Category Archives: Chapter 7: Alternative Applications for A2J Guided Interviews

ABLE and LAWO allow users to access their Legal Help Line through the web in both Spanish and English.

ABLE and LAWO allow users to access their Legal Help Line through the web in both Spanish and English.

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NorthWest Justice Project allows users to Get Legal Help through CLEAR*Online.

NorthWest Justice Project allows users to Get Legal Help through CLEAR*Online. CLEAR is Washington’s centralized intake, advice and referral service for low-income individuals seeking free legal assistance with civil legal problems. Explore this tool to appreciate the experience faced by Washington’s pro se … Continue reading

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Two more TIG recipients Successfully Launch Online Intake and Triage Portals

Reports on recently completed TIG projects “show online intake’s incredible value to the legal aid community, including its capacity to save time at legal aid call centers, lower the volume of data entry into case management systems, and ultimately help … Continue reading

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TIG 07193: Legal Aid of Western Ohio Online Intake

The final report on a project funded by a TIG grant related to A2J.

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TIG 09478: Utah Legal Services Online Intake

The final report on a project funded by a TIG grant related to A2J.

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TIG 09558: Northwest Justice Project Clear Online

The final report on a project funded by a TIG grant related to A2J.

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Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris, Automated Decision Making Comes of Age (2005).

The authors note that the long-awaited promise of automated decision-making systems has finally become a reality in a variety of industries. Innovations primarily in the ease of integration of automated decision-making systems have finally made implementation of such systems feasible. … Continue reading

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Cass Sunstein, Of Artificial Intelligence and Legal Reasoning (2001).

Cass Sunstein discusses some limits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in 2001. Sunstein contends that AI in 2001 could not reason by analogy, as such technology could not identify the normative principles that link separate cases. AI technology of the … Continue reading

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Edwina Rissland, Artificial Intelligence and Law: Stepping Stones to a Model of Legal Reasoning (1990).

Edwina Rissland discusses developments in the interdisciplinary field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the law.  AI technology, combined the structured models of legal argument, can enable lawyers to view patterns in legal reasoning from new and innovative perspectives. Rissland proposes … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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