U.S. courts were forced to modernize during the pandemic, but the 2023 State of the Courts Report found that continued investment in digitalization is needed to prevent that progress from eroding. The Thomson Reuters report revealed how the U.S. court system is plagued by delays, backlogs, and workforce shortages – underscoring how further modernization is urgently …
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2023 State of the Courts Report: Top 10 Takeaways
Delays, backlogs, and workforce shortages demonstrate the need for a digital transformation to modernize the U.S. court system, according to the 2023 State of the Courts Report from the Thomson Reuters Institute. The report found that many courts were propelled into modernizing by the pandemic, but without continued investment in digital transformation, they risk falling …
Thomson Reuters Awards Grants to Organizations Rebuilding Minneapolis and St. Paul Communities
This week, CityPages featured an in-depth look at the Lake Street neighborhood in Minneapolis, among the areas hardest hit by the civil unrest following the tragic death of George Floyd. CityPages reporter Susan Du explored the history of the diverse neighborhood – with its reputation as “an incubator of immigrant dreams” – as well as …
Improving Access to Justice in Africa – For Public Consumption podcast
The ongoing commitment of Thomson Reuters to access to justice and the global rule of law manifests through its long-standing support of programs like Books for Africa – a non-profit organization that sends millions of books, computers, e-books and other educational materials to countries throughout Africa. But the work to strengthen and improve the legal …
AALL 2017 – Bryan Stevenson on Inequality and Injustice
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) states on its website (LINK) that it is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenge racial and economic injustice, and to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Bryan Stevenson has led the charge on these efforts since …
Jim Sandman on Access to Justice and Technology
Jim Sandman, president of Legal Services Corporation, recently visited the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus to share his thoughts on how the legal industry has been slow to initiate and adopt new technologies, change their traditional service-delivery patters or simplify processes for improved accessibility. Following the presentation, David Curle, Director of Market Intelligence for the Legal …
Susan Taylor Martin interviews Prof. Deborah Rhode
Thomson Reuters Legal President Susan Taylor Martin recently spoke with author and Stanford Professor Deborah Rhode. As director of the Center on the Legal Profession, and director of the Program in Law and Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford, Prof. Rhode is a widely published scholar on legal ethics and diversity in the law. Susan and Prof. …
The 20th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum: A Fitting Anniversary Edition
The 20th annual meeting of our Law Firm Leaders Forum was truly outstanding. Conducted with record attendance in New York last Thursday and Friday, its range of topics, depth of analysis, and diversity and effectiveness of faculty exceeded the very high standard the Forum has established over the years. Here are some highlights: Annual Report …
CTC2015 – Access to Justice and Mahesh Rengaswamy
The Court Technology Conference in Minneapolis featured a packed agenda, and among the notable sessions held was “Access to Justice,” hosted by Mahesh Rengaswamy, senior director of Global Justice Programs, Thomson Reuters. We caught up with Mahesh after the session to get his views on the discussion and the conference overall.
CTC2015 – Technology to Connect the Justice Ecosystem
With the Court Technology Conference in Minneapolis in full swing, Thomson Reuters gathered leaders from across the justice system for the panel, Technology to Connect the Justice Ecosystem. Moderated by Brian Knudsen, vice president of the Government segment at Thomson Reuters, the discussion featured Judge Gary Lynch, Missouri Court of Appeals; J.D. Gingerich, Arkansas Director …