Innovating Access to Justice
About us
Human Centered, Collaborative, Transformative Services
Mission
The mission of the Lab is to engage in transformative innovation that improves the delivery of legal services, expands access to justice and addresses inequity in the delivery of legal services in rural areas.
Vision
A dedicated hub for identifying and implementing new solutions for bridging the justice gap.
Goal
The Lab will bring together clients, community partners, law schools, staff, and justice tech experts to pursue projects that integrate technology and design best practices into legal service delivery that improves access to justice.
Meet the Team
Scheree Gilchrist, Chief Innovation Officer
Samantha Pittman, Program Manager, Engagement, Development, and Grants
Lidya Vincent, Innovation Fellow
Advisory Board
Jeff Kelly, Advisory Board Chair
Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Sonja Ebron, Advisory Board Member
PhD electrical engineer and former college professor
Diane Littlejohn, Advisory Board Member
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Natalie Knowlton, Advisory Board Member
Founder of Access to Justice Ventures
Get Involved
Internship Opportunities
Legal Aid of NC is expanding its MLK program to include an opportunity for an intern to work alongside Legal Aid of NC’s Chief Innovation Officer in LANC’s Innovation Lab (LIL). The law student intern will work work with our Chief Innovation officer and program staff to identify and design new solutions and best practices that improves our delivery of legal services.
Donate
Our unique service model combines innovations with local, accessible offices that are staffed with passionate and talented attorneys, paralegals and support staff who are experts in their practice area.
This approach ensures that every vulnerable North Carolinian has access to the best advocacy possible. But we cannot do this alone!
Contact us
To learn more and get involved email us at LANCInnovates@legalaidnc.org.
Headlines & Happenings
2023 Legal Design Derby
LANC Innovation Lab partners with Duke Center in Law and Tech and NCCU School of Law Tech Law and Policy Center on Legal Design Derby. For more info, visit https://sites.law.duke.edu/legaldesign/.
Talking About the Innovation Lab on Talk Justice
