Justice buses are back on the road in Ohio, making their way across the Buckeye State to: learn about the legal needs of local communities and then, hold local-specific legal clinics to address those needs. This is a much-needed approach.…

One of the most exciting things I’ve read recently in the A2J space didn’t come from the courts or legal circles. Instead, it involves research about how the financial industry creates barriers for justice-involved individuals. The collateral consequences following involvement…

One attorney for every 10,000 low-income Americans. One for ten thousand. That haunting stat spotlights the stark reality that there is much to be done to address this nation’s access to justice gap. President Biden took a small but, fingers…

When I asked a couple of weeks ago whether roving courts is a good or crazy idea, I leaned toward good idea but wondered how the process would work. We didn’t have to wait long for the answer. Utah has…

Sometimes we know things at a fundamental level. But reminders and instruction, especially group instruction, can do a world of good.  Case in point, victims can be retraumatized in the retelling of their stories. How someone poses a question can…

Revisiting ‘circuit riding’ judges There’s a rich history in this country of the courts coming to far-flung communities to resolve disputes. There are remnants of the practice in the names of our “circuit” courts. Circuit riders dispatched to rural and…

Well maybe not directly to you. But to a neighborhood near you. That’s the case if you’re in St. Louis. That’s because St. Louis has for the first time created an E-Courts location in North County. The move to create…