SIMLab Legal
@SIMLabLegal
Tweets from @SIMLab's Legal Project (née @FrontlineSMS). We lower the barriers to accessing legal systems.
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Stuff like this is what I meant when talking about data not being neutral when I recently keynoted the @CSICyberSEED conference
Minor, nonviolent criminal records create barriers to employment & housing for millions of Americans #UnlockingOpportunity
“Legal empowerment is giving a voice to people who have been historically powerless." @GlobalNamati @nytimes ow.ly/aHvx30eg7WQ
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Opinion | India’s Barefoot Lawyers (Published 2017)
In India’s rural villages, few people seek the protection of law because lawyers are distant and expensive. Now paralegals are coming to help.
Two ordinances grant #landrights to slum dwellers in Odisha, India: ommcomnews.com/public/odisha-… @Naveen_Odisha @pranatidas4 @joinsolidground
Cutting funding for @LSCtweets increases #JusticeGap and impacts equal access. ow.ly/aNvR30e2CL1 #LegalAidMatters #LegalAidHelps
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State-funded attorneys for low-income residents have success
State-funded attorneys representing nearly 27,000 low-income Californians have helped many...
IMPORTANT - 86% of civil legal problems aren't getting help. The #JusticeGap is HUGE. #NotOK #legalaidhelps #accesstojustice @LSCtweets
The newest report by @LSCtweets explores the #JusticeGap faced by low-income Americans, across demographic lines: bit.ly/2u3U5yl
The urban-rural divide is THE divide.
ICYMI, our report shows pretrial detention declining in cities, rising in rural counties: bit.ly/2rUnCcX #RethinkJails @macfound
It's the honor of my life to work with the people who built this at @codeforamerica: tech for real human problems. ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/1…
CrowdJustice, the crowdfunding platform for public interest litigation, raises $2M and heads to U.S. ow.ly/tQNQ30cab7t
"People are far more likely to obey the law if the justice system does not humiliate them, but treats them fairly and with respect."
The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice | Tina Rosenberg theguardian.com/us-news/2015/j… @tirosenberg @GuardianUS
Or, you know, just be human. That's a great place to start.
Google’s 3 Secrets To Designing Perfect Conversations First of all, try to be human. fastcodesign.com/90126166/googl… @A2JAuthor & legal chatbots
In moving to defund legal aid, the White House faces oppo not just from Dems, but Repubs and corporate lawyers too buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-t…
On 5/25 at 3pm, join us for #MLTalks with @Joi & @adamjohnfoss on reinventing criminal justice mitsha.re/nDlu30bRVzK
Read LSC's guide on the importance of succession planning for #legalaid offices facing leadership transitions: bit.ly/2pxDF0D
Justice for all? Legal Services Corporation on the table for more important things. ow.ly/e9Hj30abUk9
In Ghana, alternative dispute resolution effective as speedier way to solve land disputes. mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/…
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Alternative Dispute Resolution reduces backlog of land dispute cases
The introduction of the Court Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution (CCADR) by the Judicial Service of Ghana has served the country’s courts well as it has reduced immensely the number of land...
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