RESOURCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

The Philadelphia Social Justice Hackathon is a 36-hour event to bring students, programmers, and other “civic-minded hackers” together – to work in collaboration with justice advocates, public servants, community legal providers, and members of the community.

Together, attendees will develop technology solutions that respond to the specific justice needs of residents and neighborhoods most impacted by social, economic, and environmental injustices in Philadelphia.

The event is free to attend and open to all participants, regardless of coding experience or affiliation with an organization or university.

https://socialjusticehackathon.com/about/

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Helpful Links:

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Project-specific Resources

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For an overview of all the challenges and partners at the hackathon, check out https://socialjusticehackathon.com/challenges/ or Friday's presentations:

https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/biCqrkV12pFQJYQH2lJTqUKMS_z9J_B1cf6zsVsaMQFgU3fIGIEJxVQ2Vlh_XPl4.7_XB9k67oyOMutVP
Passcode: jGd4?c8*

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The Merchant’s Fund (Project #1)

Project 1 - Restaurant

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About Community Legal Services (CLS) Video Introduction

About the Homeownership & Consumer Rights Unit Video Introduction

Projects:

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Newcomer Immigrant Youth Learning Collaborative (IYLC) facilitated by La Puerta Abierta, (The Open Door)

Project 6 - Immigration

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Video Introduction

Project 9 - PLA Homeowner Resources Site

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Judge Accountability Table (Project #10)

Video Introduction

Project 10 - Commonwealth of PA Judge Retention Data Analysis

Commonwealth of PA Judge Retention Data Analysis

Links for past Datathon project this is related to:

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All Together Now PA (Project #11)

Project 11 - All together now PA

 
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TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES
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Technology Resources

A2J Author

Video introduction: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/SoyuyIVcD8euCtPZsru3lNRKN_tBeKU-xjPig7ZYeqOjTzMq7rgEp0EkpyuFOVh-.0LWF7St0sHggGh6z?startTime=1667053151000
Passcode: ?$Jm4hE&

Will have an on-site representative during the hackathon. For more info and examples of solutions developed using this platform, check out the A2J Author website: https://www.a2jauthor.org/PhillySJH2022

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BRYTER

Video Introduction: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/-7Kwg6Vf5v_0TfXOKcJnvcC-Jtrd5ybFNMKf6Ug2yDa2yiVCEnXpCuST-XdNzItK.8GuAQERqQYVhsVw7
Passcode: ?$Jm4hE&

If you have any questions, you can contact sun@bryter.io who will be available throughout the hackathon... or checkout the resources below!

Access to BRYTER: Participants interested to use BRYTER need to register using this LINK: https://bryter.com/academy

Learning Materials from BRYTER:

  1. Learning Journey: https://bryter.com/learn?utm_source=openprogram&utm_medium=referral
  2. Build Understanding Page: https://help.bryter.io/hc/en-us/categories/7314691118237-Build
  3. BRYTER Information Page: https://bryter.com/

  4. Information on building https://help.bryter.io/hc/en-us

  5. BRYTER Academy (Resources)
    https://bryter.com/academy/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google

  6. BRYTER Open
    https://bryter.com/bryter-open/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic

  7. United for Ukraine Information below
    https://bryter.com/press-releases/united-for-ukraine-connect-displaced-with-lawyers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic

 

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Docassemble

  1. Overview https://docassemble.org/docs.html 

  2. https://suffolklitlab.org/docassemble-AssemblyLine-documentation/docs/

  3. Video: How to use docassemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcQChDCgv30 

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Josef

Josef's mission is to make legal services more accessible. The majority of people who face a legal problem around the world don’t get legal assistance. And, for those who do, most are dissatisfied with the service they get.

Josef was created to solve that problem, founded by three young lawyers and developers who believe that the law needs to work for everyone.

 

What we do

Josef is a no-code software platform that empowers lawyers and legal professionals to automate legal tasks, including lawyer-client interactions, sending emails, generating legal documents and providing legal guidance and advice.

Through Josef, these teams are saving time, scaling their services, helping more people and delighting staff and clients – all while making legal services more accessible.

To date over 6,000 bots have been built, and they’ve been used 140,000 times to solve legal problems.

Today, the best legal teams around the world use Josef, from global commercial firms, to in-house teams at multinational corporations, to leading boutique and NewLaw firms, to the world’s best universities and law schools.

We encourage you to have fun building bots in Josef while solving real world problems!

 

Training Resources from Josef:

  1. Self-Serve Josel Training Portal

  2. Bot to assist with Participant’s Questions - Participants who review the training materials in advance and have additional questions can submit them via this Bot.

If anyone submits questions prior to midday Friday, Josef’s mentor Jake Brown will answer them in a zoom recording - link to be posted here prior to the Kickoff..

 

Additional links:

  1. About: https://joseflegal.com/about-us/

  2. Case Studies: https://joseflegal.com/case-studies/  - see non-profits section 

  3. How to Build your own legal bot with Josef https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMW-PXERL3Y

  4.  Additional videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRAJ38qNj_iwBFWWtBmzE0Q/videos

  5. Will have remote support and mentors available via zoom breakout rooms.

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Neota Logic

  1. https://www.neotalogic.com 

  2. Examples of wireframes

  3. Examples of solutions developed using this platform

  4. Will have an on-site representative and mentor.

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Qlik

Navigation skills: 

  1. Continuous Classroom - filter to Free training: https://learning.qlik.com/mod/page/view.php?id=24708

  2. Students and academic users may request access to individual training ahead of the event here: https://www.qlik.com/us/company/academic-program?_ga=2.29876220.2116225228.1665165273-378129687.1664736509

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R

  1. https://www.r-project.org/
  2. Introduction to R https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8eKsto3Ug
  3. Data Mentor will be available onsite
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UniCourt

Overview of UniCourt by Jeff Cox: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yocjmJukDtXx64UZ9OTxvjLdPr4HS6zw/view?usp=sharing

  1. While you will not be charged UniCourt’s standard monthly fees for the use of UniCourt's app and APIs, anyone who signs up for a free trial subscription will be required to add a credit card on file during the sign up process. 

  2. This is required to protect UniCourt from having to cover the cost of expensive documents that are available through their system (e.g. some documents cost over $2000 from some state courts).

  3. Requests for access need to be done prior to the hackathon since new accounts and support are not available over the weekend. 

    1. First and last name

    2. Email address

    3. Title / organization (for students - law student / law school)

    4. To request access to UniCourt, please send your request and the following information to: info@socialjusticehackathon.com as soon as possible.

  4. UniCort Resources

    1. V2 API documentation is included in the app

    2. Datasets available see court coverage page: https://unicourt.com/coverage

    3. Documentation

    4. Training session will be scheduled this week and a recording will be made available for viewing later.

  5. About UniCourt
    As a legal tech company dedicated to making legal data more accessible and useful for all, UniCourt firmly believes in the intrinsic value and common good connected to improving access to the law. To further ensure that everyone has access to the law, UniCourt has committed considerable resources to publishing millions of court cases online for free. In addition to free case pages with basic information on the parties, attorneys, law firms, judges, courts, and case types involved, UniCourt also produces detailed case summaries for trending litigation in the news.

  6. Resources: Oonline app and APIs: https://unicourt.com/features

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Vizlib

https://home.vizlib.com 

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Miscellaneous 

  1. Github: https://github.com 

  2. Community Calls and Trainings - LawHelp Interactive Resource Center - Pro Bono: https://www.probono.net/dasupport/calls-trainings/

  3. How to Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/AureliusTjin

  4. Synthesia https://www.synthesia.io/post/video-chatbot

 

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INSPIRATION

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For inspiration, check out project galleries of past hackathons:

 

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CONTACT US & SUPPORT CHANNELS

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  1. For each project, there is a link to google docs to submit questions

  2. Email your question to info@socialjusticehackathon.com

  3. For each tech partner, you have access to either live on-site mentor and/or online zoom breakout rooms

  4. Community Mentors - sign up for slots or check for announcements regarding mentor availability.

Please note:  Any organization receiving federal funds must be aware of these recommentations from the DOJ if they plan to inforporate machine translation into their design.

https://digital.gov/2022/05/23/10-tips-to-create-maintain-and-present-non-english-digital-content-a-qa-with-michael-mule/

 

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JUDGING CRITERIA

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Your projects will be judged on the following criteria:

  • How close is it to the ideal solution
    • does it solve the problem at hand?

  • Practicality and Scalability (Share your plan!)

    • Is it sustainable for the community partner to be able to move forward with and maintain it.

    • How technically complex is the project?

The judges may meet you ahead of the presentation session to learn more about your selected challenge and proposed solution.

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