Talk Justice: Episode Forty Five
Technological Innovations in Pro Bono Services
Tech tools can minimize tedious, routine legal work, allowing attorneys more time to dedicate to higher-level strategic tasks and their clients. Tech also enables unrepresented people to better navigate complex legal systems. This is how streamlining repetitive processes improves the efficiency of legal services organizations and promotes increased access to justice.
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Guest Speakers
Ransom Wydner (he/him) is the vice president of pro bono and social impact work for SixFifty, the technology subsidiary of Wilson Sonsini. He joined SixFifty in early 2020, and found joy and purpose in helping promote SixFifty’s free tools to support people who can’t afford legal help. Ransom formally took over as Vice President of Pro Bono in December of 2021.
SixFifty’s mission is to make the law more accessible. SixFifty devotes part of its time and resources to creating free legal tools for those who can't afford attorneys. The company believes that people should feel empowered by the law, not intimidated, and is committed to building free tools that increase access to justice for everyone.
Ransom is the lead singer in King Niko, a dance-rock band based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He once filled in with Panic! At the Disco when King Niko was performing alongside them at a show. Ransom completed his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Weber State University.
Sam Flynn (He/him) is the chief operating officer and co-founder at Josef, and leads Josef’s business operations, governance, marketing and customer success functions. Josef is no-code automation platform that empowers legal professionals to change the way they work. Sam has worked in advertising, as a lawyer and as an associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Sam has extensive experience in the intersection of technology and the law. In 2016, Sam built and launched Myki Fines, one of the first successful examples of B2C legal tech with over 60,000 users in the first month. Sam is an advocate for using legal tech to bridge the access to justice gap, and he serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Center for Legal Innovation (CLI).
Sam received both his Bachelor of Arts and His Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
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Kristen Sonday is the Co-Founder and COO of Paladin, whose mission is to increase access to justice by helping legal teams run more efficient pro bono programs. She Co-Chairs LSC's Emerging Leaders Council and hosts an ATJ tech column for Thomson Reuters' Legal Executive Institute.