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LSC Awards $5.9 Million in Technology Grants to 31 Civil Legal Aid Providers

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LSC's 25th Innovations in Technology Conference

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January 13, 2025 | 8:30am - January 15, 2025 | 12:30pm •

Phoenix, AZ

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Explore cutting-edge legal technology and innovation at the LSC's 25th Innovations & Technology Conference. Join us for insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and practical workshops designed to shape the future of legal aid. Don't miss out – register in September.

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The ��˶��'s 2025 Innovations in Technology Conference took place in Phoenix, AZ, from January 13-15, 2025. Hundreds of technologists, legal aid advocates, court personnel, law school professors, pro bono coordinators, and other professionals gathered to explore cutting-edge technology projects that are revolutionizing access to justice and enhancing the provision of high-quality legal representation for low-income individuals. For more information on the conference, please click here.

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AI Summit Pre-Conference

The ��˶�� (LSC) and Kristen Sonday, co-founder of Paladin, co-hosted an AI Summit for Legal Aid on Sunday, January 12, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. The 5-hour Summit featured inspiring speakers and breakout sessions, including panels, hands-on workshops, and advanced technology demos. Learn more about the AI Summit.

Meet our Keynote Speaker - Afua Bruce

Afua Bruce is the author of The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World. She’s a leading public interest technologist whose career spans government, non-profit, private, and academic sectors. Afua is the Principal of the ANB Advisory Group, a consulting firm that supports organizations in developing, implementing, or funding responsible data and technology solutions. Before founding ANB Advisory Group, Afua held senior science and technology roles at the White House, the FBI, and IBM. Afua was honored with a statue in the If/Then Exhibit highlighting women in STEM, which was displayed in the Smithsonian. Afua holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

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Conference Program

The two-and-a-half-day conference features inspiring speakers and break-out sessions, including workshops, hands-on demos and affinity groups. To view the conference agenda, please click here.

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The Innovations in Technology Conference grew out of LSC's Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) Program, which seeks to expand access to justice by promoting technological innovations in legal services delivery and pro se assistance. The conference brings together technologists, legal aid advocates, court personnel, law school professors, pro bono coordinators, and other professionals to showcase technology projects and tools being implemented across the country and internationally to promote access to justice and high-quality legal representation for low-income people. The conference also provides an opportunity to network with a community of colleagues and to cultivate project ideas that could lead to future TIG awards.

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Professionals from every arm of the legal aid field attend the ITC:

Legal aid advocates
Legal technologists
Court self-help staff
Pro bono coordinators
Private attorneys
Law school students and professors
Document assembly developers and project managers
Law librarians
Anyone with an interest in how to use technology in the delivery of legal services

Session topics cover a range of issues on how technology can increase access to justice, including:

tools to improve limited scope or self-representation for those persons whom legal aid organizations are not able to represent fully;
improving the efficiency and effectiveness of access, triage, and intake;
encouraging and supporting pro bono;
cutting edge technology developments for legal services using artificial intelligence;
delivering legal services remotely to hard-to-reach populations;
providing legal services staff and pro bono advocates with better litigation and case development support; and
improving management and internal operations in legal aid offices, including how organizations can meet LSC's new performance criteria around technology.

See session information, videos, and materials from past conferences.

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Conference registration is now closed.

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2023 Innovations in Technology Conference

sierra-chacona@lsc.gov — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:19:20 +0000

2023 Innovations in Technology Conference sierra-chacona… Wed, 09/20/2023 - 11:19

January 19, 2023 | 8:00am - January 21, 2023 | 5:00pm •

Phoenix, AZ

Past Conference Materials

In 2023, LSC held its Innovations in Technology Conference (ITC23) in Phoenix, AZ. The conference returned to an in-person event for the first time since 2020 and featured over 40 workshops on a wide variety of access-to-justice topics.

Almost 600 attendees participated, including technologists, legal aid advocates, court personnel, pro bono coordinators, and other professionals from 48 states, five U.S. territories, and Canada.

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LSC ITC 2023 YouTube Channel Playlist

In-Person

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January 12-13 and January 19-20, 2022

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LSC Awards $5.9 Million in Technology Grants to 31 Civil Legal Aid Providers

LSC's 25th Innovations in Technology Conference

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AI Summit Pre-Conference

Meet our Keynote Speaker - Afua Bruce

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