Ronald W. Staudt
Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Director, Center for Access to Justice & Technology

 Statewide Web Sites
• Internet Platforms for Transformation
 National Public Automated Document Server- LHI
• Building a technical community of transformation agents
 A2J Author
• A Surprising Success

Illinois Statewide web site
National Web server

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•Identify the major barriers to access to justice by litigants without lawyers
•Ethnographic research in 5 courts, California, Delaware,
Colorado & Illinois
•Employ the latest in system design methodology to redesign the process
•Design Factors, Function
Structure, Information Structure,
Solution Elements, System
Structure
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A graphical user interface for data collection specifically designed by
Chicago-Kent & CALI for low-income, self-represented individuals.

Legal aid organizations & courts use A2J Author to create “Guided
Interviews” to collect data from end-users one piece at a time.

A2J Author has “just in time” learning features for the end-user including: “Learn More” bubbles, definition pop-ups, audio, graphic and video capabilities.

Stand-Alone
Info Guides
Benefits
Eligibility Screen
& Calculators
Triage
Document
Assembly
Online Intake
E-Filing

John Doe 01/22/2006
Child name TE
Child DOB DA
Child address TE
Child county TE
A2J Author Answer File
123 My Street OurCounty

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 BYU: Computer-Based Practice Systems
 Columbia: Lawyering in the Digital Age
 NY Law School: Geeks for Wonks
 Vermont: Digital Drafting
 Chicago-Kent: Justice & Technology Practicum
 Suffolk Law School: Lawyering in an Age of Smart Machines
 Georgetown: technology, Innovation, and Law Practice: An
Experimental Seminar

 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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Law Students:
Field observation help desk
Scope document
Research memo
Storyboard
A2J Guided Interview &
HotDocs template
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Legal Aid New Guided Interviews:
Guardianship Petition
Expungement Complaint
IDOL Wage Theft Claim

 Course materials and distance tools on
CALI & Google
 clinic pilots with LSC
 Matching students to legal aid projects
 Marketing, evaluation and plan for growth