{"id":73318,"date":"2020-12-13T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=73318"},"modified":"2020-12-13T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:49:37","slug":"a-new-one-stop-site-provides-free-legal-help-from-friendly-robot-guides-rockett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/12\/13\/a-new-one-stop-site-provides-free-legal-help-from-friendly-robot-guides-rockett\/","title":{"rendered":"A new one-stop site provides free [legal] help \u2014 from friendly robot guides. [Rockett]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/real-estate\/ct-re-illinois-covid-help-line-tt-1207-20201208-jwzik63d5zcudf7ikseoib5ixu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hundreds are seeking legal aid for eviction, unemployment and debt tied to pandemic. A new one-stop site provides free help<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 from friendly robot guides. &#8212; from chicagotribune.com by Darcel Rockett<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">But the legal aid community knew the need for their help would be dire, as COVID-19 pummeled the economy and left people financially strapped, unemployed and unable to pay their rent. <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">They\u2019ve sounded the alarm, warning of what could be the<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/real-estate\/ct-re-biden-harris-administration-housing-wish-list-1203-20201203-ko3vrrfcwbgdlbtuiceeb7sgx4-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst housing crisis in U.S. history<\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">, with up to 43% of American renters facing eviction in the coming months.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nAt the end of November, the state\u2019s legal aid system launched a new site,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covidhelpillinois.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Illinois COVID H.E.L.P.<\/a>\u00a0(Housing and Economic Loss Prevention), for residents in need of help finding employment or with unemployment benefits assistance; aid with personal debt and bankruptcy; housing or disputes between tenants and landlords; and wills, estates and guardianship.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/business-and-practice\/pandemic-pushes-corporate-law-department-upgrades-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pandemic Pushes Corporate Law Department Upgrades, Study Finds<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from news.bloomberglaw.com by Brian Baxter<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em> &#8220;The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a transformation of corporate law departments, from technology use to staffing levels, said a survey released Thursday. Nearly 75% of departments significantly or moderately increased adoption of legal technology compared to last year, according to an HBR Consulting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbrconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HBR-2020-LDS-Press-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds are seeking legal aid for eviction, unemployment and debt tied to pandemic. A new one-stop site provides free help \u2014 from friendly robot guides. &#8212; from chicagotribune.com by Darcel Rockett Excerpts (emphasis DSC): But the legal aid community knew the need for their help would be dire, as COVID-19 pummeled the economy and left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[817,86,209,208,359,419,180,825,837,830,285,239,321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bots","category-change","category-changing-business-models","category-cloud-based-computing-apps","category-health","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-law-schools","category-legal-operations","category-legal-technologies","category-legislation-legislatures","category-new-business-models","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73330,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73318\/revisions\/73330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}