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NTAP Welcomes Rachel Medina

Rachel Medina has joined NTAP as our new 2009 Training Coordinator. Many of you know Rachel from her work as the A2J Coordinator at Chicago Kent.  Rachel also graduated f

Remote Intake Interview for Use by Clients

Remote Intake Interview for Use by Clients

The Primer on Document Assembly

As poverty law advocates, we all do routine paperwork -- court documents, letters, and briefs -- which have some information added into a mostly generic form.

Sample Document Automation Programs for Legal Services

Document Automation Software for Legal Services

You may have a general sense of document assembly, but what do you do next? Well, you may consider your options on the software you'd use to automate documents in your office. To do that, you'd need to assess how you plan to use document assembly in your program. For example, if you plan on using automated document software for use by pro se or assisted pro se clients, you may choose something different than if your advocates are the end user. Additionally, if you have a partnership with your courts, you might need to make this decision collectively.

Doing Documents Online & a History and Overview of LawHelp Interactive (formerly NPADO)

By: Marc Lauritsen, Capstone Practice Systems, 2005

Getting HotDocs Pro from LexisNexis for Free

HotDocs for Free?

Thanks to a donation from LexisNexis, two copies of HotDocs Pro (retail value $500-$600 each) are being made available to every state for the purpose of template creation and maintenance. These can be used to create document assembly applications for traditional desktop use, or for online delivery.

Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants: A2J Author

by: Jay C. Carle and Ronald Staudt, Center for Access to Justice and Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, December 2005