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October 25, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Technological Innovations in Pro Bono Services
Tech tools can minimize tedious, routine legal work, allowing attorneys more time to dedicate to higher-level strategic tasks and their clients. Tech also enables unrepresented people to better navigate complex legal systems. This is how streamlining repetitive processes improves the efficiency of legal services organizations and promotes increased access to justice.
October 25, 2022
Talk Justice: Episode Forty Five
Tech tools can minimize tedious, routine legal work, allowing attorneys more time to dedicate to higher-level strategic tasks and their clients. Tech also enables unrepresented people to better navigate complex legal systems. This is how streamlining repetitive processes improves the efficiency of legal services organizations and promotes increased access to justice.
October 24, 2022
LSC’s Rural Justice Task Force to Hold Oklahoma City Field Hearing
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is convening a field hearing for its Rural Justice Task Force on Tuesday, October 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. CDT at the Sheraton Oklahoma CityDowntown Hotel. This is the third meeting of the task force, which began in December 2021to identify major issues that prevent rural Americans from accessing justice in the civil legal system and to promote effective solutions.
October 19, 2022
LSC to Host Kansas City Access to Justice Forum and Present Awards to Kansas Attorneys for Pro Bono Service
Legal Services Corporation (LSC) will host an Access to Justice Forum on closing the justice gap on Thursday, October 20 from 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. CDT at The Fontaine Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
October 11, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: Martha Minow on Why Civil Justice Matters
Martha Minow joins LSC President Ron Flagg to discuss access to justice, law schools and her new role as Board Chair of the MacArthur Foundation on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today.
October 11, 2022
Talk Justice: Episode Forty Four
Martha Minow joins LSC President Ron Flagg to discuss access to justice, law schools and her new role as the McArthur Foundation’s board chair on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.
September 27, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: The Problem of Lawyerless Courts
Legal experts discuss their research on America’s “lawyerless” state civil courts on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast, released today. Jason Tashea, a member of LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council, hosts the conversation with guests Anna Carpenter, professor of law at University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and founder of the Justice Lab; Alyx Mark, assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University; and Colleen Shanahan, clinical professor of law at Columbia University Law School and founder of the Community Advocacy Lab.
September 27, 2022
Talk Justice: Episode Forty Three
There is a massive disconnect between what courts were designed to do—solve legal disputes through lawyer-driven, adversarial litigation—and what these courts are asked to do today—help people without lawyers navigate complex social, economic and interpersonal challenges, most of which are deeply tied to structural inequality. As a result, the judicial role is in upheaval, according to our guests. In this episode, we discuss how we got here and if we can fix it.
September 13, 2022
Talk Justice, an LSC Podcast: How Law Schools Can Close the Justice Gap
Law school leaders discuss how their academic institutions work towards expanding access to justice on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.
September 13, 2022
Talk Justice: Episode Forty Two
Law school leaders discuss how their academic institutions work towards expanding access to justice on the latest episode of LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast.