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Law Students, Technology,
21st Century Law Practice
and the Access to Justice
GapJohn MayerExecutive DirectorCenter for Computer-Assisted Legal Instructionjmayer@cali.org@johnpmayer
Open Access to the Law
A NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT
STEP
WHAT’S NEXT?
Open Access to the Law
A NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT
STEP
WHAT’S NEXT?
Open Access to the Law
A NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT
STEP
WHAT’S NEXT?
Agenda
What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
Agenda
What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
What is CALI?
501 (c) (3) non-profit
Consortium of 208 US law schools
R & D at intersection of law, education, technology and a2j
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What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
What is A2J Author®?
A graphical user interface for data collection specifically designed for
low-income, self-represented individuals to fill out court forms.
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What is A2J Author®?
Legal aid organizations & courts use A2J Author to create “Guided
Interviews” to collect data from end-users one piece at a time.
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What is A2J Author®?
Data collected is used for:
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Client Intake
Triage
Legal Aid
Social Services
Online Self-Help
What is A2J Author®?
A2J Author has “just in time” learning features for the end-user including:
“Learn More” bubbles, definition pop-ups, audio, graphic and video
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Impact of Automated DocumentsLegal aid and court developers in 32
states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada and Australia use A2J Author.
Over 600 A2J Guided Interviews are actively used by the public.
In 2011 over 217,000 documents were assembled using A2J Guided Interviews.
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A2J Guided Interview Use
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A2J Guided Interview Use
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A2J Author 1.0 - 4.0
Relatively stable (minor bugs, consistent performance)
Good for legal aid community needs
Present familiar idiosyncrasies
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A2J Author 1.0 - 4.0
UnclutteredStep-by-step
interface“Intelligent”
(conditional branching)
Real-time guidance
Progress / feedback D
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Current A2J Author
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Current A2J Author
Next Generation A2J: To the Cloud
Agenda
What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
Wikipedia Definition
Wikipedia now defines “unbundled legal services” as “a method of legal services in the United States in which an attorney and client agree to limit the scope of the attorney’s involvement in a law suit or other legal action, leaving responsibility to those other aspects of the case to the client.” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbundled_legal_services
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Not if YOU Program the Robots
Agenda
What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
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200 law schools
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Law School Clinics
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Why A2J Clinics deliver Powerful Education
Deep dive into law, procedure & heuristics
Exposure to policy/ethical issues raised by legal services delivery & technology
Key competencies for emerging law practice: e-lawyering, unbundling, web 2.0 & “cloud” practice”
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National Initiative:A2J Clinics
Course materials – book? Website?
5 clinic pilots with LSC ($)
Matching law students to legal aid projects
Marketing, evaluation and plan for sustainability
Will Produce
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WIN law studentsWIN law schoolsWIN legal aidWIN public
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Agenda
What is CALIWhat is A2J Author21st Century Law Practice
The A2J Clinic ProjectThe White Box of Justice
Law Students, Technology,
21st Century Law Practice
and the Access to Justice
GapJohn MayerExecutive DirectorCenter for Computer-Assisted Legal Instructionjmayer@cali.org@johnpmayer