This concept design was one of the 5 finalists from the Florida Legal Aid Summit. It was for a Micro-Leadership Incubator to train new legal aid leaders over several years.
 
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Legal Aid Leader Incubator
When people are called into court — like a parent whose kids have ended up in the justice system, or like a person who gets called in to deal with a problem — could we prepare them in a better way?
Give them strategies?
Give them orientation about what the timelines and key things are?
Give them red flags about what to avoid?
Almost like a map and counselor to make sure they’re on track and not doing anything that harms their own case and outcomes?
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Mobile document checker
An app or SMS/MMS based tool to let a person get expert feedback on their legal document: Is this correct? What does this mean? Is this ready to go?
We do this by having the person take a photo of it, then sending it on to the Self-Help Center, Law Librarian, Lawyer, or other expert. The expert receives the photo and can then give response to it.
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Contractomatic
Could we make a software tool to quickly customize and verify the appropriateness of a contract?
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Legal Diagnosis Tools
A small sketchnote of different ways we could get people’s legal issues sussed out: decision trees, telephone q-n-a, etc.
Could we welcome people in to have free coffee, free ice cream, even candy, and then get them directed to legal services from there?
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Law Kiosk
Could we have stations in libraries, hospitals, everywhere that would be easy to ask questions around possible legal problems and see if you can get help? A technical touchpoint that would triage you and send you on your way to help.
What if we had more legal services that provided people in crisis with empathy? It might be in the form of someone to listen to their story and engage them in conversation. It might be a computer algorithm that gives a sense of conversation and attention. It might be with small interventions in the typical court, legal aid, or lawyer processes that make people feel more ‘listened to’ and ‘understood’.
What if every person had a lawyer that was closely related to them, that was responsible for advising them and keeping them legally healthy, and dealing with any problem that arises for them.
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Court House Hub
Could we build a smart system inside courthouses that provide Internet access, connections to printing/copying, and electrical power for all those who need to be computer-connected while doing their business in the court?