The legal aid community is actively exploring the use cases for generative AI—and these could differ from what Big Law has been experimenting with over the last year or so.
In 2022, low-income Americans did not receive enough, if any, legal help for 92% of their civil legal problems, according to a Legal Services Corporation report.
Two years later, the Legal Services Corporation, a non-profit which funds civil legal aid programs, celebrated its 50th anniversary in Washington D.C. on April 9. There, a conference room packed with legal aid attorneys from all over the country examined the progress made, and the long road ahead—and pondered exactly what role, if any, generative artificial intelligence could play in bridging the access to justice gaps in the U.S. legal system.
