Ajmi Ayyoub
Leon E. Bloch Law Library University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Kansas City Missouri USA.
Fam Court Rev. 2022 Apr;60(2):165-180. doi: 10.1111/fcre.12635. Epub 2022 Mar 5.
COVID-19 exacerbated the crisis in access to legal services especially for victims of domestic violence for whom the pandemic made their situations even more precarious. In this article, the author shares his experience of building and implementing an automated solution to help pro-se litigants petition the court for emergency protection orders remotely and without the need to visit the courthouse. The article describes the lessons learned in developing a state court online portal dedicated to educating abuse victims and providing them with an automated way to petition the court for protection orders remotely without the need to visit a courthouse. The article concludes that implementing replicable models in other jurisdictions could create various efficient web-based solutions for helping self-represented litigants access the legal services that they need.
新冠疫情加剧了获得法律服务的危机，尤其是对家庭暴力受害者而言，疫情使他们的处境更加岌岌可危。在本文中，作者分享了构建和实施自动化解决方案的经验，以帮助无律师代理的诉讼当事人远程向法院申请紧急保护令，而无需前往法院。本文描述了在开发一个州法院在线门户网站过程中吸取的经验教训，该门户网站致力于教育受虐受害者，并为他们提供一种自动化方式，使其无需前往法院就能远程向法院申请保护令。本文得出结论，在其他司法管辖区实施可复制的模式，可以创建各种高效的基于网络的解决方案，以帮助自行诉讼的当事人获得他们所需的法律服务。
