For many who must go to court docket and not using a lawyer, navigating the justice system may be daunting. Courtroom5 is a singular justice tech firm that addresses that drawback by offering professional se litigants with the coaching, instruments, paperwork and assist they should signify themselves. For litigants who want further assist, it additionally gives entry to à la carte lawyer providers.
Our visitor this week, Courtroom5’s cofounder and CEO Sonja Ebron, was motivated by her personal experiences as a professional se litigant to develop a means to assist others who discover themselves in the identical scenario. With a doctorate in electrical engineering and expertise as an entrepreneur, she and cofounder Debra Slone, a PhD librarian and former library college professor, launched Courtroom5 in 2017.
Courtroom5 can be a founding member of the Justice Know-how Affiliation, fashioned earlier this yr to assist expertise firms that assist folks navigate authorized issues. Ebron and Slone have been each named to the 2022 Fastcase 50, which honors legislation’s “smartest, most brave innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.”
Take heed to be taught why Ebron based Courtroom5, the way it helps those that can’t afford a lawyer, and what she sees as the long run for her firm and the broader panorama of justice tech.
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