AI in Access to Justice and Legal Aid Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. What does document assembly software like A2J Author or Docassemble do?
   • It argues cases in court on a person's behalf
   • It asks plain-language questions and fills in the correct court forms from the answers
   • It predicts which judge will hear a case
   • It replaces the need to file anything with the court
2. Under unauthorized practice of law rules, which activity is generally allowed for a non-lawyer tool?
   • Telling someone what they should argue in their specific case
   • Representing a tenant at an eviction hearing
   • Choosing a legal strategy for a custody dispute
   • Explaining what a form is for and when its deadline falls
3. What did Utah create in 2020 to expand legal services?
   • A regulatory sandbox that lets approved non-traditional providers offer legal services under supervision
   • A statewide ban on legal chatbots
   • A right to a free lawyer in all civil cases
   • A requirement that all court forms be filed on paper
4. Why did the Federal Trade Commission act against DoNotPay in 2024?
   • For charging legal aid groups too little
   • For refusing to translate forms
   • Over claims about its 'robot lawyer' that the company had not backed up
   • For operating without a court clerk license
5. Why do many access-to-justice teams keep a rules-based guided interview at the core of their tools?
   • It is the only technology courts allow online
   • It can be audited, because a lawyer can review every branch of the decision tree
   • It needs no updates when laws change
   • It automatically works in every state
6. Which is an example of the narrow LLM tasks described in the guide?
   • Sorting a free-text description into an issue code for triage
   • Deciding whether a client should settle
   • Signing court filings for users
   • Serving eviction notices on landlords
7. Why is detecting the user's jurisdiction a key implementation concern?
   • Because courts charge different fees for online access
   • Because only some states allow smartphones
   • Because every state uses the same forms, so detection is just for statistics
   • Because eviction rules differ by state and sometimes by city
8. Why do many people face civil cases such as eviction or debt collection without a lawyer?
   • Civil cases are not allowed to involve lawyers
   • Lawyers are banned from representing tenants
   • There is no general right to a lawyer in civil cases, and many cannot afford one
   • Courts assign lawyers only after judgment