The Access to Justice Technology Fellowship program today named its 2017 class of ATJ Tech Fellows, recognizing 8 exceptionally creative and diverse law students from across the nation with a passion for technology and public interest law.
Exemplifying what it means to be an innovative law student, the ATJ Tech Fellows program was created to equip the next set of leaders in the legal profession with the tools and skills to leverage technology in addressing our nation’s widening access to justice gap.
The program is split into two parts and kicks off with the “Legal Access Innovation Curriculum”, which is a series of eight competency based modular training sessions over a two-day period designed to educate fellows on the changing landscape of the delivery of legal services. Covering topics ranging from Plain Language Online Legal Forms, Online Document Assembly and Automation Tools, Mobile Technologies in Legal Services and much more.
This is followed by a 10-week host placement, where fellows work with some of the nation’s most dynamic legal services organizations in the country who are at the forefront our expanding access to justice. Fellows spend their 10-week summer working on innovative projects and initiatives that leverage technology to improve the delivery of legal services for low-income Americans.
We will be sure keep you abreast of the latest updates of the program.