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Technology Resources

The focus on technology as a vehicle for the improved delivery of legal services to low-income clients is an often overlooked area that can yield many solutions to traditional obstacles to justice and unmet legal needs. Specific technologies studied in the context of legal services delivery include the use of legal help hotlines, form-filling software for use by legal aid attorneys and self-represented clients, and software resources for sharing and disseminating legal research for the cases of indigent clients.

Equal justice under the law is one of America’s most proudly proclaimed legal principles, but it comes nowhere close to describing the justice system in practice.