Last Thursday and Friday, lawyers and software developers from around the country participated in "Hackcess to Justice," a 2-day programming session (aka "hackathon") held at Suffolk University School of Law in conjunction with
the ABA Annual Meeting.
According to an article from the ABA Journal, the hackathon's main purpose was "to use
technology to create tools that would expand access to justice for
individuals who might not otherwise know whether they needed help and
how they could obtain legal representation." Specifically, the participants were to create apps to solve problems identified by the Legal Services Corporation, including self-assessment, document automation, and expert services. Prizes were awarded to the designers of the the most successful apps.
Prize-winning apps created at the hackathon include:
PaperHealth, a "form automation app [which] creates living wills and health care proxies for
individuals and emails them to designated hospitals and health care
providers."
Disastr, an app that "provides information, resources, real-time news and alerts and legal
representation forms for people affected by natural disasters."
Due Processor, "an interactive tool that allows users to determine their eligibility for
indigent legal service in Massachusetts, and for criminal defendants to
calculate their state prison sentences."
For more information about "Hackcess to Justice," visit their official website here.
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