Jonathan Pyle
Jonathan Pyle is turning mobile phones and tablets into handy points of access to justice with DocAssemble. A computer programmer and lawyer serving Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Jonathan built the open source document assembly tool to help both clients and legal service providers. DocAssemble makes legal services accessible for low-income clients and makes it easy to sign documents without needing a printer — the software even incorporates read-aloud directions when literacy is an obstacle. Legal service providers, particularly legal aid clinics, benefit from Jonathan’s free resource because he created the platform to allow individuals with little to no computer programming skills to build tools that guide clients through documents quickly and clearly.