From b996ef2ac894db112e0888f5ae5cd07409f353b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Glover Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 09:21:44 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update the about page (#103) * Update the about page * Add information about the Atkinson Hyperlegible font family --- src/app/about/page.tsx | 150 +++++++++++++------------------ src/app/components/ThankYou.tsx | 4 +- src/app/css/AboutPage.module.css | 3 + 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-) create mode 100644 src/app/css/AboutPage.module.css diff --git a/src/app/about/page.tsx b/src/app/about/page.tsx index a4018d9..660c47a 100644 --- a/src/app/about/page.tsx +++ b/src/app/about/page.tsx @@ -1,94 +1,72 @@ import ThankYou from '../components/ThankYou'; -import Link from 'next/link'; +import styles from '../css/AboutPage.module.css'; export default function About() { return ( -
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- About Court Forms Online -

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- Court Forms Online is a free website built by the{' '} - - Suffolk Legal Innovation and Technology (LIT) Lab - - . It helps you create court forms and other legal forms. In some - cases, we can deliver your forms directly to the court. Lawyers, law - students, designers, and technologists helped turn each form into a - simple to use and guided process. The Lab reviews forms regularly to - keep them up to date. -

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- While we consulted with and collaborated with both the Trial Court - and the Appeals Court, Court Forms Online is not a project of the - Massachusetts Court. The Appeals Court has issued a{' '} - - standing order - {' '} - that makes this website an officially approved way to deliver forms - to the Appeals Court. -

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How does it work?

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- We use the free and open source tool{' '} - Docassemble to ask you simple - step-by-step questions and to turn them into filing-ready PDF - documents for your legal case. You can use the interactive forms on - a desktop computer or a smartphone. -

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- Some forms need to be printed and delivered by you. Some forms - include a button that delivers your form securely by email. We are - working on integrating our forms with the Appeals Court electronic - filing system directly. Suffolk LIT Lab delivers forms this way in - Illinois as a{' '} - - certified third-party filer. - -

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In other states

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- You can use our free tools to build your own interactive court - forms! Check out the{' '} - - Document Assembly Line project documentation page - {' '} - to learn how. -

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The Document Assembly Line Project

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- At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the{' '} - Suffolk LIT Lab was just 2 - people: and one of us had been hired the day the University campus - shut down. But we were inspired to help the thousands of - Commonwealth citizens who suddenly were locked out of physical - access to lawyers. -

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- Our idea was to build dozens of interactive forms that included - guidance and delivered your work directly to the court. Usually - these projects take many months. We worked with agile experts to - develop an "assembly line" style development process so that we - could spread out the work among dozens of volunteers. We called our - project the Document Assembly Line. -

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- The response to our call for volunteers was amazing. More than 200 - volunteers from around the world helped work on the Document - Assembly Line--representing 11 time zones and 5 continents. -

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- We no longer have 200 volunteers, but our lab and Suffolk University - Law students have continued to help the project grow and thrive. Our - work has also helped legal aid programs in Illinois, Louisiana, - Maine, Vermont, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and other states to build - their own form libraries. -

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About Court Forms Online

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+ Court Forms Online is part of the{' '} + + Suffolk Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab + + ’s Document Assembly Line project. It helps you complete court forms + other legal documents. Each form has been turned into an interview that + that guides you through the process of completing the form. In some + cases, we can deliver (e-file) your forms directly to the court. +

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+ The online guided interviews on Court Forms Online have been built by + lawyers, designers, developers, law students, and others. Some are + maintained by the LIT Lab, while others are built and maintained by + other organizations. +

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+ Court Forms Online started out with input from the Massachusetts Trial + Court and Appeals Court. In 2020 the Appeals Court issued a{' '} + + standing order + + officially approving Court Forms Online for completing and Document + Assembly Line community includes courts and legal legal aid + organizations in Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, + Vermont, and more.{' '} + + Learn more about the Document Assembly Line project. + +

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How does it work?

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+ We use a free and open source tool,{' '} + Docassemble, to ask step-by-step + questions as part of an interview that guides you through completing the + form. Then we use your answers to assemble complete, ready-to-file PDF + documents. +

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+ You can use the Court Forms Online on a desktop computer or a + smartphone. +

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+ Some forms need to be printed and delivered by you. Some forms include + button that delivers your form by email. And other works are integrated + directly with the court’s{' '} + + electronic filing system + + . +

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Accessibility

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+ The font family used on Court Forms Online is{' '} + + Atkinson Hyperlegible + + , developed by the Braille Institute to improve legibility, and + readability—especially for low-vision readers—through clear, distinctive + letters and numbers. +

); } diff --git a/src/app/components/ThankYou.tsx b/src/app/components/ThankYou.tsx index 6831911..ca9ec5a 100644 --- a/src/app/components/ThankYou.tsx +++ b/src/app/components/ThankYou.tsx @@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ const organizations: Array = [ export default function ThankYou() { return ( -
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Thank you

- The organizations listed below all helped build the first version of + All the organizations listed below contributed to the first version of Court Forms Online. It would not exist without their help.