Episode 7: Evaluating Online and In-Person Family Law Hearings

Does the medium of family law cases — online or in-person — factor into procedural justice and the satisfaction of litigants in these cases? In this episode, A2J Lab Associate Director Renee Danser talks with Jim Greiner, faculty director of the A2J Lab, about a study nearing completion, including:

• What led one court system to seek an answer to this question
• How the randomized control trial formed (quickly)
• Measurable goals for the study
• Hypotheses on the findings, due this fall
• A third factor to emerge from the findings

Join us for a deep dive into this study with some takeaways both for the online vs. in-person courtroom debate and for general judicial demeanor.

Read the corresponding blog post.

Speakers:

• Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
• Renee L. Danser, Associate Director of Research and Strategic Partnerships, Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School

Resources mentioned:

• La Gratta Consulting
• State Justice Institute
• How Hearing Mediums Impact Family Law Cases, Trends in State Courts, 2024
• Remote Testimonial Fact-Finding, from Part II – Legal Tech, Litigation, and the Adversarial System, 2023 report published by Cambridge University Press

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