Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma is proud to be a part of the Technology Initiative Grants program sponsored by the Legal Services Corporation.
Legal Aid has joined many other LSC-funded legal services providers to provide the public with greater access to free legal information and the ability to complete some court forms online. Legal Aid lawyers utilize automated document technology to streamline document production saving time and administrative costs.
Just prior to joining the Legal Services Corporation, Glenn Rawdon was the Managing Attorney for Legal Aid's Bartlesville Law Office.
Glenn Rawdon of LSC's Office of Program Performance and Joyce Raby, formerly of LSC, have received the National Legal Aid and Defender Association's Innovation in Technology Award for creating and ensuring the continued success of LSC's Technology Initiative Grants program, which funds technology projects aimed at increasing access to justice for low-income Americans.
Rawdon and Raby received the honor at the 2009 Equal Justice Conference in Orlando on May 15. Don Saunders, NLADA's Director of Civil Legal Services, presented the award and read testimonials from other technology experts throughout the legal aid community, who heaped high-praise on the pair. "Successful programs require at least three things," wrote Pat McClintock of Iowa Legal Aid. "They need to be good ideas, they need to be viewed by those served as good ideas, and they need to be run by good people. The LSC Technology Initiative Grants program has met those requirements. The good people behind TIG are Glenn and Joyce who brought to the job a belief in the important role that technology can play in expanding access to legal services and who have demonstrated the requisite flexibility, patience and support in working with programs like Iowa Legal Aid, which have benefited mightily from TIG."
Alison Paul of the Montana Legal Services Association wrote, "Through Glenn's tireless efforts to preach the gospel of automated forms, the [National Legal Services Document Assembly Server] and automated documents for self-represented litigants have become a reality. This project has benefited tens of thousands of low-income people across the country and it would not exist without Glenn's unwavering support."
"Joyce Raby has been a visionary thinker on using technology in a legal aid setting," wrote Paul. "She has pushed legal aid programs to recognize the potential of technology to connect legal aid programs and clients, and has championed the notion that the use of technology is not limited by income status. She will be sorely missed by legal aid programs as she moves forward on her new path." | 
