Justice Technology Association

If you're investing in justice tech - or building a company that needs investors to understand the market - this report is for you. JTA's Digital Divide in Justice 2026 report lays out the landscape: 5.1 billion people worldwide lack meaningful access to justice. The demand is massive. The infrastructure gaps are clear. And the opportunities for technology to scale impact are real. This research is validation you can take to funders, board members, and LPs who need to see the size and shape of the problem before they write the check. Download the report 👉 https://buff.ly/H5NY1ks #JusticeTech #ImpactInvesting #AccessToJustice #LegalTech #JusticeEquity

1 in 3 Americans — nearly 100 million people — have a criminal record. Most are legally eligible to clear it. Few have access to affordable legal help. JTA Member Rasa Legal just raised $5 million to change that. Founded by former public defender Noella Sudbury, Rasa has already helped 26,000+ people understand their eligibility and successfully cleared over 5,000 records across Utah, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. This funding will accelerate their expansion nationwide. The impact is real: people who clear their records are 63% more likely to get a job interview, and wages increase by over 20% within a year. Congrats to Noella and the Rasa team - a huge milestone for everyone involved! Read the full announcement 👉 https://lnkd.in/gkaAQ9_s #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #CriminalJusticeReform #LegalTech #ImpactInvesting

5.1 billion people lack meaningful access to justice. The legal infrastructure to help them exists. So does $3.33 trillion in ethical capital looking for impact. What's missing is the connection between them. JTA Partner Edenreach just released a new report - Bridging the Justice Gap - exploring how "Justice Finance" can change that. Built on research from the BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law), it lays out how AI-enabled platforms can connect impact investors with legal cases delivering measurable social and environmental outcomes. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: position litigation financing not as opaque, risky bets - but as a new category of investable impact assets with both financial and social returns. This is the kind of innovative thinking the justice tech ecosystem needs. Download the report 👉 https://buff.ly/B5hylUf #JusticeTech #ImpactInvesting #AccessToJustice #JusticeFinance #LegalInnovation

"An eviction hearing doesn't pause while the legal profession forms a task force. A custody case doesn't wait while state bars debate the unauthorized practice of law." Vivek Sankaran watched a pro se litigant walk up to a courthouse kiosk and start typing legal questions into ChatGPT. No one told them to. No bar association approved it. They just needed answers before their hearing. This is already happening - at scale. The question isn't whether people will use AI for legal help. It's whether the legal profession will shape that reality or just watch it unfold. Sankaran lays out three paths forward: enforcement, education, or infrastructure. And a fourth option - doing nothing - that we can't afford. Read the full piece on his Substack 👉 https://buff.ly/6UoqPqh #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #LegalTech #AIPolicy #LegalInnovation

Technology can expand access to justice...if it's designed for the people who need it most. JTA's Digital Divide in Justice 2026 report explores the gap between promise and reality: court portals that don't work on mobile phones, legal aid tools built without input from the communities they serve, and language barriers that lock out millions. But it's not all friction. The report also highlights what's working, from Brazil's digital court innovations to Switzerland's multilingual legal platforms, and what justice tech builders can learn from them. If you're designing, funding, or advocating for legal technology, this is essential reading. Download the report 👉 https://buff.ly/SDMYoC0 #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #DigitalEquity #LegalInnovation #JusticeEquity

"The answer isn't more lawyers—it's better support upstream." That's one of the key insights from our Scaling Justice column on the UK's employment tribunal crisis. Here's what the data reveals: Self-represented claimants who reach a hearing win 44% of the time. Those with lawyers? 52%. The gap is smaller than you'd expect. The real problem is that most people never get that far. Analysis of 2,700+ dismissed cases found that the vast majority weren't struck out for being weak—claimants simply stopped engaging with a process that's slow, complex, and impossible to navigate alone. With the UK's Employment Rights Act 2025 set to extend protections to 6 million more workers, tribunal volume is only going up. The system needs solutions that scale. That's where mission-driven legal tech comes in—not to replace lawyers, but to keep people in the process long enough to be heard. Read the full analysis 👉 https://buff.ly/8GjH4SG #ScalingJustice #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #EmploymentLaw #LegalInnovation Thomson Reuters

The Women Building the Future of Justice dashboard is live. Built in partnership with Lady Justice Initiative, this global resource profiles women harnessing technology to expand access to justice: founders, nonprofit leaders, public sector innovators, and ecosystem builders working across legal aid, court tech, and beyond. It's Women's History Month, and the UN's Commission on the Status of Women is spotlighting access to justice for women and girls this year. We couldn't think of a better time to launch. Explore the dashboard 👉 https://buff.ly/KBeO8wH #WomensHistoryMonth #JusticeTech #WomenInTech #AccessToJustice #InternationalWomensDay

Is AI the end of lawyers - or the beginning of access to justice? This Fast Company piece re-frames the question we should be asking. The real crisis isn't that AI might replace lawyers. It's that 93% of low-income Americans already face legal problems without any legal help at all. The choice isn't between a lawyer and a bot. For most people, it's between a bot and nothing. And while nearly 1,000 documented cases of AI "hallucinations" in court filings show the risks of unguided tools, the answer isn't to shut innovation down. It's to build better systems - ones that extend access while maintaining accountability. Lawyers can wage a losing campaign against technology. Or they can learn to run with the machines, fulfilling their ethical duty to ensure all Americans have access to justice. Read the full piece 👉 https://buff.ly/sQ9igpX #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #LegalTech #AIPolicy #LegalInnovation

We’re proud to see this important step forward in Colorado - and even prouder of the JTA community members who helped shape it. JTA Advisors Natalie Anne K., Sarah Mauet, Sateesh Nori, and Jeff Ward, along with JTA Members Ty Brown and Sonja Ebron, and Executive Director Maya Markovich have all contributed to the broader conversation on UPL reform and how legal tech can expand access while protecting consumers. Colorado's new non-prosecution policy isn't a free pass - it's a structured framework that gives legal tech tools room to operate when strong consumer safeguards are in place. That's the kind of practical, data-informed experimentation we need more of. As (IAALS) Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System and Duke Center on Law & Tech develop a toolkit to help other states follow suit, we're hopeful this model will spread. Read the full breakdown from IAALS 👉 https://lnkd.in/gkfF-JWM #JusticeTech #AccessToJustice #LegalInnovation #UPLReform #LegalTech

AI is reshaping criminal investigations - from predictive policing to facial recognition to digital evidence analysis. But as these tools become more prevalent, courts face hard questions about constitutional protections. Join the next TRI/NCSC AI Policy Consortium webinar on March 18: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀' 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 Panelists from law enforcement, prosecution, and the judiciary will discuss: → How AI is currently being used by law enforcement and prosecutors → Practical steps courts can take to evaluate AI-generated evidence → Guardrails needed to protect Fourth Amendment rights, due process, and equal protection This is essential viewing for anyone working at the intersection of technology and the justice system. Register (free) 👉 https://buff.ly/cGr4W5L #JusticeTech #AIPolicy #AccessToJustice #CriminalJustice #LegalTech Thomson Reuters National Center for State Courts