In an article for the Colorado Technology Law Journal, candidate attorney Joely Williamson explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the legal profession—revolutionizing traditional practices, creating new opportunities, and raising urgent ethical and regulatory concerns. AI is increasingly used for document review, legal research, contract drafting, and predictive analytics. Generative AI (GenAI) tools like Lexis+…
Towards sustainable legal education reform: interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches in Albania’s justice system
This article explores the challenges and potential solutions for reforming public legal education in Albania as part of the broader judicial reform agenda. While legal education has been identified as a vital tool for fostering civic engagement and restoring public trust in justice institutions, Albania’s efforts have been fragmented and largely ineffective. The 2019–2023 National…
A manifesto for the judicial and legal system in Europe
On 9 June, all 27 members of the European Union held elections for the European Parliament. The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) issued its own manifesto prior to the elections which called on the Parliament to play its part in demanding adequate resources for the judicial system and a well-resourced legal…
Demand-Side Justice
Abstract The civil justice gap is well-known, well-documented, and widening. Although judges, practitioners, and scholars have attempted for more than fifty years to increase the supply of civil legal services available to those in need, demand continues to dramatically outstrip supply. This article argues that given the static (or worsening) state of the civil justice gap, and the…
A Critical Analysis of the Online Court
Abstract It is no secret that many judicial systems across the globe are stumbling beneath a heavy burden of thousands of suits filed every year in court. The need to optimize the judicial system of England and Wales led Lord Justice Briggs to write a comprehensive report about the subject, in which he suggests the…
Law Council of Australia publishes webinar on implementing the ALRC’s pathways to justice roadmap
The Law Council of Australia has published a recording of its latest online webinar, entitled “Closing the Justice Gap: Implementing the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice Roadmap”. Over the course of the event, the panel discussed a number of issues around access to justice, and the justice gap, including discussion around access to…
Legal Deserts: a Multi-State Perspective on Rural Access to Justice
Abstract: Rural America faces an increasingly dire access to justice crisis, which serves to exacerbate the already disproportionate share of social problems afflicting rural areas. One critical aspect of that crisis is the dearth of information and research regarding the extent of the problem and its impacts. This article begins to address that gap by…