ABA President Says Tech Might Address Justice Gap

William C. Hubbard, president of the American Bar Association. Photo: Memphis Daily News.

William C. Hubbard, president of the American Bar Association, is calling on lawyers to work with tech solutions to close the “justice gap.” Speaking to a group of lawyers in Tennessee, he said that “… despite all of our best efforts, we have not closed this justice gap despite more pro bono work and more support.”

Hubbard’s predecessor, James Silkenat, made civil courts news last year when he called for a “civil Gideon,” the idea that some civil cases like eviction and child custody rise to the point of requiring legal representation.

See the Hubbard story in the Memphis Daily News here.