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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

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Atlanta Legal Aid Society will use a $267,374 grant to enhance its intake and client interview systems to allow staff and volunteers to conduct centralized intake, screening and legal advice for family law applicants. The project will also create pathways for new states and partners to utilize Legal Navigator.

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

link] The Minnesota courts have a detailed page on their Self-Help Centers that provide not only location information but also tools and resources, law, rules & legal research, and how to find legal advice clinics.

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$4.3M in Grants to 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role of Tech in Driving Access to Justice

LawSites

Atlanta Legal Aid Society will use a $267,374 grant to enhance its intake and client interview systems to allow staff and volunteers to conduct centralized intake, screening and legal advice for family law applicants. The project will also create pathways for new states and partners to utilize Legal Navigator.

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

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She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. The firm I was with didn’t do a lot of legal research. So we did get kind of a field trip and we got to go to the law library and look up statutes and codes and case law. I used to work for a Pizza Inn.

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How Do Lawyers Plan for Retirement?

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Ultimately, it is usually a lawyer’s decision on when to retire—dependent if the law firm has a mandatory retirement policy. Mandatory retirement is a controversial topic in the legal industry. Some law firms have policies that require attorneys to retire by a certain age—usually between 65 and 70. In some cases, yes.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

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We expect to grow as the legal industry becomes more comfortable with AI. AltFee Elevator Pitch: AltFee revolutionizes law firm pricing by offering a foundation for alternative fee structures. Another example is our Directory of Alternative Fee Providing Law Firms. What makes you unique or innovative? What problem do you solve?

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ABA Annual Meeting 2018

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We even enlisted some hosting help from the ABA Journal , the State Bar of Texas , Palace Law , and one former ABA President (thank you Linda Klein ). DeRenzi), The Florida State Bar President (Michelle Suskauer), and nationally known Supreme Court advocate and commentator (Dean Erwin Chemerinsky from Berkeley Law) to name a few.