Civic Tech Field Guide

The Nigerian Lawblog

Nigeria

The Nigerian Law blog publishes blogposts to educate users on legal issues. It also engages users through social media by publishing information about laws and citizens’ rights.

Responsible Data community

The RD community is a place for those who use data in social change and advocacy to develop practical approaches to addressing the ethical, legal, social and privacy-related challenges they face.

Ezolwaluko

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

Ezolwaluko is a provincial Web platform that serves as database for initiates. Ezolwaluko is an "initiation watch" that provides citizens with information on whether the traditional surgeons are registered with the Eastern Cape Department of Health or not. On the web platfrom Eastern Cape citizens can report illegal tradtional surgeons, register to become a tradtional surgeon with the Department of Health and report initiates in trouble. Ezolwaluko is provincial available in both English and IsiXhosa

CHVote

Geneva, Switzerland

This prototype is being developed as a Proof of Concept for the protocol the eVoting group of the BFH (Berner Fachhochschule) is working on, in partnership with Canton Geneva.

yAvo

The Republic of Moldova (Moldova)

yAvo is a free legal advice service where users can post legal or law related queries on the platform, which are thenanswered by lawyers and legal professionals registered on the site.

Incidental Emergency Grants

380 West Broadway, NY, New York 10012, USA

The Incidental Emergency Grants respond to urgent needs such as a website or email being hacked, or the theft or loss of sensitive data and equipment.

C-App

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

C-App provides guidance, support, and advice for most parts of the application process for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independent payment benefits, respectively.

CrowdJustice

CrowdJustice is a crowdfunding platform that enables individuals, groups and communities to come together to fund legal action.

Nyaaya

Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024, India

Nyaaya’s platform provides comprehensive information on various legal topics in an accessible and simple language,covering aspects of the law that the public interact with in their daily lives.

Hamdam

Islamic Republic of Iran (Īrān)

Hamdam is a classic period and ovulation tracker with a twist: a significant function of the app is to help familiarize Iranian women with their reproductive and legal rights.

Oyez

565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60661, USA

It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.

Caselaw Access Project

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

free public access portal to more than 6.4 million state and federal court decisions encompassing 360 years of American case law

LawzGrid

India (Bhārat)

LawzGrid allows individuals and businesses to seek legal information, find a lawyer and create online legaldocuments based on their requirements.

Programme on the Governance of Emerging Technologies

Oxford, UK

This OII research programme investigates legal, ethical, and social aspects of AI, machine learning, and other emerging information technologies.

Mexico City Crowdsourcing a Constitution: case study

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

To get input on Mexico City's constitution, LabCDMX experimented with Google Docs, PubPub, Change.org, paper surveys, and kiosks

Law Padi

Nigeria

LawPadi started as an online legal advice system to provide information and resources to people in Nigeria.

Baobab Law

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

Arizona Eviction Help

Arizona

Arizona Eviction Help makes it easier for tenants to learn about eviction hearings, identify potential defenses to useand create court documents to use.

housing

Know Your Rights Camp

A free campaign for youth funded by Colin @kaepernick7 to raise awareness on self-empowerment 💪🏿 and interacting with law enforcement 🚔

Lexassisto

India (Bhārat)

Lexassisto is an interactive online resource that attempts to make the law and information about legal processesmore accesible to people.

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

Mulika

Kenya

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Tenders Guru

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

Lexyom

Lebanon (Lubnan)

Lexyom is an online legal services platform which connects users to lawyers based on the user’s needs.

Justice Innovation Startup Lab

University of Southern California LA

Learn about design thinking, justice innovation, and legal tech and apply them to the challenge of developing products and services that yield better justice outcomes.

Legistify

India (Bhārat)

Legistify is a platform where people in need of legal assistance can find a lawyer.

Romania Sistemul National de Raportare

Romania

Ministerul Finanțelor Publice a creat Sistemul naţional de verificare, monitorizare, raportare şi control al situaţiilor financiare, angajamentelor legale şi bugetelor entităților publice din România. Aici poți găsi informații despre activitatea financiar-bugetară a acestora.

Presolv360

India (Bhārat)

Presolv360 is an online dispute prevention service that aims to prevent legal disputes and litigation. The Presolv forAll service is available as a free service for underprivileged members of the society.

Lawger

Canada

Lawger uses an online bidding system to connect people with lawyers. Once users submit their legal problem, lawyers registered with the programme can bid on the case.

LexLucid

United States of America (the)

LexLucid is a service that grades elements in contracts and online legal documents, such as terms of service and privacy policies.

LawGives

Canada

LawGives is an online legal service platform. Users can input their legal problem and the site generates free quotes and consultations from registered attorneys.

Crowdlaw Manifesto

The GovLab, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

A statement of 12 principles for online, participatory lawmaking.

Enjambre

Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos)

We are an organization that defends and promotes Internet freedom, through concrete actions of research, dissemination and defense in cases where there is a violation of digital rights.

Law Help Interactive

United States of America (the)

Law Help Interactive is an online service which helps users fill out legal documents for free.

Lexcare

India (Bhārat)

Lexcare is an online forum where people can post legal questions and recieve advice. Users can also find lawyers andconsult them for a fee.

Matras 2

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar)

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

DoNotPay bot

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

The World's First Robot Lawyer

Meditect

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

Meditect offers an innovative mobile solution which combines blockchain and artificial intelligence to allow pharmacists and patients to scan their medicines and thus ensure their authenticity.

Good health and well-being

Tech for public challenges

Will Star

India (Bhārat)

Will Star facilitates the online creation of a will. Upon completion, users can download, print and sign the document.

OpenLaws.com

Kirchenstraße 15, 5301 Eugendorf, Salzburg, Austria

openlaws.com is a thematic search engine that is covering legal content.

Dear Landlord

Australia

Dear Landlord is an interactive app that helps tenants in privately-owned properties to understand their rights andeviction laws. It also helps users generate and review documents such as letters to their landlord or fill out a reviewapplication to the Civil Administrative Tribunal.