The need for prospective beneficiaries to “take up” new programs is a common stumbling block for otherwise well-designed legal and policy innovations. I examine the take-up problem in the context of publicly provided court services and test the effectiveness of various outreach strategies that announce a newly available online court access platform. I study individuals with minor arrest warrants whose distrust of courts may dampen any take-up response. I partnered with a court to quasi-randomly assign outreach approaches to a cohort of individuals and find that outreach improves take-up, that the type of outreach matters, and that online platform access is itself effective
In the last ten to fifteen years, state courts have responded to a tidal wave of self-represented li...
There are innumerable individual problems of access to civil justice. Civil justice, or its absence,...
This article reviews access to justice both theoretically and in practice. Second, it highlights som...
The need for prospective beneficiaries to “take up” new programs is a common stumbling block for oth...
Access to justice often equates to access to state courts, and for millions of Americans, using stat...
As access to justice strategies evolve and expand, with user-centric, multifaceted, and more holisti...
Ability-to-pay determinations are essential when governments use money-based alternative sanctions, ...
This Article examines three ways in which consumers are gaining greater access to the justice system...
Modernization is increasingly knocking on the courthouse door. Many common law countries are investi...
State supreme courts have begun to grasp the many ways technology can connect the public with courts...
Ability-to-pay determinations are essential when governments use money-based alternative sanctions, ...
Virtual courthouses, artificial intelligence (AI) for determining cases, and algorithmic analysis fo...
Individuals who experience personal plight legal issues face several barriers to justice. Low- and m...
Inaccessibility to justice is a major issue internationally, and in some countries access to justice...
Access to Justice (A2J) is the hot topic of the day, energizing Twitter and judges alike. Meanwhile,...
In the last ten to fifteen years, state courts have responded to a tidal wave of self-represented li...
There are innumerable individual problems of access to civil justice. Civil justice, or its absence,...
This article reviews access to justice both theoretically and in practice. Second, it highlights som...
The need for prospective beneficiaries to “take up” new programs is a common stumbling block for oth...
Access to justice often equates to access to state courts, and for millions of Americans, using stat...
As access to justice strategies evolve and expand, with user-centric, multifaceted, and more holisti...
Ability-to-pay determinations are essential when governments use money-based alternative sanctions, ...
This Article examines three ways in which consumers are gaining greater access to the justice system...
Modernization is increasingly knocking on the courthouse door. Many common law countries are investi...
State supreme courts have begun to grasp the many ways technology can connect the public with courts...
Ability-to-pay determinations are essential when governments use money-based alternative sanctions, ...
Virtual courthouses, artificial intelligence (AI) for determining cases, and algorithmic analysis fo...
Individuals who experience personal plight legal issues face several barriers to justice. Low- and m...
Inaccessibility to justice is a major issue internationally, and in some countries access to justice...
Access to Justice (A2J) is the hot topic of the day, energizing Twitter and judges alike. Meanwhile,...
In the last ten to fifteen years, state courts have responded to a tidal wave of self-represented li...
There are innumerable individual problems of access to civil justice. Civil justice, or its absence,...
This article reviews access to justice both theoretically and in practice. Second, it highlights som...