Justice Technology Association

Pioneers and Pathfinders: Maya Markovich Returns We're excited to welcome back Maya Markovich, a familiar voice on the podcast and a leading thinker in legal innovation and AI strategy. Since her last appearance with us, Maya has taken on a new role...

🎙️ Justice tech, AI, regulation & what’s next.

JTA ED @mayamarkovich.bsky.social returns to Seyfarth’s Pioneers & Pathfinders podcast for a deep dive on building an equitable legal future.

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A2J Briefings - Center on the Legal Profession Stay informed on the latest legal trends and research. Read the Center on the Legal Profession blog from Stanford Law School.

🗞️ One of the best places to track what’s moving in law + access to justice.

@law.stanford.edu's #A2JBriefings pull together key news, policy shifts, court updates, and more - no doomscrolling required.

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Access for All: How Michael Stych Is Scaling Contend to Transform Legal Help – CodeBase Founder Case Study

Justice tech at scale starts with solving real problems.

#ContendLegal’s story shows how strong execution and ecosystem support can move mission-driven legal tools forward.

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Get Involved | Justice Tech Association Become a part of the movement toward equal justice for all. At Justice Tech Association, we unite investors, donors and members in a shared mission and vision.

JTA Member #HelloDivorce has launched nationally (US)! 👏

We're celebrating the bold, people-first work it takes to scale justice tech with care and courage.

🚀 Ready to build with purpose?
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Building Future Ready Lawyers Calling All Lawyers, Professors, and Legal Thinkers—We Need Your Input Over the past year at TED, I’ve been thinking deeply about how the legal profession can evolve—because the pressures we face toda...

💡 Big moves in legal innovation: ‪@ted.com‬ is launching #TEDLaw, and JTA Advisor Jim Sandman is on the Faculty Council!

Legal pros: help shape the curriculum by taking this 15-min survey →

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🌱 Founders: Grow with impact, not just code.

#ContendLegal, #HelloDivorce & #AskThurgood (LexLab justice tech champ!) all leveraged their JTA membership for visibility, traction & funding.

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Legal aid organizations still lack up-to-date tech, new report finds — Queens Daily Eagle Current technological funding and investments for legal aid services is still insufficient despite years of increased spending, a new report from the NY Commission on Access to Justice says.

📉 Legal aid orgs are spending more on tech, but often it's not enough. Many still have no full-time tech staff.

If you’re building justice tech, sustainability matters. Read the full report:

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Home 2025 Honoring Those Making a Difference

🏆 Submissions are open for the #ALTA2025!

Building tech that expands legal access? The Access to Justice category is for you.

🗓️ Apply by July 31

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🎤 Share your justice tech work on a national stage!

#ITC26 — LSC’s Innovations in Tech Conference (Jan 2026, San Antonio) is accepting submissions for workshops, demos, sessions, & more.

🗓️ Due July 18

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JTA’s Partners power the work. 🦾

Shoutout to Strategic Partners like #ThomsonReuters, @everlaw.bsky.social‬, and #AmericanArbitrationAssociation for supporting the infrastructure behind justice tech.

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Launching August 2025 at ILTACON. The Global Justice Tech Map. A joint collaboration between Legaltech Hub and Justice Technology Association.

Help us build the first Global Justice Tech Map. Who should be on this map? Startups. Established Platforms. Nonprofits. Any organization driving innovation in justice and legal tech. Why Join? Get featured on the first global justice innovation map. Connect with fellow changemakers. Show your impact to the world.

We’re building something big We’d love your help! Be part of the first-ever public map of justice tech orgs. We’d love to include your company in the first release. Deadline July 21, 2025

📢 Big news: we’re building a first-of-its-kind Global Justice Tech Map with @legaltechnologyhub.com

If your org is innovating in access, representation, or system change—get listed.

🗓️ Deadline for first release: July 21
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Get Involved | Justice Tech Association Become a part of the movement toward equal justice for all. At Justice Tech Association, we unite investors, donors and members in a shared mission and vision.

🤔 Curious about JTA’s role in bridging the justice gap?

Justice Technology Association is building the ecosystem—supporting founders, legal aid partners, and mission-driven innovation.

Discover how to get involved →

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Justice Tech Landscape Data Collection The Justice Technology Association and Legaltech Hub are collaborating on collecting data about the state of the world-wide Justice Tech landscape. The ultimate goal is three fold: To allow those…

🌐 Help shape a global snapshot of the justice tech landscape.

Launching at #ILTACON25, this collaborative map with ‪@legaltechnologyhub.com‬ will feature orgs expanding #AccessToJustice through tech.

Add your org ↓
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Scaling justice: How AI and ADR are reshaping legal access - Thomson Reuters Institute The rise of AI-powered tools for dispute resolution can offer the opportunity to modernize the legal system and expand access to justice.

AI + ADR = faster, more accessible justice - or a new layer of risk?

In her new Scaling Justice post, @mayamarkovich.bsky.social explores what’s at stake when AI reshapes conflict resolution.

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JTA Justice Tech Beacon Newsletter Signup Sign up for the Justice Tech Beacon, our new monthly newsletter, to stay at the forefront of justice tech innovation and access to justice. Get exclusive insights, industry trends, event invitations,…

💡 Building justice tech? Don’t miss funding opportunities.

JTA’s newsletter features grants, ecosystem updates & resources for orgs working at the intersection of tech + justice.

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Community Spotlight: Maya Markovich - Legal Geek Meet Maya Markovich, this month’s Community Spotlight. She is driving real change where technology, equity, and the legal system meet

Justice tech isn’t charity. It’s critical infrastructure.

This Legal Geek spotlight on JTA ED @mayamarkovich.bsky.social‬ offers a sharp look at what real leadership + long-term vision in the field looks like.

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What is Justice Technology & How is it impacting Judiciary? Justice tech is reshaping legal space, making justice more accessible and fair. From AI-driven research to ODR, technology is changing the game.

Justice tech isn’t just about tools—it’s about trust.

This article from Justice Accelerator shows how AI + blockchain can expand access, *if* built with justice-impacted communities.

What examples have you seen that center lived experience?👇

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Scaling Justice: Breaking through global regulatory roadblocks for increased justice equity - Thomson Reuters Institute To improve access to justice, many justice tech firms are finding the need to navigate the often-confusing maze of legal regulatory rules.

What’s slowing #JusticeTech, even as AI becomes central?

In *Scaling Justice*, ‪@mayamarkovich.bsky.social‬ & Hassan Luwalira identify barriers from #UPL to biased design—and unpack how to build transparent, inclusive #LegalAI systems.

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#AIinLaw #AccessToJustice

Justice Tech Landscape Data Collection The Justice Tech Association and Legaltech Hub are collaborating on collecting data about the state of the world-wide Justice Tech landscape. The ultimate goal is three fold: To allow those that…

Launching at #ILTACON25: the Justice Tech Map 🗺️

JTA + @legaltechnologyhub.com‬ are spotlighting orgs using tech to expand access to justice.

📍 Want your org included? Fill out this quick form:
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JTA Member Spotlight: Thurgood Learn how Thurgood is using AI to help workers facing discrimination access fast, affordable legal support—and why justice tech is personal for him.

JTA Member Thurgood helps workers bring EEOC, OSHA & DOL claims—offering free evaluations and connecting them to legal or advocate representation. AI intake + broad coverage = justice closer to those impacted.

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#JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #EmployeeRights

🚀 JTA is having real impact — the numbers speak for themselves.

22x growth in accelerator funding.
43 legal aid orgs engaged.
66+ thought leaders featured.
Hundreds of media mentions.

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Lawyer Up? Increasingly, Americans Won’t, or Can’t. (Gift Article) It’s dangerous to go to court without legal representation — but more Americans are going it alone.

Millions navigate civil court without legal help.

This @nytimes.com‬ piece asks why - and explores the systemic issues that block better solutions.

If we want a fairer system, innovation has to be part of the answer.

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Wolters Kluwer, American Arbitration Association Team Up to Host International Hackathon The event in The Hague will see dispute resolution professionals partner up with AI engineers and UX/UI experts to build AI-powered arbitration workflows.

Next week!

JTA Strategic Partner #AmericanArbitrationAssociation & #WoltersKluwer host an intl. #LegalHackathon + JTA ED @mayamarkovich.bsky.social‬ is facilitating.

📅 11 June
📍 The Hague

Global teams. Real-world legal challenges. Big ideas ahead.

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Guest Post: Unauthorized Help – A Contrarian UPL Analysis Technology that helps people do their own legal work should be against the law. That at least is the view of some bar authorities, and the implication of regulatory proposals. Many lawyers think…

Who does #UPL enforcement really serve?

In this LawNext piece, @marclauritsen.bsky.social challenges the status quo, arguing that UPL protections often favor lawyers over the public.

Bold thinking like this is essential for real regulatory reform.

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Navigating The Fine Line: Redefining Legal Advice In The Age Of Tech With Erin Levine And Quinten Steenhuis - Above the Law The definition of 'practicing law' is outdated and increasingly irrelevant in a tech-driven world. Should the line between legal advice and legal information even exist?

Where’s the line between legal info & legal advice?

This #AboveTheLaw piece with Erin Levine + Quinten Steenhuis digs into how justice tech is navigating UPL risks and why these gray areas matter for the future of legal access.

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#JusticeTech #LegalInnovation #UPL

JTA Justice Tech Beacon Newsletter Signup Sign up for the Justice Tech Beacon, our new monthly newsletter, to stay at the forefront of justice tech innovation and access to justice. Get exclusive insights, industry trends, event invitations,…

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Sign up for the JTA newsletter to hear about #Funding opps, #TechEvents, & tools driving #AccessToJustice

Upcoming June Events:
🇬🇧 LawTech UK (6/10)
🇳🇱 AAA-ICDR FDR Conference (6/10)
🇺🇸 Legal Geek NA (6/17)

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Paths Forward: A Phased Approach to Regulating AI in Consumer-Facing Legal Tools | IAALS Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET

The final session in IAALS’s AI + UPL series is next week!

Moderated by JTA Advisor Jeff Ward & hosted by IAALS + Duke Center on Law & Tech, it explores a phased approach to regulating AI in legal services.

🗓️ June 5 | 2pm ET

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#JusticeTech #AIinLaw #UPL #DukeCLT #IAALS

We appreciate this take! Many of us at JTA are legal tech professionals - all folkx without JDs who regularly provide critical services to lawyers and law firms. Litigators especially rely on non-lawyers to practice law - literally every day - a fact that many lawyers and firms want to overlook.

Arizona Justice Reinvestment Grants - Vitalyst Health The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has selected Vitalyst Health Foundation and the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona (TAPAZ) as the fiscal agent to manage the Marijuana…

Arizona orgs: Prop 207’s Justice Reinvestment Grants are now open.

Funding for programs focused on reentry, substance use recovery, record clearing & more.

⏳ Deadline: May 31

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#JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #AZGrants #Prop207

Justice tech took the spotlight at #EJC25.

Panelists from JTA, AAA-ICDR, Duke, LSNTAP & Everlaw for Good explored how mission-aligned innovation can help build an equitable justice system — and the ethical infrastructure to support it.

#JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #LegalInnovation #LegalAid