Legal Design Lab

Are you working on AI & Access to Justice? Submit a 4-12 paper on your work to this hybrid workshop at the JURIX conference: justiceinnovation.law.stanford.edu/jurix-workshop/ Deadline is Nov. 20, conf is Dec. 18 #legaltech #legaldesign #accesstojustice

This is a great resource for accessible court forms. Thank you @margarethagan and @LegalDesignLab for sharing.

We developed a data standard to help local courts supply both search engines and state websites with up-to-date official information. @LegalDesignLab graciously allowed our own Brian Guayante to write about it on A Better Legal Internet. Read more here: betterinternet.law.stanford.edu/2023/03/20/lev…

Do you work on court or government #forms? The @LegalDesignLab has a Design Rubric for you to spot how to make them more accessible & effective

About to talk through how researchers can use the @leagueofcities new #Eviction Prevention Policy & Programs Tool -- along with city leaders to talk through how they can use it to develop policy agendas. See the tool here: nlc.org/resource/local…

Today's must read: @noraalhaider writes about her work with the late, legendary designer @virgilabloh & groundbreaking architect Oana Stanescu to design hybrid courts, so they work for people medium.com/legal-design-a…

Tomorrow our Stanford team is hosting a webinar on the Filing Fairness Project. It's for those building justice tech to help them build at scale, like @JusticeTechAssn, @probono, @donotpay, @goLawyaw, @SuffolkLITLab, @JustFixNYC, @upsolvebk Sign up! stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Last week, @margarethagan from @StanfordLaw's @LegalDesignLab presented during our #NCSCWebinar Forms Camp series. The presentation is distilled into this blog post, which describes how #courts can successfully design court forms to better aid #A2J. medium.com/legal-design-a…

This #NCSCWebinar has concluded. The recording and materials will be available soon at ncsc.org/webinars. The Forms Camp webinar series will continue over the coming weeks. You can register for the upcoming sessions at ncsc.org.

Other helpful form design tips: ✔️Avoid placing too much text on a single page. A wall of text is stressful. ✔️White space helps guide users to important information, encourages users to keep reading and gives the brain a break. ✔️Font size is vital to ensure readability.

What visual elements should #courts use in form design? All the below. Tip: Place the right information in the right location. Compose your form from the top left corner for highest priority. Make the form "glance-able," so that a user can understand the form in under a minute.

To create better forms, #courts need to view forms from the user's perspective. A successful court form should be engaging, strategic and comprehensive. It should also be easily accessible.

For many, forms are the entry point to the civil legal system. Yet, #court form development and design can sometimes be overlooked. A successful form is an access to justice key, helping users participate in the court system.

Our Forms Camp webinar series is starting soon. Register: bit.ly/3Qh9HZb. Counselor @margarethagan w/ @LegalDesignLab at @StanfordLaw will show you how design impacts communication and understanding of court forms. Let us know your insights by tweeting w/ #NCSCWebinar.

ABF Affiliated Scholar Margaret Hagan (@margarethagan) was recently mentioned in a @TheLegalNews article highlighting the success of "Tiny Chats", the National Center for State Courts (@StateCourts) legal web show where Margaret has been a featured guest. legalnews.com/oakland/150497…

How do we connect more people who are searching online, to help for their legal problems? @pewtrusts have a new piece highlighting simple strategies: pewtrusts.org/en/research-an… including some of the work our @LegalDesignLab has been working on!

NLC and Stanford Legal Design Lab @LegalDesignLab have selected 5 cities to participate in the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program. Learn more about the program and selected cities here: nlc.org/initiative/eme…

Forms problems, people problems. I'm teaching a new class at @StanfordLaw on improving the forms experience & court data infrastructure. law.stanford.edu/education/only… To that end, I've been drawing out people's court form problems. What am I missing?

1/3. Another #CTC2021 highlight was the session addressing strategies for making court content more findable on the web, with @margarethagan of the @LegalDesignLab, @Afterpattern’s Jeannette Cheung, Jennifer Hubbard of the @GACourts, and the @StateCourts’s own @ZachZarnow.