Document Assembly: How to Get Started, Kate Bladow and Claudia Johnson (Pro Bono Net), and Rachel Medina (for Center for ATJ and Technology) [presented at the Legal Services Corporation'sTechnology Initiative Grants (TIG) conference in 2009]

1. Document Assembly: How To Get Started Kate Bladow, Pro Bono Net Claudia Johnson, Pro Bono Net Rachel Medina, A2J Author

4. What is Document Assembly? Advocates or self-represented litigants answer questions during an interview. A personalized document is created from the answers. The answers can be saved and reused.

5. Document Assembly Examples

6. Example - EZLegalFile http://www.ezlegalfile.com/go.jsp?act=actShowHome

7. Example - NPADO http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ smallclaims/secdepletter.htm https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/ index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp _content&contentID=6002

8. Example – I-CAN! http://www.icandocs.org/ca

9. Example – OCAP http://www.utcourts.gov/ocap/

10. Document Assembly’s Impact

15. Building a Project - Process Launch Assess Develop Plan

33. Petition for a Protection Order

35. HotDocs Templates (document or form) + A2J Guided Interview (interview or data collection tool) National Public Automated Documents Online (NPADO) “ National Server” CREATE STORE SERVE

38. Child name TE Child DOB DA Child address TE Child county TE

39. Child name TE Child DOB DA Child address TE Child county TE A2J Author Answer File (.anx)

40. John Doe 01/22/2006 123 My Street OurCounty .anx (answer file) + document template = completed document A2J Author Answer File (.anx) National Public Automated Documents Online (NPADO) “ National Server”