Join UniCourt’s Conversation on Improving Access to the Law

The need to access the law in a meaningful way will only increase as continued shifts in the law from state and federal courts, legislatures, and executive branches reshape the collective legal landscape in the United States. 

Following our previous Twitter Chats on Open PACER Data, Data Driven Business Development, Litigation Intelligence, and Knowledge Management, UniCourt’s next Twitter Chat will focus on the importance of improving access to the law and the implications it carries for consumers, attorneys, legal tech and the legal industry as a whole, as well as a great number of industries deeply connected to new shifts in the law. 

Improving Access to the Law as a Common Good

As a legal tech company dedicated to making legal data more accessible and useful for all, UniCourt firmly believes in the intrinsic value and common good connected to improving access to the law. 

To further ensure that everyone has access to the law, UniCourt has committed considerable resources to publishing millions of court cases online for free. In addition to free case pages with basic information on the parties, attorneys, law firms, judges, courts, and case types involved, UniCourt also produces detailed case summaries for trending litigation in the news. You can see some examples of the case summaries we produce on our UniCourt Legal News page.

But enough about us. The topic of improving access to the law has far-ranging reaches, including the foundational precepts enshrined in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, protecting the public’s right to know and access public records, and our rights to freely publish the laws that bind us and bring us together. 

Improving access to the law is a common good that must be nurtured, invested in, and, from time to time, defended. We hope you’ll join our Twitter Chat, so we can learn more about why improving access to the law matters to you.

Join UniCourt’s Twitter Chat

To learn more about improving access to the law and how it may impact you and the industry you work in, join UniCourt’s Twitter Chat on August 17th from 12-1 pm EST and engage in the conversation with the hashtag #UniCourtChats.

Our Twitter Chat will center on what it means to improve access to the law, and take a deeper look at what it means to consumers, attorneys, and a range of connected industries. We’ll also touch on why Legal Data as a Service and accessing legal data through APIs is removing previous barriers to legal innovation and expanding new opportunities to engage with the law in more meaningful ways.

Here’s a preview of some of the questions and subjects we’ll touch on:

• What does improving access to the law mean to you? How would improving access to the law positively impact your life and livelihood?
• What do you see as some of the best arguments, both legal and non-legal, for improving access to the law?
• Who are some of your favorite advocates, legal tech companies, and organizations fighting to improve access to the law?
• Why is it important to improve access to the law as a whole, and not just the law from individual courts, legislatures, or executive branches?
• What do you see as the biggest barriers and challenges to improving access to the law?
• Why is Legal Data as a Service important for democratizing access to the law?

We want to hear from you! If there are any questions you want us to ask or topics you think we need to cover in our Twitter Chat on Improving Access to the Law, please send them to our Contact Us page or DM us at @UniCourtInc.

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