How to: Access the SRLN Pre-Conference Slack
The purpose of this page is to introduce you to our event’s communication platform that we will be using to communicate throughout the SRLN Pre-Conference for the ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference in Chicago.
Resource: What a Geographic Information Systems Is and What it Can Do (Davis-Holland 2016)
Alison Davis-Holland's GIS with a Test Drive presentation, offered as a slideshare, highlights the top ten functions that GIS can do and uses simple language to explain the capabilities of GIS and spatial analysis. The presentation provides real world examples and is a great start for learning about GIS including how and when to take advantage of the technology.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alison Davis-Holland
Project: Justice for All (NCSC & SRLN 2020)
Justice for All
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Public Welfare Foundation, National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundation, The JPB Foundation
Conference: CourtHack (Salt Lake City 2016)
The brightest legal minds, technologists, entrepreneurs, and others driven by a need to improve the courts for their fellow Americans will form teams and compete in this epic, 30-hour hackathon. Technical, business and legal mentors from partners and sponsors are matched with teams they can actively support before, during, and after the event. You can find information on CourtHack Salt Lake City 2016 event page.
For more information, visit the CourtHack webpage.
News: 2015 TIG Grants Included Five Court Partnership Grants – 2016 Should Bring More As We Build a 100% Access Technology Infrastructure (LSC 2016)
LSC's 2015 TIG grants included five grants to projects being undertaken by legal aid and court partnerships, according to the Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2016 Grant Funding we should see significantly more partnership awards in 2016. LOIs are currently being accepted through February 29, 2016, and LSC has identified three areas of particular interest:
Year published:
SRLN
Document Author:
News, SRLN, Katherine Alteneder
News: VA Legal Aid Society's New Online Triage System Dramatically Realigns Staff Resources to Increase Service to Eligible Clients (VA Legal Aid 2016)
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis, News, SRLN
Maryland Centralizes District and Circuit Court Self-Help While Expanding Phone and Mobile Support (News 2016)
After unifying its statewide self-help support services into a single call line and support center, the Maryland court system’s new Maryland Self-Help Center expects to at least double the number of litigants it has previously helped while also expanding the type of cases it can support. The new Center supports litigants involved in either District Court or Circuit Courts and can direct referrals to the Family Law Self-Help Centers located in most Circuit Courts and the District Court’s Self-Help Resource Centers.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis, News, SRLN
Pittsburgh Court Doubles the Number of Self-Represented Litigants Served In First Three Months With No-Cost Reengineering Initiative (News 2016)
In Pittsburgh, reengineering was the key to serving Self-Represented Litigants (SRLs), resulting in the opening of the court’s Family Division Self-Help Center (SHC), which doubled the number of customers served while offering a more sophisticated set of services than the courts had previously. The total cost to the court of opening the center?
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis, SRLN
Report: Building A Litigant Portal: Business and Technical Requirements (NCSC 2015)
With funding from State Justice Institute, Thomas Clarke of the National Center for State Courts assembled two advisory committees – one to develop the business requirements for a litigant portal, and another to examine the technical requirements necessary for a litigant portal. These meetings began in early 2015 and this report shares the commitees' findings.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Thomas M. Clarke
Conference: Incubator Consortium’s 3rd Annual Conference (Kansas City 2016)
Early Bird Registration closes February 25, 2016.
Year published:
2016