Forms problems, people problems. I'm teaching a new class at Stanford Law School on improving the forms experience & court data infrastructure. law.stanford.edu/education/only… To that end, I've been drawing out people's court form problems. What am I missing?

1/3. Another #CTC2021 highlight was the session addressing strategies for making court content more findable on the web, with Margaret Hagan of the Legal Design Lab, PatternBuilder’s Jeannette Cheung, Jennifer Hubbard of the GACourts, and the National Center for State Courts’s own Zach Zarnow.

NLC and Stanford Legal Design Lab Legal Design Lab have selected 5 cities to participate in the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program. Learn more about the program and selected cities here: nlc.org/initiative/eme…

How do we connect more people who are searching online, to help for their legal problems? The Pew Trusts have a new piece highlighting simple strategies: pewtrusts.org/en/research-an… including some of the work our Legal Design Lab has been working on!

ABF Affiliated Scholar Margaret Hagan (Margaret Hagan) was recently mentioned in a LegalNews.com article highlighting the success of "Tiny Chats", the National Center for State Courts (National Center for State Courts) legal web show where Margaret has been a featured guest. legalnews.com/oakland/150497…

Our Forms Camp webinar series is starting soon. Register: bit.ly/3Qh9HZb. Counselor Margaret Hagan w/ Legal Design Lab at Stanford Law School will show you how design impacts communication and understanding of court forms. Let us know your insights by tweeting w/ #NCSCWebinar.

For many, forms are the entry point to the civil legal system. Yet, #court form development and design can sometimes be overlooked. A successful form is an access to justice key, helping users participate in the court system.

To create better forms, #courts need to view forms from the user's perspective. A successful court form should be engaging, strategic and comprehensive. It should also be easily accessible.

What visual elements should #courts use in form design? All the below. Tip: Place the right information in the right location. Compose your form from the top left corner for highest priority. Make the form "glance-able," so that a user can understand the form in under a minute.

Other helpful form design tips: ✔️Avoid placing too much text on a single page. A wall of text is stressful. ✔️White space helps guide users to important information, encourages users to keep reading and gives the brain a break. ✔️Font size is vital to ensure readability.

This #NCSCWebinar has concluded. The recording and materials will be available soon at ncsc.org/webinars. The Forms Camp webinar series will continue over the coming weeks. You can register for the upcoming sessions at ncsc.org.

Last week, Margaret Hagan from Stanford Law School's Legal Design Lab presented during our #NCSCWebinar Forms Camp series. The presentation is distilled into this blog post, which describes how #courts can successfully design court forms to better aid #A2J. medium.com/legal-design-a…

Tomorrow our Stanford team is hosting a webinar on the Filing Fairness Project. It's for those building justice tech to help them build at scale, like Justice Technology Association, Pro Bono Net, DoNotPay, Lawyaw, @[email protected] is on Mastodon!, @JustFixNYC, Upsolve Sign up! stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Today's must read: Nóra Al Haider writes about her work with the late, legendary designer virgil abloh & groundbreaking architect Oana Stanescu to design hybrid courts, so they work for people medium.com/legal-design-a…

About to talk through how researchers can use the National League of Cities new #Eviction Prevention Policy & Programs Tool -- along with city leaders to talk through how they can use it to develop policy agendas. See the tool here: nlc.org/resource/local…

Do you work on court or government #forms? The Legal Design Lab has a Design Rubric for you to spot how to make them more accessible & effective

This is a great resource for accessible court forms. Thank you Margaret Hagan and Legal Design Lab for sharing.

We developed a data standard to help local courts supply both search engines and state websites with up-to-date official information. Legal Design Lab graciously allowed our own Brian Guayante to write about it on A Better Legal Internet. Read more here: betterinternet.law.stanford.edu/2023/03/20/lev…

Are you working on AI & Access to Justice? Submit a 4-12 paper on your work to this hybrid workshop at the JURIX conference: justiceinnovation.law.stanford.edu/jurix-workshop/ Deadline is Nov. 20, conf is Dec. 18 #legaltech #legaldesign #accesstojustice