The American Bar Association, ARAG legal insurance and CuroLegal today announced the launch of a new online tool, Legal Checkup for Veterans. The free web-based application helps veterans identify legal needs in their lives – and provides them with straightforward suggestions and resources to help resolve their legal issues.
The online tool is part of a signature initiative by ABA President Linda Klein to improve legal services for veterans, and will complement other resources being developed by the ABA Veterans Legal Services Commission.
“Legal Checkup for Veterans is a much-needed tool that offers a necessary first step in solving this important group’s access to justice issues,” Klein said. “It provides veterans with free and fast help in identifying their legal needs and clear paths to resolution.”
An easy-to-navigate online questionnaire walks veterans through various questions about their lives and offers them “take action” options based on their individual circumstances. It also provides veterans with useful advice about what they can expect when reaching out to resources for resolution – including documents they will need to resolve their problem and sample questions they should be prepared to ask.
CuroLegal, a legal technology company, designed and developed the application with the support of a cross-departmental team from ARAG legal insurance, as well as a number of subject-matter expert volunteers.
Putting the tool online in a user-friendly format was key to making the legal resources vets need more accessible. “The main cause of the access-to-justice gap is that people simply don’t know that their life problem might actually be a legal problem with a legal remedy,” said Nicole Bradick, Curo chief strategy officer. “Our goal here is to create a demand for justice by alerting users to legal issues and making it really easy for them to take action to resolve them. Technology gives us the ability to offer a solution to this problem at scale.”
“ARAG’s mission is to make sure every American has access to the affordable legal services they need,” said Nicolle Schippers, ARAG associate general counsel and legal industry advocate. “We are thrilled to be part of this collaboration to provide services to veterans, a group of people who have done so much to help America but all too often aren’t given the help they need after they serve.”
To learn more about Legal Checkup for Veterans, visit veteranslegalcheckup.com
- Posted June 30, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
New online tool helps veterans identify
headlines Detroit
headlines National
- More lawyers—and clients—want to learn about sustainable development practices
- Top artificial intelligence insurance tips for lawyers
- Lawyer charged with illegally transmitting Michigan data after 2020 election
- Viral video shows former Rikers Island inmate as she learns she passed bar exam on first try
- How Sullivan & Cromwell is scrutinizing potential new hires after campus protests
- No separate hearing required when police seize cars loaned to drivers accused of drug crimes, SCOTUS rules