Author: Roger Smith

Roger Smith

Roger is an expert in domestic and international aspects of legal aid, human rights and access to justice. Roger is a visiting professor of law at London South Bank University and an honorary professor at the University of Kent. He is a solicitor and has been director of the Legal Action Group, JUSTICE and West Hampstead Community Law Centre as well as director of policy and legal education at the Law Society, London, and solicitor to the Child Poverty Action Group. Roger was awarded an OBE in 2009 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Law Society in October 2012

The revolution picks up

Posted by - 5th June 2017
From resistance and denial to increasing innovation, with some setbacks along the way, Roger Smith looks at the journey of how technology is being used to increase access to justice.…
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Brave new world?

Posted by - 2nd February 2017
Roger Smith reports on the way jurisdictions across the globe are turning to IT to provide greater access to justice. Roger Smith runs www.law-tech-a2j.org which is funded by The Legal Education…
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