Techno.la
A technology blog for legal aid and public interest advocates and pro bono volunteers.
Author: Matthew Burnett is the project coordinator for the Immigration Advocates Network, a collaborative Web-based immigration technical assistance project by Pro Bono Net and leading immigration advocacy and legal support providers. Kate Bladow is the National Public Automated Documents Online Project Coordinator for Pro Bono Net and helps access-to-justice communities develop document assembly projects.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • Pro Bono
Recent Posts from Techno.la
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June 2009 Round Up
It's summer in Baltimore-hot and humid. Fortunately, my planned yard renovations were finished before the end of May, and now I can retreat to the backyard hammock with some good reading without feeling too guilty.…
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Crowdsourcing Tedious Tasks for Fun and (Non)Profit
Computers are great at performing repetitive tasks, but they aren't perfect. Ask a computer to transcribe a podcast, re-write a sentence, or describe an image, and you'll get mixed results. But the result of these…
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LSNTAP Roundtable on Findability and the Google Search Paradigm
On Thursday, July 2nd at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET LSNTAP will host a Roundtable with Brian Lawlor, Regional Counsel for Legal Services of Northern California, who will discuss "Findability and the Google…
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West Supports Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services
Today, West announced two new websites with resources for lawyers. Do Justice. This site is an entry point for law firms that want to use Westlaw for their pro bono cases. West hopes to donate…
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Searching the Deep Web with DeepDyve
Did you know that when you search the Web with Google, you are searching only about 0.2 percent of the Web. The remainder, more than 66,800 terabytes, is part of the Deep Web, or the…
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Hawaii Holds Access to Justice Conference
Today (June 24) the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission held their 2009 Access to Justice Conference (PDF). Chief Justice John T. Broderick of the New Hampshire Supreme Court was the keynote speaker. Because of David…
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LSNTAP Releases National Legal Aid Technology Report
The Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP) today released an interactive report based on their 2008 technology survey of the software and hardware being used by nonprofit legal services programs. The report website allows…
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LegalTech West Coast Starts This Week
Twice a year, IncisiveMedia holds legal technology tradeshows: one in Los Angeles and one in New York City. These tradeshows feature an enormous exhibit hall as well as presentations from industry leaders. This week, LegalTech…
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Free Friday: Format Factory for Video, Audio and Image Conversions
I’ve recently started using Format Factory to convert video, audio and images and have been really impressed with the results. It supports conversions to (and from) all popular formats, including: Video: MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF Audio: MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV Image:…
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What's Lost When We Meet Virtually?
Recognizing that nonprofits have integrated teleconferences, videoconferences, and webinars into their daily routine, The Goodman Center, which helps nonprofit organizations improve their communications with funders, stakeholders, and the public, surveyed the community to find out…