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Work on this with us

The Commons is a working community. We are looking for people who want to build legal help technology carefully, in the open, and together. If that is you, here is where to start.

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Join a working group

Shape the agenda together

Working groups are where the field plans and builds together. We use working group and cohort to mean the same thing. Two kinds are open now: groups building shared infrastructure, and groups scoping the workflows for an issue area. Express interest in one, and we will follow up about taking part.

Infrastructure groups, running now

Running now

Knowledge Bases

Shaping the shared knowledge base standard and the content that legal help runs on.

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Running now

Voice & Intake

Building the voice and intake tools that meet people where they are.

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Running now

Data Extraction & OCR

Building the tool that reads documents and pulls out the facts that matter.

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Workflow groups, now forming

Scoping the common agenda and vision for each area. Learn about the four areas.

Now forming

Housing

Scoping the common agenda for housing.

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Now forming

Debt

Scoping the common agenda for debt collection.

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Now forming

Benefits

Scoping the common agenda for public benefits.

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Now forming

Reentry

Scoping the common agenda for reentry.

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Build with us

Build the tools

Build a common infrastructure tool

Engineers and designers building any of the shared tools the field needs. Pick one from the agenda, or propose your own.

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Build a legal help workflow in the four verticals, or beyond

Building a legal help workflow in housing, debt, benefits, or reentry, or anywhere in access to justice. Tell us, and feature your work on JusticeBench so others can find it.

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Research and evaluation

Test what works

Researchers and evaluators

Work on evaluation and measurement, or contribute datasets, benchmarks, and materials to JusticeBench.

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Not sure yet

Not sure where you fit?

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you care about, and we will point you to the right place.

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