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Trending Access to Justice Stories for the Week of 4/18 to 4/22
- This legal help hotline "handled roughly 50,000 free consultations for 28,000 clients last year." http://bit.ly/1SgkIV4
- A report from February access to justice conference in Canada: http://storify.com/IDEALawDal
- Report shows how much it costs a SRL seeking access to justice in Canada: http://bit.ly/1r9S4i2
- LSC announces statewide portal project in partnership w/ ProBono Net: http://bit.ly/1rf1zfT
- Useful Richard Zorza post for federal agencies & ATJ commissions re: 1st meeting of White House LegalAid Interagency Roundtable: https://accesstojustice.net/2016/04/03/thoughts-for-federal-agencies-and...
- $1M pledged from Microsoft towards online portal pilot: http://bit.ly/1Qki7XI
- Access to Justice Commission's public forums continue in Montana: http://bit.ly/1NkoUGu
- Cost of law is putting justice out of reach in Ireland: http://ow.ly/4mLk8N
- Want to catch the highlights of this week's ATJ meeting at the White House (including video)? Scroll through over at @theflabar on Twitter for live Tweets and key moments.
- US Supreme Court making accommodations for the deaf and hard of hearing http://scotusblog.com/2016/04/a-view …
- Homeless courts in CA take a different approach to fines and fees: huff.to/1peoGFk
- Missed this week's ATJ meeting at the White House? Watch it here: http://bit.ly/1SaLhy6
- NY looks at right to counsel report: http://tinyurl.com/hx4ochj
- Next week- Get a Webinar Preview of the Resource Guide on Remote Services for SRLs: https://accesstojustice.net/2016/04/06/get-a-webinar-preview-of-the-reso...
- A look at the role medical-legal partnerships play in low-income communities: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-04-20/... …
- Plain Language initiative aims to help SRLs navigate domestic court in Washington: http://bit.ly/1rpmT24
- Creating New Pathways to Justice Using Simple Artificial Intelligence and Online Dispute Resolution: http://bit.ly/1Qs7Qsz
- More on fee hikes for SRLs in Canada: ow.ly/4mWxCN
- In case you missed it- Last week's trending access to justice stories: http://bit.ly/1VqoKzJ
- B.C. lawyers set to take calls on legal topics at no charge: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dial-a-lawyer-bc-law-week...
- The IronTech Lawyer competition at Georgetown Law on will be streamed live from 1-3:30pm ET on 4/27: https://twitter.com/GtwnLawIronTech/status/723205409251549184