Chicago-Kent and CALI continue to make improvements and enhance the functionality of A2J Author® based on feedback from the A2J Author® user community. These enhancements include integration with e-filing and case management systems.
The A2J Author® project team has partnered with the U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri to make A2J Guided Interviews® the pro se front-end to the U.S. Courts’ Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system (see Figure 4.) Once completed, the A2J Guided Interviews® and e-filing integrated technology will be made readily available to all other U.S. Courts interested in similar pro se interface projects. Iowa Legal Aid has recently completed a pilot project that integrates A2J Guided Interviews® with the Pika case management system used in a large number of legal aid offices across the country.
Figure 4: E-Filing Data Flow Model
Currently, Legal Aid of Western Ohio is spearheading a replication of the Iowa project in the state of Ohio that will coordinate online intake among all participating programs in the state, using A2J Guided Interviews® as the online interface.