Talk Justice: Episode 102

Legal tech innovators discuss how they are working to scale and improve their successful projects on Talk Justice. FosterPower and Legal Aid Content Intelligence (LACI) leverage technology to make high-quality legal information available to people for free online. Both also received Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) from the Legal Services Corporation to launch their projects. Then, in 2024 they were both selected for a different TIG, called the Sustainability, Enhancement and Adoption (SEA) grant. This funding supports TIG projects that have demonstrated excellent results as they improve their tools and work to increase uptake.

Luigi is a Managing Attorney in charge of the Innovation Team at Lone Star Legal Aid. Luigi joined Lone Star in 2019 to lead an effort to build self-help tools and online portals for survivors of natural disasters in Texas. Since then, the Innovation Team has built public tools that address other legal needs and has created technology that helps internal case handlers better serve clients.

David Gray is the business project manager at Bay Area Legal Services, where he focuses on improving business operations and the delivery of legal services through collaboration, innovation, and strategic initiatives. He is also the co-founder and business director of FosterPower, an app and website that informs kids about their legal rights, benefits, and protections.

Taylor Sartor is a senior attorney at the L David Shear Children’s Law Center in Florida, where she represents children in foster care. She specializes in issues related to human trafficking, disabilities, commitment in psychiatric facilities, aging out of foster care, school-to-prison pipeline prevention, and more. She also is the legal director of FosterPower, an app and a website that informs kids about their legal rights, benefits, and protections.

As Professor of the Practice and Co-Director of the Program on Law & Innovation and the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab, all at Vanderbilt Law School, Caitlin “Cat” Moon designs the J.D. curriculum for PoLI Institute with the goal of empowering students to lead in the innovation of 21st century legal services delivery. Professor Moon also founded and directs the PoLI Institute, which provides interactive post-graduate executive education to legal professionals. She also co-founded and produces the Summit on Law and Innovation (SoLI), which brings together experts across legal, technology and other disciplines in collaborative innovation projects...