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Gaming The System: Approaching 100% Access To Legal Services Through Online Games, William E. Hornsby Jr. Jun 2013

Gaming The System: Approaching 100% Access To Legal Services Through Online Games, William E. Hornsby Jr.

Chicago-Kent Law Review

By all measures, the American Legal System falls short of providing access to justice for all. Legal needs studies show that people often do not recognize when they have a problem for which there is a legal solution and therefore do not seek out lawyers or the justice system to provide assistance with their problems. Some assert that the costs of legal services are beyond the means of many people. While that is true for the poor in some areas of law, both the marketplace and specific programs, such as lawyer referral modest means panels, provide affordable legal services for …


Liberty, Justice, And Legal Automata, Marc Lauritsen Jun 2013

Liberty, Justice, And Legal Automata, Marc Lauritsen

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Legal work is increasingly doable by artificial systems built out of software. Providers in both commercial and non-profit contexts are making such systems available for direct use by consumers. Some lawyers and policy makers understandably worry that these developments pose dangers for users and may inappropriately intrude on the prerogatives of the legal profession. This article reviews the extent to which software-based legal assistance systems can or should be suppressed as the unauthorized practice of law in light of constitutional rights of free expression and the social good of access to justice.


Inventing Legal Aid: Women And Lay Lawyering, Felice Batlan Feb 2013

Inventing Legal Aid: Women And Lay Lawyering, Felice Batlan

125th Anniversary Materials

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