The Legal Development Network has launched the #StandWithUkraine humanitarian program in response to the challenges of the liberation war in Ukraine. Today 14 organizations in different regions of Ukraine take part in it. DLA Piper More bit.ly/sdukraineng

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The newly established Copenhagen Legal Tech Lab (.) is preparing for the launch of its blog - the blog will be launched simultaneously with the Law, Innovation and Vulnerability conference (28 April). Full info on the call: jura.ku.dk/pdf/nyheder/20…

Alongside providing legal aid, @LDN_UA_news provides logistical support for the distribution of humanitarian assistance, including food, clothing, and medicines. You can support this work ⤵️

Using @innoJustice survey data from 13 countries, Paul Prettitore explores the distribution of legal problems and their impacts across income groups. brook.gs/3wR22d5

Just wild that we allow non-lawyers to be judges but that social workers can't even provide the most basic legal advice. In 33 states!!! h/t to Will Nelligan for sharing w/ me as well.

This figure did not make the blog - #gender distribution of legal problems. Nothing too surprising though given women's difficulty accessing land rights a bit surprised by the distribution of land problems. Nigel J Balmer Natalie Anne Knowlton Renee Danser Monique Burnett Measuring Justice

With the support of LDN in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast the “Beehive of Meanings” started working. This is a multi-vector initiative that aims to help IDPs find housing, work, navigate legal and other issues #StandWithUkraine More bit.ly/Vulykzmyst

Yes! A great follow-up review of UK legal sector from Stephen Mayson: we should stop focusing on consumer harm in legal regulation and focus instead of legal well-being--by making sure people have reasonable affordable access to people-centred justice. tinyurl.com/3dbfm2rz

New Article: “The Impact of Right to Counsel to the Poor: Evidence from New York City Housing Courts” maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/new…

.Legal Services Corp. renews it's call for action to address the US legal services gap: 46% who did not seek legal help for one or more problems cite concerns about cost 53% doubt their ability to find a lawyer they could afford Imagine if this study surveyed middle income Americans too

Following today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro Huerta, leaders of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes issued the following joint statement:

My #Tinychat on measuring court accessibility & related legal needsy stuff with Zach Zarnow & Danielle Hirsch was everything I dreamt of! Included ignominy of a fast-forwarding while talking methods & being subjected to the world's most inept star wipe @ 5:58! vimeo.com/729582882

For those of us that work with economists all day long some interesting insight on the field. And possible some lessons for linking economics and law to support better policy for #accesstojustice Nigel J Balmer foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review…

Want to work with me & A2J meta-boffin Hugh McDonald temporarily blinding folk with dazzling empirical A2J research? And hopefully help make justice more accessible along the way?! Yeah you do! jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-VLF10-… Please share widely - I'm genuinely fabulous to work with!

I read this Matt Desmond article and... I don't know. I appreciate his argument about exploitation (of workers, and of poor people) as a cause of poverty. But the article starts out by first implying that our safety net in the US is just fine, and... no! 🧵nytimes.com/2023/03/09/mag…