Learning Lab

50 Tech Tips 2024

This fast-paced, engaging session will provide tips about free and low-cost technology relevant to the access to justice community. This will include new mobile apps, remote work tools, web platforms, information security resources, and solutions for Windows and macOS. Panelists will also explore how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning can be applied to the access to justice field in fun and accessible ways. Technology leaders will emphasize practical, easy-to-use technology that helps legal professionals do their work more effectively.

  • Participants will learn about simple, straightforward technology tips that will help them to do their jobs more effectively.
  • Participants will gain a broader understanding of the technology landscape - including emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning -- that can help them contribute to their program's technology planning process.
  • Participants will have an opportunity to share their own technology tips and provide feedback about panelists' contributions.

Glenn Rawdon, JD

Senior Program Counsel for Technology

LSC

Glenn Rawdon is Senior Program Counsel for Technology with the Legal Services Corporation. He is responsible for helping legal services programs with their technology efforts and with the administration of the Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) program. Since the program started in 2000, TIG has awarded nearly 900 grants totaling over $86 million, many in partnerships with the courts and libraries. In 2021, he won the American Legal Technology Award in the individual category. He is a fellow in the College of Law Practice Management. Before coming to LSC in 1999, he was a managing attorney at Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma for five years, and before that, he was in private practice. He has served as co-chair of the Law Office Management section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and was a member of the Legal Technical Advisory Counsel of the ABA.

Clarissa Ayala

Communications Director

Lone Star Legal Aid

Clarissa Ayala is a communication professional passionate about empowering legal nonprofit organizations to create impactful content and engage with the media for mass awareness and impact. As the Communications Director at Lone Star Legal Aid since April 2017, Clarissa has been instrumental in creating compelling content for the company's website and social media platforms and writing stories and narratives for grant applications and reports showcasing their work's positive impact. She has also served as the main contact for media outlets, skillfully handling press releases on various litigation topics. Clarissa has presented at the Management Information Exchange (MIE) National Fundraising Conference, Legal Services Corporation's Innovations in Technology Conference, and State Bar of Texas's Poverty Law Conference. She has shared her knowledge on topics including digital content for social impact, improving advocacy objectives through effective communications, and building positive working relationships with journalists. Clarissa also serves as Co-Chair of the State Bar of Texas Disaster Task Force’s Communications Committee and Member of the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Latina/x/o Needs Committee.

Shellie Reid

Shellie Reid is the Manager of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP). During law school, Shellie sought opportunities to gain experience beyond the normal law school path. As an ATJ Tech Fellow, Shellie learned of the many career options available to students who love legal and embrace technology. As a founding member of the Delta Model Lawyer research group, Shellie helped formulate and test a competency model for lawyers. Shellie gained experience working as a law clerk for a legal aid organization, a coordinator for a national non-profit, and as a student in the Center for Law, Technology & Innovation. Before law school, Shellie was a recognized subject matter expert for software used by local governments across the country. Shellie’s writing has been featured in Legal Business World, ABA’s Law Practice Today, and on the blog Frontier of the Law. Shellie is a strong believer in the benefits of building a personal brand and network through social media.  Her personal story was so profoundly impacted by the opportunities she found through social media that she funds a social media challenge at Michigan State University College of Law each year. 

Jane Ribadeneyra

Senior Program Officer for Technology

Legal Services Corporation

Jane Ribadeneyra joined the Legal Services Corporation in 2009 and is a Senior Program Officer for Technology. She oversees technology initiative grants that improve access to high-quality legal assistance for low-income people throughout the United States and its territories. She works with grantee programs to strategically leverage technology in delivering legal services to the eligible population. Jane also leads TIG-related special projects, including LSC’s Innovations in Technology Conference and updates to the LSC Technology Baselines. Her expertise in advancing technology’s role in access to justice has made her a frequent presenter at national conferences, sharing her insights and knowledge on innovative technology solutions.

Angela Tripp

Program Counsel for Technology

LSC

Angela Tripp is the newest member of LSC's TIG team, joining as a Program Officer for Technology in March, 2024. Prior to this, she was Director of the Michigan Legal Help (MLH) Program, which is responsible for the statewide website for self-represented litigants (MichiganLegalHelp.org) and over 50 affiliated Self-Help Centers in Michigan. During her 18 year tenure at the Michigan Advocacy Program, she also served as Co-Director of Michigan Statewide Advocacy Services, which manages five statewide programs (including MLH). Ms. Tripp holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston and a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.

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Up to 1.80 CLE credits available  |  Certificate available
Up to 1.80 CLE credits available  |  Certificate available