State Courthouses

Stanford Law panel focuses on digital tools to improve access to justice

New technologies are transforming the practice of law; and while the pandemic certainly accelerated legal technology growth, this transformation was in motion long before COVID-19…

Gina Jurva March 02, 2021

Utah’s regulatory experiment: A conversation with members of Utah Work Group on Regulatory Reform

In August, the Utah State Supreme Court took a bold step. The Court unanimously voted to create a provisional regulatory body, the Office of Legal…

Rose D. Ors December 14, 2020

The court must go on: Lessons learned on conducting virtual mediations

Amid the pandemic that has disrupted so many aspects of our lives, our nation’s courts have risen to the occasion, embracing virtual hearings of all…

Gina Jurva October 26, 2020

The future of LGBTQ+ civil rights: Implications from the “Bostock” case

It has been a little over three months since the landmark ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, a U.S. Supreme Court civil rights case in…

Gina Jurva September 22, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: People should have the right to solve their legal problems without a lawyer, says UpSolve’s Rohan Pavuluri

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors September 21, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: How tech is helping pro se litigants navigate the courts

In our ongoing column, Tech-Enabled A2J, Kristen Sonday, co-founder & COO of Paladin, takes a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are impacting the…

Kristen Sonday August 17, 2020

The current status of the (virtual) courts

Likely the single most salient after-effect of the current pandemic on the legal landscape is its impact on the courts. Previously, the variance of their…

Joseph Raczynski July 22, 2020

Tech-Enabled A2J: How COVID-19 is inspiring firms to create ATJ tech solutions

In our ongoing column, Tech-Enabled A2J,  Kristen Sonday, co-founder & COO of Paladin, takes a look at how legal start-ups and legal technology innovations are…

Kristen Sonday June 17, 2020

Forum magazine: Georgetown undergrads aid the wrongfully convicted

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Forum magazine. Every other semester, a small class of undergraduate students at Georgetown University ventures far…

Chris O'Leary June 15, 2020

Outlaws: President of LGBT Bar discusses implications of upcoming Supreme Court decisions

With the U.S. Supreme Court ready to decide on landmark federal law that could prohibit sex discrimination in the workplace for LGBTQ employees, many gay…

Natalie Runyon May 27, 2020

Legal design, not legal tech, best enables access to justice

Charles Dickens’ Bleak House begins in the legal world — at the Lincoln’s Inn in London. Smoke rises from the chimneys, mixing with waterside pollution…

Anders Spile May 26, 2020

Cannabis Law: A Question of Federalism for Our Time

Recreational Cannabis is legal in almost a dozen states and medical marijuana in 33 states with more on the way. Public opinion polls reflect a…

Gina Jurva April 14, 2020