documents such as court forms, contracts, and trust and estate plans can be generated easily in a wide range of legal areas—litigation, family law, corporate law, and general transactional law, to name a few. The possibilities for document automation go far beyond this.