{"id":152,"date":"2006-09-27T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T21:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/09\/27\/new-fangled-self-help-videoconferencing"},"modified":"2006-11-03T14:40:23","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T18:40:23","slug":"new-fangled-self-help-videoconferencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/09\/27\/new-fangled-self-help-videoconferencing\/","title":{"rendered":"(new-fangled) self-help videoconferencing"},"content":{"rendered":"

[in pre-launch<\/em> status, as we search for a shlep<\/em> team<\/a>\u00a0— can you contribute?]<\/p>\n

In Part III<\/a> of its Broken Bench<\/em> series on New York State’s “justice courts” (see our prior post<\/a>),\u00a0the New York Times<\/em> describes today\u00a0how old-fashioned\u00a0parochial politics have prevented reform that\u00a0would bring better justice to those appearing in town and village courts across the state.\u00a0 \u00a0(NYT<\/em>, “How a Reviled Court System Has Outlasted Critics<\/a>,” Sept. 27, 2006)<\/p>\n

I’m happy to counteract that news by pointing to two\u00a0states that\u00a0are using new-fangled*<\/strong> videoconferencing programs to help bring the benefits of self-help assistance to populations in small towns and rural areas that do not yet have, or might never warrant, their own fully-staffed and equipped\u00a0self-help center.<\/p>\n

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