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Judiciary outlines Access Resource Center, mental‑health and AI work aimed at helping self‑represented litigants
Summary
The Judiciary described an Access Resource Center that provides statewide help to self-represented litigants, a tri-branch mental‑health commission and a new committee studying court uses of artificial intelligence.
A Judiciary presentation to the House Judiciary Committee highlighted three programs the Judiciary said aim to improve access to justice: a statewide Access Resource Center for self‑represented litigants, a tri-branch Vermont Judiciary Commission on Mental Health in the courts, and a recently created Judiciary committee studying uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in court operations.
The Judiciary representative said the Access Resource Center began as a walk-in clinic at the Chittenden County courthouse but was repurposed during the pandemic to operate statewide by phone, e‑mail and video. "They are designed to help…
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