Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hosts an Access to Justice Forum on closing the justice gap, focusing on the digital divide, Monday, March 7 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. EST.
Distinguished national leaders share remarks, including Assistant to the President and White House Counsel Dana A. Remus; White House Senior Advisor for broadband and technology policy Lisa Hone; the Honorable Xochitl Torres Small, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Senator Angus King (ME); and Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17). They address the impact of the digital divide and highlight legislation and other efforts to shrink it and the justice gap.
Following these remarks, panelists discuss how legal aid organizations and courts rapidly adopted technology to maintain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. While online tools and remote procedures increased access to justice for many Americans, there is a concern that people living in poverty and without access to technology and high-speed internet are being left behind. The conversation, facilitated by LSC’s President Ron Flagg, explores how legal aid and court tech innovations promote inclusive civil legal aid.
Panelists include:
Judge Jennifer D. Bailey, Circuit Civil Division, 11th Judicial Circuit for Florida;
Shelby King Gaddy, executive director, Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc.;
Leslie N. Powell-Boudreaux, executive director, Legal Services of North Florida; and
Dori Rapaport, executive director, Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota.
Watch the livestream on LSC’s Facebook page.
Facebook.com/LegalServicesCorporation
Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is an independent nonprofit established by Congress in 1974 to provide financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. The Corporation currently provides funding to 132 independent nonprofit legal aid programs in every state, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
