Attorney Search
Attorney Search: Improving Access to Legal Aid with NLP and Fair Matching
Hi, I’m Taro Iyadomi and this is Attorney Search, a project I developed for the 2023 UCLA DataFest.
I. A Valuable Platform with Structural Gaps
The American Bar Association’s Free Legal Answers platform connects low-income individuals with volunteer attorneys who provide free legal advice online. It plays an important role in expanding access to justice. However, despite its value, the platform faces two major issues that hinder its effectiveness: