Legal Design Lab
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The Legal Design Lab, bringing human-centered design to the legal system, at @StanfordCLP, @StanfordLaw and @Stanforddschool
Stanford, CA
Joined October 2013
Are you working on AI & Access to Justice? Submit a 4-12 paper on your work to this hybrid workshop at the JURIX conference: https://t.co/hyVtXCtl5I Deadline is Nov. 20, conf is Dec. 18 #legaltech #legaldesign #accesstojustice
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This is a great resource for accessible court forms. Thank you @margarethagan and @LegalDesignLab for sharing.
Do you work on court or government #forms? The @LegalDesignLab has a Design Rubric for you to spot how to make them more accessible & effective
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We developed a data standard to help local courts supply both search engines and state websites with up-to-date official information. @LegalDesignLab graciously allowed our own Brian Guayante to write about it on A Better Legal Internet. Read more here:
betterinternet.law.stanford.edu
By Brian Guayante of The Turnout In the past decade, an average of around twelve million civil cases per year were filed in state courts in the United States. Many of the individuals involved in ci…
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Do you work on court or government #forms? The @LegalDesignLab has a Design Rubric for you to spot how to make them more accessible & effective
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About to talk through how researchers can use the @leagueofcities new #Eviction Prevention Policy & Programs Tool -- along with city leaders to talk through how they can use it to develop policy agendas. See the tool here:
nlc.org
Updated May 2025 The Local Eviction Prevention Policy and Program Tool is an interactive resource that aims to help elected officials, city staff, nonprofits, service providers, researchers and more…
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Today's must read: @noraalhaider writes about her work with the late, legendary designer @virgilabloh & groundbreaking architect Oana Stanescu to design hybrid courts, so they work for people https://t.co/9fjDDOjPHI
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Tomorrow our Stanford team is hosting a webinar on the Filing Fairness Project. It's for those building justice tech to help them build at scale, like @JusticeTechAssn, @probono, @donotpay, @goLawyaw, @SuffolkLITLab, @JustFixNYC, @upsolvebk Sign up!
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Last week, @margarethagan from @StanfordLaw's @LegalDesignLab presented during our #NCSCWebinar Forms Camp series. The presentation is distilled into this blog post, which describes how #courts can successfully design court forms to better aid #A2J. https://t.co/zP08oWhqaR
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This #NCSCWebinar has concluded. The recording and materials will be available soon at https://t.co/euBJmRS873. The Forms Camp webinar series will continue over the coming weeks. You can register for the upcoming sessions at https://t.co/MHhE64CRM9.
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Other helpful form design tips: ✔️Avoid placing too much text on a single page. A wall of text is stressful. ✔️White space helps guide users to important information, encourages users to keep reading and gives the brain a break. ✔️Font size is vital to ensure readability.
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What visual elements should #courts use in form design? All the below. Tip: Place the right information in the right location. Compose your form from the top left corner for highest priority. Make the form "glance-able," so that a user can understand the form in under a minute.
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To create better forms, #courts need to view forms from the user's perspective. A successful court form should be engaging, strategic and comprehensive. It should also be easily accessible.
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For many, forms are the entry point to the civil legal system. Yet, #court form development and design can sometimes be overlooked. A successful form is an access to justice key, helping users participate in the court system.
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Our Forms Camp webinar series is starting soon. Register: https://t.co/NzjAkEqKsp. Counselor @margarethagan w/ @LegalDesignLab at @StanfordLaw will show you how design impacts communication and understanding of court forms. Let us know your insights by tweeting w/ #NCSCWebinar.
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ABF Affiliated Scholar Margaret Hagan (@margarethagan) was recently mentioned in a @TheLegalNews article highlighting the success of "Tiny Chats", the National Center for State Courts (@StateCourts) legal web show where Margaret has been a featured guest. https://t.co/XLVS8BYYn6
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How do we connect more people who are searching online, to help for their legal problems? @pewtrusts have a new piece highlighting simple strategies: https://t.co/D30STYnLak including some of the work our @LegalDesignLab has been working on!
pew.org
For many Americans, Google and other search engines are increasingly popular means of finding legal information and resources. People facing civil justice issues—such as housing disputes or consumer...
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NLC and Stanford Legal Design Lab @LegalDesignLab have selected 5 cities to participate in the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program. Learn more about the program and selected cities here: https://t.co/lLdUoAiHV9
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Forms problems, people problems. I'm teaching a new class at @StanfordLaw on improving the forms experience & court data infrastructure. https://t.co/DB9QXhz1UD To that end, I've been drawing out people's court form problems. What am I missing?
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1/3. Another #CTC2021 highlight was the session addressing strategies for making court content more findable on the web, with @margarethagan of the @LegalDesignLab, @Afterpattern’s Jeannette Cheung, Jennifer Hubbard of the @GACourts, and the @StateCourts’s own @ZachZarnow.
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