Report: Delivering Cost Effective Legal Services and Information in Challenging Economic Times (New York Courts 2015)
The New York State Courts Access to Justice Program’s 2015 Report, entitled, Delivering Cost Effective Legal Services and Information in Challenging Economic Times was released January 2016 and can be found at https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/ip/nya2j/pdfs/NYA2J_2015report.pdf.
Year published:
2016
Document Author:
New York State Courts Access to Justice Program
Best Practices: Document Assembly Programs Best Practices Guide for Court System Development and Implementation Using A2J Author (New York 2017)
Beginning in 2005, the New York State courts began developing Document Assembly Programs for use in its Help Centers using A2J Author for the front-end, HotDocs software for the back-end, and LawHelp Interactive server to host the programs. By 2009, this pilot had been deployed statewide and the Access to Justice Program was able to identify the best practices that would likely be effective and generally worthy of replication for court systems.
Year published:
2017
Document Author:
Rochelle Klempner, New York State Courts Access to Justice Program
Report: Navigator Snapshot Report (New York 2014)
From the Executive Summary
Year published:
2014
Document Author:
Committee on Nonlawyers and the Justice Gap
News: New York Combines Technology, Partners and Re-Engineering Reducing Court Time for DV Victims to Less Than an Hour and Saving Clerks 30 Minutes per File (New York 2015)
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis, News
News: National Evaluation And Classification Framework For Non-Lawyer Projects Released (Public Welfare Foundation 2015)
As those of us in the access to justice movement know too well, across the country thousands of people arrive at court every day both unrepresented and unsure of where to go. Many believe that solving this access crisis will require non-lawyer involvement but until now there hasn’t been a universal framework for evaluating these programs.
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Alex Smith Davis, News, SRLN
Report: Can Translation Software Help Legal Services Agencies Deliver Legal Information More Effectively in Foreign Languages and Plain English? (Hineline & Hogue 2013)
This report investigates the current and possible uses of translation tools, including fully-automated machine translation and a somewhat different translation technology, translation memory. Translation memory re-uses whole phrases that an expert has previously translated. We investigate the use of machine translation, translation memory management software, and other computer-assisted translation tools for legal information in the justice community context.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Anna Heinline, Jeff Hogue
Paper: Court Simplification In New York State: Budgetary Savings And Economic Efficiencies (Modern Courts 2013)
This paper by the Committee for Modern Courts offers an analysis of the impact of simplification and concludes that in addition to the many substantive advantages of court simplification, including making our courts more understandable to the public and improving access to justice, the budgetary and economic savings to the court system and to those who use it are real and substantial.
Also see, The Fund for Modern Court's simplification project.
Year published:
2013
Document Author:
Committee for Modern Courts
Webinar: Technology Tools to Enhance Legal Services for LEP - Websites, Videos and More (LSNTAP, LSC, ProBonoNet 2014)
In the webinar Technology Tools to Enhance Legal Services for Limited English Proficiency, four panelists (Kathy Daniels, IT Administrator Statewide Legal Services in Connecticut, Rochelle Klempner, Chief Counsel NYS Access to Justice Program, Mike Monahan, Director State Bar of Georgia/GLSP Pro Bono Project, Sandra Sandoval, Field Support Coordinator, Immigration Advocates Network, and moderated by Mirenda Watkins of ProBonoNet) discuss technology tools that are being incorporated by legal service providers and courts, why technology is important in this context, and the challenges of
Year published:
2014
Document Author:
Rochelle Klempner, Kathy Daniels, Mike Monahan, Sandra Sandoval, Pro Bono Net, LSNTAP
Article: The Case for Court-Based Document Assembly Programs: A review of the New York State Court System’s "DIY" Forms (Klempner 2014)
In this article, Rochelle Klempner, Chief Counsel, New York State Courts Access to Justice Program, explores how document assembly systems can serve as a critical tool for access to justice for the self-represented litigant.
Year published:
2014
Document Author:
Rochelle Klempner
Article: Insuring Civil Justice for All: Meeting the Challenges of Poverty (Fisher 2015)
There are 45.3 million persons living in poverty in the United States. 2 Poverty creates numerous challenges for individuals. Lack of affordable and livable housing, adequate healthcare, and sufficient food, and the inability to access and complete a quality education are common difficulties faced by persons living below the poverty line. But do persons who live in poverty fare the same as middle class and wealthy individuals when contact with the civil justice system becomes necessary?
Year published:
2015
Document Author:
Fern Fisher