The AI & Access to Justice Committee Meeting is a specialized event organized by the Chicago Bar Association, focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and legal accessibility. This meeting aims to explore how AI technologies can be leveraged to bridge the justice gap and enhance legal services for underserved communities.
The session titled "Closing the Justice Gap: Can AI Really Expand Access?" features speakers Mark Marquardt, Executive Director of the Lawyers Trust Fund, and Lisa Colpoys, Senior Consultant for the AI Initiative at the Lawyers Trust Fund. They will discuss innovative strategies, including AI tools designed for low-income litigants, legal aid organizations, and self-represented individuals.
This event is particularly beneficial for legal professionals, technologists, and policymakers interested in the application of AI to improve access to justice. Attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge AI applications and their potential to transform legal service delivery.
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Speakers(2)
Lisa Colpoys
Senior Consultant-AI Initiative at Lawyers Trust Fund
Lisa Colpoys is an experienced public service leader and innovator who has spent her career working to create and deliver new ways for people to solve their legal problems. She is passionate about transforming our courts and the practice of law through innovative ideas and the use of technology and improving and simplifying processes and systems. Currently she serves as Senior Consultant to the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois' AI Initiative, where she works to introduce and encourage the exploration and use of Generative AI by legal aid organizations and professionals. Highlights of her career include launching and leading both Illinois Legal Aid Online, a ground-breaking legal services technology nonprofit, and Illinois Court Help, a tech-enabled service of the Illinois Courts that helps people navigate complex court processes.
Mark Marquardt
Executive Director at Lawyers Trust Fund
Mark Marquardt has been the executive director of the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois since 2015. He previously served as the organization’s deputy director, a role he assumed in 1991. Mark has had a leadership role in a broad range of innovative efforts to improve the legal aid system in Illinois, including the creation of CARPLS Legal Aid, Illinois Legal Aid Online, and the Rentervention chatbot. Mark served as the research coordinator for the 1989 Illinois Legal Needs Study and was the research director and principal author of the 2005 Legal Aid Safety Net study.
Event Details
- Date
- September 22, 2025
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Chicago, United States
- Pricing
- Free
- Audience
- Legal professionals, technologists, policymakers, and individuals interested in AI applications in legal services.
- CLE Credits
- IL MCLE credit for live webcast only. No MCLE credit for on-demand webcast.