Using Schema.org to Help People Find Legal Aid

<p>This Medium piece documents an intervention aimed at improving access to justice outreach. We used a technical intervention &mdash; standardized data markup on legal help websites &mdash; to improve people&rsquo;s discovery of key, public-interest legal information.</p> <p><strong>Intended Goal:&nbsp;</strong>Our goal was to help more people find out key legal rights &amp; services when they searched online for help. Search engines&rsquo; results pages are a key place where people find out about legal help. We wanted to raise the placement of local, public interest legal help sources on Google search results pages. Ideally, a person searching with a problem like &lsquo;eviction help&rsquo; or &lsquo;how to get a restraining order&rsquo; will see local legal aid groups that can help them resolve their problem, or legal guides from their jurisdiction that can build their legal capability</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/using-schema-org-to-help-people-find-legal-aid-8e92e0ff6d19"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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