PBN Document Assembly Support

Where Do I Start?

Click Join this Area on the left to access the resources in the Library, including A2J Author and HotDocs tips, example evaluation reports, usability testing tools, and more.

What Is LawHelp Interactive?

LawHelp Interactive was developed to make implementing document assembly initiatives easier and less costly for legal aid organizations as well as pro bono and court-based access-to-justice programs. Participating programs use Capsoft's HotDocs Professional, and optionally the Center for Access to Justice and Technology's A2J Author, to create document assembly content from their forms and documents. Templates are uploaded to the LawHelp Interactive system and made available to advocates, pro bono volunteers, and self-represented litigants through legal aid and court websites.

Pro Bono Net, in collaboration with Ohio State Legal Services Association, operates LawHelp Interactive and provides the technical infrastructure necessary to offer online document assembly content.

Previously, LawHelp Interactive was known as NPADO.

What is Pro Bono Net?

Pro Bono Net is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer. Pro Bono Net has partnered with pro bono and legal aid organizations to build statewide websites, and many other access to justice websites, that offer powerful and sophisticated online tools to pro bono and legal aid advocates, and to provide critical legal information and assistance directly to the public. Learn more about Pro Bono Net's mission and programs.