Claudia Johnson L'97 and Miguel Willis on the Future of Law, Technology, and Access to Legal Services
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Claudia Johnson L'97 has been focused on building the continuum of legal care and service delivery models for low income communities since she graduated from Penn Carey Law School. She's currently a program manager with Pro Bono Net, where she led the adoption of online forms, making them a go-to tool for courts and nonprofits that need to serve and support those without attorneys. She is also a board member for the Future of the Profession Initiative.
Miguel Willis is The Future of the Proession Initiative's first Innovator in Residence. He also serves as Executive Director of the Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program. Miguel holds a political science degree from Howard University and a JD from Seattle University School of Law. His entrepreneurial spirit, drive to innovate, and proximal experiences of growing up in poverty shape his lens to effectuate positive impact.
On this episode, they discuss how private sector leaders can partner with public interest organizations to scale access to legal services, why leadership requires a critical look at who populates the decision-making table, and why law students provide our best hope for transforming how the profession delivers its services.
Law 2030 is produced by The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative ("FPI"). FPI recognizes a leading law school’s role in designing a forward-looking approach to lawyer formation and leading essential interdisciplinary conversations that respond to the fundamental changes that are transforming the legal profession. If you’d like to learn more about the Future of the Profession Initiative at Penn Carey Law School, please visit https://www.law.upenn.edu/futureprofessioninitiative/
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