Trending Access to Justice Stories for the Week of 4/4 to 4/8

News this week:

• Thoughts For Federal Agencies and A2J Commissions Building on the White House LAIR Meeting via Richard Zorza: https://twitter.com/rzorza/status/716795921170706432
• New Plain Language toolkit launches in Ontario: https://twitter.com/winklerinst/status/715906684791734274
• Watch Will Hornsby talk Access to Justice on the UMKC Law video gallery: mediasite.law.umkc.edu/Mediasite/Play…   
• A good reminder from Katherine Alteneder that expanding A2J needs to offer an ecosystem of access points, not just online/mobile: https://twitter.com/kalteneder/status/715995139156611072
• President-elect Frank Stevenson previews plans for Texas' first legal incubator: ow.ly/10c0uI 
• How could we make A2J's "Uber for Lawyers" work? Thoughts from Richard Zorza:  https://twitter.com/rzorza/status/716339399600902144
• Online Dispute Resolution convening to happen in EU with Access to Justice SDG in mind: https://twitter.com/odr2016/status/716913618139353088
• "When I come here [court], I expect to be treated like a human being." How did this become a radical statement? Rough day with policy changes at Chicago courts: https://twitter.com/kalteneder/status/717114518854361096
• Thoughts For Federal Agencies and ATJ Commissions Building on the White House LAIR Meeting http://accesstojustice.net/2016/04/03/thoughts-for-federal-agencies-and… …
• A look at how tech is closing the access to justice gap in the developing world: bit.ly/1o48aar
• "How can everyone get fair access to the law?" A new infographic from the BBC http://bit.ly/BBC-a2j
• Free access to appellate briefs now online in Indiana: ow.ly/10hzsw
• Study on Legal Service Providers in the UK Operating as Alternative Business Structures http://accesstojustice.net/2016/04/06/study-on-legal-service-providers-… …
• B.C.'s Chief Judge to hold Twitter town hall for public, believed a first in Canada http://ow.ly/10baEM
• Study finds defendants in SC’s lower courts rights violated: http://bit.ly/1UKQwa9
• Mental, physical health problems linked to self representation in the UK: http://bit.ly/23lce69
• TXCCA Hears Concerns About Mandating Criminal E-Filing http://at.law.com/HyT9d8
• Head here to watch our most recent Pre-EJC Webinar, Building an Integrated Portal to Reach 100% Access: http://bit.ly/25yZiLQ
• New Nationwide Legal Insurance Plan Aims to Reduce the #AccesstoJustice Gap: http://bit.ly/22hGfBq
• On that note, a look at #mobile legal help apps aimed at closing the #A2J gap: http://atjlibrary.org/node/846.  https://twitter.com/pewinternet/status/717585400441602048
• Forms in Your Pocket: Mobile Solutions Are Nearly Ready to Scale (News 2016) | SRLN
• Sixty-four percent of American adults own a smart phone (www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/), and legal aid organizations including Philadelphia Legal Assistance and Ayuda Legal Illinois report more than 30% of their online legal assistance users are on mobile devices when they do so.
• Join SRLN on 4/27 (1-2pm ET) for our next webinar: Remote Services for Self-Represented Litigants: https://twitter.com/rzorza/status/717758969700200450