Research
The Duke Center on Law & Tech is conducting a research study about legal innovation that increases access to justice.
Participation is voluntary and open to individuals in the United States over the age of 18.
This study has been approved by Duke IRB #2022-0480.
- Are you the founder or an early employee of a justice tech startup in the United States?
- Are you considering starting a new company that uses technology to solve a legal problem?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 90 minutes in a virtual conversation on Zoom.
We’ll ask you about your entrepreneurship journey and other questions such as: what it’s like to navigate ethical questions, what has helped you be successful, and if you’ve faced any challenges based on your identities.
- Are you an investor or potential investor of a justice tech startup in the United States?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 90 minutes in a virtual conversation on Zoom.
- Are you a legal professional or public service professional?
- Are you interested in or passionate about legal innovation and technology?
- Do you have big ideas for solving the access to justice crisis?
Talk to our researchers for 60 minutes in a virtual focus group on Zoom.
- Have you solved a legal problem for yourself using a technology solution?
- Or, have you represented yourself in court when you had a legal problem?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 60 minutes about your experience in a virtual individual interview or focus group. We also have options to meet in person in a small group.
We’re offering a $25 Amazon gift card for your time.
Sign up here for a virtual individual interview.
Email Study Coordinator, Kelli Raker at kelli.raker@law.duke.edu if you prefer to meet in a group face to face in Durham, North Carolina.
- Are you the founder or an early employee of a justice tech startup in the United States?
- Are you considering starting a new company that uses technology to solve a legal problem?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 90 minutes in a virtual conversation on Zoom.
We’ll ask you about your entrepreneurship journey and other questions such as: what it’s like to navigate ethical questions, what has helped you be successful, and if you’ve faced any challenges based on your identities.
- Are you an investor or potential investor of a justice tech startup in the United States?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 90 minutes in a virtual conversation on Zoom.
- Are you a legal professional or public service professional?
- Are you interested in or passionate about legal innovation and technology?
- Do you have big ideas for solving the access to justice crisis?
Talk to our researchers for 60 minutes in a virtual focus group on Zoom.
- Have you solved a legal problem for yourself using a technology solution?
- Or, have you represented yourself in court when you had a legal problem?
Talk to our researchers for 30 – 60 minutes about your experience in a virtual individual interview or focus group. We also have options to meet in person in a small group.
We’re offering a $25 Amazon gift card for your time.
Sign up here for a virtual individual interview.
Email Study Coordinator, Kelli Raker at kelli.raker@law.duke.edu if you prefer to meet in a group face to face in Durham, North Carolina.
Most people in the United States do not have access to legal help to solve important problems that affect their daily lives. We want to learn more about the impact of well-designed legal services that use technology to reach more people and lower costs compared to the traditional model where one lawyer serves one client.
For the purposes of this research, we are defining justice tech as “companies and programs that create technology solutions to help people navigate legal matters with tech solutions that foster hope, independence, and self-empowerment and contribute to a fairer legal system” (Justice Tech Association, 2022).