Low-income South Dakotans can seek legal help on many issues through new website Wednesday, December 18, 2019
KELO News
A new online tool that links lower-income South Dakotans and lawyers seems to be much faster than the old way, where legal-aid staff directly took people’s initial information.
So said Brent Thompson about SDLawHelp.org at a meeting Monday. The director of East River Legal Services demonstrated the site to members of the state Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts.
What previously took up to an hour or longer can now be done in as little five to 10 minutes by computer.
“South Dakota did not have a page like this before,” Thompson said.