Technology, Innovation and Access to Justice

Siddharth Peter de Souza is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick, UK, and Founder of Justice Adda, a law and design social venture in India. Maximilian Spohr is Policy Advisor on Civil Rights and Digitisation at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, primarily leading the foundation’s international human rights program. He holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Heidelberg.

• Foreword, Maurits Barendrecht (HiiL)1. Introduction – Making Access to Justice Count: Debating the Future of LawSiddharth Peter de Souza (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Maximilian Spohr (Friedrich Naumann Foundation)Part I: Mapping the Private Sector2. How Can Law Firms Contribute to Access to Justice in an Age of Technology and Digitalisation? Pro Bono, Law Firm Innovation and Ideas for the Legal CommunityÖzgür Kahale (DLA Piper)3. How Technology Is Changing the Nature of Work and Altering the Practice of LawSuzanna Kalendzhian (Legal Advice Middle East platform, UAE)4. Future of Law – Increasing the Access to Justice through TechnologyOdunoluwa Longe (DIY Law, Nigeria)5. The Future of Law: Technology, Innovation and Access to Justice in Legal Services around the WorldRoger Smith (London South Bank University/Legal Action Group 'JUSTICE')Part II: Smart Government: Building Responsive Future-Ready Institutions6. Automating Government Decision-making: Implications for the Rule of LawMonika Zalnieriute, Lyria Bennett Moses and George Williams (University of New South Wales)7. Sustainable AI Development (SAID): On the Road to More Access to JusticeChristian Djeffal (HIIG, Berlin)8. Digital Justice: Nice to Have But Hard to AchieveDory Reiling (Sen. Judge Amsterdam District Court, ret.)9. Improving Access to Justice Through Social Media Service of Process In Germany: Thinking Outside The (In)boxCedric Vanleenhove (Ghent University/University of Liège)Part III: Civil Society: Realizing the Implications of Technology Change10. Gamified Digital Advocacy and the Future of LawGianluca Sgueo (NYU; Department Director at I-Com)11. Communicating the Law: Thinking through Design, Visuals and Presentation of Legal ContentSiddharth Peter de Souza (Humboldt University of Berlin)12. Digital Rights and Data ProtectionAlistair Alexander & Mira Suleimenova (Tactical Tech Collective) 13. Friend or foe?: Examining the Potential and Pitfalls of ICTs in Improving Access to Justice in Post-Conflict CountriesAstrid Wiik (University of Heidelberg)Part IV: Reflecting on Legal Education in the Future14. Elements of a Strategic Roadmap to Legal Education and Accreditation in the Digital EnvironmentAna Paula Camelo & Claudio Lucena (UCP Research Center for the Future of Law, Brazil)15. Challenges and Opportunities: Engaging a Reluctant Profession in Its Own FutureAviva Rotenberg (Canadian Bar Association)16. The Long and Short of It: How Legal Education Can Help Solve the Profession's Identity CrisisMaeve Lavelle (Neota Logic)17. Teaching Law after the #feesmustfall Protests – How Technology Saved the Day at UWCAngelo Dube (University of South Africa)

This collection represents an invaluable contribution to our state of knowledge about developments in relation to digital justice. I would imagine that just about all of us would be better informed for reading it.