{"id":74290,"date":"2018-02-05T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=74290"},"modified":"2020-03-12T13:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:10:59","slug":"law-technology-fellowship-inspires-legal-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/05\/law-technology-fellowship-inspires-legal-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Law technology fellowship inspires legal innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Chad Au (Photo courtesy of the Legal Aid Society of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Law students from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> are joining others from across the nation in increasing access to justice through a new technology fellowship, which has an application deadline of February 9.<\/p>\n

Chad Au<\/strong>, a student in the William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>, was one of eight national participants in last year\u2019s Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He helped the Legal Aid Society of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> to add a chat-bot to its website that enables online visitors to get easier and faster help with their legal questions. A chat-bot is a computer program designed to simulate a conversation with human users, especially over the internet.<\/p>\n

“His interest in technology blew us away,” said Sergio Alcubilla, Legal Aid of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> director of external programs. “We thought it was a complicated process, but it was something Chad was able to do pretty quickly.”<\/p>\n

The Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program is funded by the national Legal Services Corporation and works in cooperation with local partners. In its second year, it pays $4,000 for the 10-week summer fellowship.<\/p>\n

For the full story and more on the fellowship, see the law school website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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