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Can Technology Automate Your Rights? Upsolve Thinks So (Blog)

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

"...Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been chatting at length with two brilliant, industrious legal innovators who are leveraging technology so that individuals can access their rights from the comfort of their couches – as God intended.

Their first project is Upsolve, and its mission is to “empower low-income Americans to get back on their feet after they hit hard times [by] making bankruptcy help simple, fast, and free.” Basically, they seek to remove the unnecessary cost and complexity hurdles inherent in the status quo for personal bankruptcy. Unsurprisingly, the paperwork associated with this process is complex, but Upsolve is working hard to create a foolproof system that anyone can use from their computer – without the expense of counsel..."

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