Ronald W. Staudt, All the Wild Possibilities: Technology that Attacks Barriers to Access to Justice, 42 Loyola L.A. Law Rev. 1117 (2009).

Ron Staudt notes that existing legal services cannot address the bulk of legal problems faced by the poor. With as much as 80% of the legal services needs of low-income Americans going totally unmet, Staudt proposes that software-based automation of basic legal services should be deeply explored as a solution to America’s justice gap. Using software such as A2J Author®, lawyers can build guided internet interviews for prospective clients and pro se litigants, automating some of the basic services that would otherwise never be rendered. Regardless of whether or how A2J Author® is employed by lawyers, such software gives us some perspective on some possible service models of the future, as well as potential solutions to America’s justice gap.

Ronald W. Staudt, All the Wild Possibilities: Technology that Attacks Barriers to Access to Justice, 42 Loyola L.A. Law Rev. 1117 (2009).