19th, 24th and 31st March 2021
Legal Tech & Access to Justice
The pandemic is widening the justice gap, with a sharp increase in the problems that many people face at a time when it is harder to get legal support. It has exacerbated many justice issues for those in vulnerable groups and low-income communities who are hardest hit by job or rental insecurity, homelessness and eviction, cybercrime and reduced access to criminal justice systems – now more than ever there are more people needing access to legal advice and help with understanding their rights.
We would like to invite participants with a mix of skills (legal, technology, design, project management) to come and take part in our open source hack event on improving access to justice.
The Challenges
| How can advice calls be more efficiently logged, catalogued and shared? [Forms / Workflow] Sponsor: Luke Albarran, North Bristol Advice Centre | |
| How can technology help asylum seekers and migrants to document evidence of abuse? [Language detection / multimedia / NLP/ app design] – Sponsor Maddie Harris, Humans For Rights | |
| How can technology help victims of domestic violence and their support advisors to access legal aid? [Python / Docassemble / UI design] – sponsor Cathryn Blyth, Voices Charity | |
| How can technology help to standardise advice and mentoring support given to refugees? [Python / Docassemble / App design] – sponsor Richard Thickpenny, ACH | |
| How can volunteers who support people through court proceedings better capture interview feedback during client interviews? Sponsor: Jeremy Thompson, Support Through the Court | |
The Dates
| Date | Activity |
| 19th March (09:30-13:30) | Introduction and Targeted Training (Prototyping, DocAssemble etc) |
| 24th March (09:30-13:30 | Challenges and Team Formation |
| 25-30 March | Offline Team Working with Mentoring |
| 31st March (09:30-13:30) | Demonstration and Judging |
The Prizes
- £100 voucher for each member of the 1st placed team
- £25 voucher for each member of the 2nd placed team
Please Register!
Problems? Contact paul2.matthews@uwe.ac.uk
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