The 26th Innovations in Technology Conference (ITC), hosted by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), brought together experts and practitioners from the legal, business and tech communities to explore cutting-edge technology projects that are revolutionizing access to justice. <\/p>\n
Nearly 750 people registered to attend ITC at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk last week, including attorneys, legal technologists, court staff, pro bono coordinators, law school students and professors, and law librarians. The conference featured 56 unique panels, 16 of which were streamed online and are available to view for free at www.youtube.com\/@LegalServicesCorp<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cThis conference is about collaboration on creative, responsible uses of technology that enable us to better serve low-income people in need of civil legal assistance,\u201d said LSC President Ron Flagg. \u201cAll of us are united by a shared goal: building a legal system that is open, fair, and accessible to all. We understand that technology is not the answer by itself, but used thoughtfully and grounded in people\u2019s needs, it is a critical part of the solution.\u201d <\/p>\n The conference kicked off on Wednesday, Jan. 28, with a keynote address by journalist and author David Pogue. Major themes explored at ITC included artificial intelligence (AI), change management, data-driven decision-making, court technology, cybersecurity and pro bono legal services. <\/p>\n For the first time, this year the conference featured five defined \u201ctracks\u201d that guided attendees through programming relevant to their interests: AI beginner, AI advanced, IT operations, client intake and building self-help tools. <\/p>\n After two days of panel presentations, the conference concluded with a half-day of interactive workshops on Friday. The four workshops featured content on cybersecurity incident response, maximizing accuracy and reliability of AI tools, change management for building staff resilience, and evaluating user experience for legal technologies.<\/p>\n LSC is the nation\u2019s largest funder of civil legal aid. This includes funds for technology projects at legal services organizations across the country through its Technology Initiative Grants. The organization\u2019s leadership in the access-to-justice technology sector extends throughout the year through initiatives like it\u2019s AI Peer Learning Lab and recent report, \u201cThe Next Frontier: Harnessing Technology to Close the Justice Gap.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to create spaces where legal services leaders can gain the knowledge that they need to make informed decisions that will strengthen their organizations\u2019 use of innovative technology,\u201d said Jane Ribadeneyra, senior program officer for technology at LSC. <\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time,\u201d Ribadeneyra continued, \u201cwe prioritize practical support for technology that builds capacity for legal services staff and attorneys who are on the ground assisting low-income clients with serious legal issues like domestic violence, eviction and disaster recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … , business and tech<\/span> communities to explore cutting-edge technology<\/span> projects that are … , data-driven decision-making, court technology<\/span>, cybersecurity and pro bono legal … their organizations\u00e2\u0080\u0099 use of innovative technology<\/span>,\u00e2\u0080\u009d said Jane Ribadeneyra, senior program …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}