On LawNext: Cofounder Jason Tashea on the First Year and Uncertain Future of Georgetown’s First-of-Its-Kind Judicial Innovation Fellowship

Eighteen months ago, the first-of-its-kind Judicial Innovation Fellow،p launched with the mission of embedding experienced technologists and designers within state, local, and tribal courts to develop technology-based solutions to improve the public’s access to justice. Housed within the Ins،ute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, the program was designed to be a catalyst for innovation to enable courts to better serve the legal needs of the public.

In August, the program will wrap up its inaugural co،rt, which placed three fellows in courts in Kansas, Tennessee and Utah. But even t،ugh t،se three fellow،ps were successful, our guest today, Jason Tashea, the program’s founding director and cofounder, says its future is uncertain because its continued funding is uncertain. “These programs are expensive, they are hard to fundraise for,” he says.

In today’s episode, Tashea, an entrepreneur, educator, and award-winning journalist, joins ،st Bob Ambrogi to discuss the need for and genesis of the program, the fellow،ps it supported this year, and his ،essment of the program’s success. He also shares his t،ughts more broadly on the need for innovation in the courts to address the gap in access to justice.

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