Texting for Legal Aid

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Matthew Burnett

A recent article in the Daily Post (Wales), which was highlighted in today's Brennan Center Legal Services E-lert, reports:

Callers in desperate need of a lawyer in Wales will now be able to seek free legal advice by text message. An operator will return calls when mobile phone users text their name followed by the word 'legalaid' to 80010. Specialist advice on problems such as debt, inability to pay bills, or bailiff collection orders are offered through the service. ... The new scheme has been launched by Community Legal Advice, a free, confidential advice service paid for by government legal aid money.

For more information on text messaging in the legal services context (including ideas on how to implement projects like the one described above), be sure to check out Liz Keith's presentation on "Mobile Technology, Social Media,and Serving Low Income Communities" (PDF) from this year's Equal Justice Conference. -M

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