Jason Tashea

Jason Tashea

Jason is a consultant on access to justice and technology issues at the World Bank; the editor of the Justice Tech Download, a weekly newsletter; and he co-hosts LSC’s Talk Justice podcast.

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Recent Episodes
September 27, 2022

How “Lawyerless” Courts Fail Everyone

There is a massive disconnect between what courts were designed to do—solve legal disputes through lawyer-driven, adversarial litigation—and what these courts are asked to do today—help people without lawyers navigate complex social,...

August 9, 2022

Legal Services for Climate Emergencies

Legal experts discuss the access-to-justice implications of the increasing number of climate emergencies in the U.S. and the role attorneys play.    Ariadna Godreau Aubert, founder and executive director of Ayuda Legal...

July 12, 2022

Modern Approaches to Expungement

Legal experts share their perspectives on the expungement process.  In this episode, we’re talking about criminal records – or at least, how to get rid of them. In the U.S. approximately 1/3...

June 14, 2022

The Argument from the Right for Civil Legal Aid

Is there a conservative case for supporting civil legal aid? Prominent conservative and libertarian thought leaders share their perspectives on access-to-justice issues and recent regulatory changes.

May 30, 2022

Data Privacy Concerns for Legal Services Providers

What are the trade-offs attorneys need to consider for their clients as the justice system digitizes? Panel discusses unintended consequences of mass data collection.

April 12, 2022

Surging Debt Collection Suits: Impact on Debtors and Court System

Debt collectors are leveraging the court system more than ever—and this may have significant consequences for Americans.

March 8, 2022

The Crisis in Access to Justice in Rural America

Experts discuss new technology and other client-centered developments that are helping to close the justice gap in rural communities.

February 22, 2022

American Rescue Plan, Evictions, Broadband and the Digital Divide

Senior Advisor to the president and American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling discusses implementing the historic $1.9 trillion rescue plan and what it means for access to justice.

February 8, 2022

New Tech Trade Association Supports Innovation in Access to Justice  

Empowering the consumer legal experience through technology

December 28, 2021

Access to Justice Year in Review

Jason Tashea returns to wrap up 2021.

November 23, 2021

The Digital Divide and Legal Aid Access

The impact of the digital divide on access to justice. Why some will suffer a lot more.

October 26, 2021

New Data on Civil Legal Needs

Legal experts discuss the role of data in understanding and implementing civil legal aid.

August 10, 2021

What to Expect from the Relaunch of the DOJ’s Office for Access to Justice

President Biden’s executive order re-establishing the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable.

January 15, 2020

Reinventing the staid field of legal academic writing

Bryan Wilson, editor-in-chief of MIT, discusses their MIT Computational Law Report.

December 12, 2019

How one lawyer built a practice by defending a notorious accused hacker

Tor Ekeland of Tor Ekeland Law in New York discusses how to mind a statue and build a legal practice.

November 13, 2019

Diversity in the legal tech community

Kristen Sonday discusses what it means to be a female co-founder, questions why she didn't notice more female and minority founders, and wonders if legal tech has a diversity problem.

October 16, 2019

Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests

Colleen Chien and Sarah Lageson talk about their research into the modern trials and tribulations of expungement, sealing and criminal records.

September 18, 2019

Exploring new frontiers in research for the legal industry

Bob Ambrogi and Andrew Arruda talk about how new technology and artificial intelligence can help legal research.

May 15, 2019

David Van Zandt has made a career out of touching third rails in higher ed

Whether grappling with political issues of the day or an oppositional faculty, David Van Zandt has continually forged ahead for the changes he believes in.

April 24, 2019

Why tech tools can hold both promise and peril for policing

Matt Stroud discusses how the desire for quick technological fixes can compound the problems that technology was supposed to solve.

March 13, 2019

Jeff Carr continues his fight against billable hours

Jeff Carr talks about why he came out of retirement, and how his principle of the Three Es calculated the value of legal services to clients.

January 16, 2019

Beating the drum for change

Ralph Baxter talks about his days with Legal rebels, where his profession has been and where he thinks it’s headed.

October 24, 2018

How to stop worrying and learn to love data-driven law

Ed Walters talks about his book, “Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services" which discusses data informs and the aspects of modern life.

October 8, 2018

Clio Cloud 2018: Human-Centered Design for Lawyers

Cat Moon talks about a human-centered design for law and the power of curiosity to drive innovation in the legal profession.

October 8, 2018

Clio Cloud 2018: Building a Modern Law Firm

Billie Tarascio talks about what it’s like to work for a modern law firm, the steps to create one, and questions to ask when getting started.

September 12, 2018

Legal writing pro is helping teach AI to draft contracts

Ken Adams talks about LegalSifter, a system that addresses the fact that many customers are doing the same tasks when dealing with contracts.

August 6, 2018

ABA Annual Meeting 2018: Managing Student Loans

Bruce Brotine, Lyssa Thaden, and Zach Weber talk about ways young lawyers can manage student loan debt during and after law school.

August 3, 2018

ABA Annual Meeting 2018: The Criminal Justice Tussle with Technology

Andrew Grosso, Judge Bernice Donald, Alan Butler, and Lorraine Kisselburgh explain how technology is gradually changing aspects of the law.

June 13, 2018

Tech is not the only answer to legal aid issues, Joyce Raby says

Joyce Raby doesn't believe technology is the saving grace for the justice ecosystem, but she continues to work with technology at the Florida Justice Technology Center.

April 4, 2018

Outgoing Adobe GC witnessed changes that digitization, globalization wrought

Mike Dillon discusses how digitization and globalization affected the operation and practice of a general counsel’s office.

March 14, 2018

Longtime legal tech leader Richard Granat finds a new challenge

Richard Granat speaks about his experience as an older entrepreneur and how his age is a benefit, not a detraction.

January 10, 2018

Robert Litt has been out front on online threats for decades

In this episode of the ABA Journal's Legal Rebels, host Jason Tashea talks to Robert Litt about the online threats that have been facing the U.S. since the creation of the internet.

December 13, 2017

Trailblazer with a nonlawyer past brings the present and future to law firms

Adriana Linares talks about her job helping lawyers identify tools and services that will help with their practice management.

September 28, 2017

Clio Cloud 2017: LawyerSlack: Once you Slack, There’s no Going Back

Keith Lee and Brian Lynch discuss LawyerSlack an online community where lawyers can network, get advice, or even just hang out.

September 26, 2017

Clio Cloud 2017: Data Driven Decision Making & Process

Mary Juetten and Sam Glover discuss the best ways to use data for law firm management and marketing.