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The Law Society Gazette 21 Jul 2020
Crowdfunding can be a ray of light
In the access to justice infrastructure in the UK, there are many gaps. In the political sphere, legal aid has been slashed. In the legislative sphere, barriers have been mounted to make judicial reviews harder in practice to run. There is no perfect solution for a problem that affects individuals, businesses and lawyers – namely, the lack of an affordable framework for everyone to access legal services. More >
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Badcredit.org 16 Sep 2019
CrowdJustice: An Online Platform Delivering Increased Access to the U.K. Legal System Through Private and Public Funding
In a Nutshell: Access to justice is essential to the rule of law, yet individuals across the world fail to gain access to the legal services they need. CrowdJustice is an online platform in the U.K. that helps individuals and lawyers raise funds for their legal challenges. More >
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Wired 07 Sep 2019
Brexit has kick-started a golden age of crowdfunded legal battles
Of course, none of this would have happened without technology. The thing that more than anything else contributed to the rise of crowdfunded legal proceedings is a company called Crowdjustice. Founded by former litigator Julia Salasky, and based in London, since its launch in 2014 CrowdJustice has helped raise over £10 million for legal proceedings, making more than 1,000 cases possible. More >
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The Guardian 29 Aug 2019
Meet the lawyer-turned-tech entrepreneur trying to make justice available to all
Julia Salasky had a high-flying job at the UN when she quit to set up CrowdJustice, a platform that helps users raise money for their legal needs... More >
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Forbes 18 Aug 2019
CrowdJustice ''Transforming The Way The Legal Sector Operates''
Unfairness in the UK justice system has meant that it doesn’t work for everyone. In 2015 that prompted lawyer Julia Salasky to leave the security of her job to create a new type of access to justice and launched CrowdJustice. More >
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The Big Issue 04 Feb 2019
Changemakers: Julia Salasky changed the face of justice with crowdfunding
How do you help people with a legal issue to access the justice system when funding is a barrier? CrowdJustice founder and CEO Julia Salasky speaks to The Big Issue on how CrowdJustice is making justice more accessible to all. More >
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The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland 10 Dec 2018
Crowdfunding: changing the legal landscape
Joanna Sidhu, head of UK at CrowdJustice, writes for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, explaining how crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for people to support causes which matter to them, and a critical tool enabling people to access the legal system. More >
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The Times 27 Nov 2018
Case Study - Legal Innovation Supplement
CrowdJustice as featured in the Times supplement on Legal Innovation covering legal crowdfunding, major cases and how the platform brings people together around cases and increases Access to Justice. More >
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The Economist 23 Nov 2018
Crowdfunding is opening up Britain’s justice system
Class-action lawsuits have a long history, especially in America. But websites that allow folk to crowdfund legal cases are a new phenomenon. More >
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FT 04 Oct 2018
Top 10 innovative lawyers: the legal profession embraces the future
What exactly do we mean by innovation when we talk about lawyers? This is the question that dominated deliberations over whom to pick for this year’s “most innovative individual” award. CrowdJustice — which Ms Salasky founded in her kitchen in 2014 — has helped fund 500 legal cases, ranging from a hospital whistleblower to victims of a sex offender. More >
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Vox.com 27 Aug 2018
Progressives are giving thousands of dollars to Michael Cohen. I asked them why.
A growing number of #Resistance crowdfunding accounts on online platforms such as GoFundMe and CrowdJustice have popped up in recent months. They’ve racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations for figures who have been spurned by President Donald Trump More >
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The Guardian 04 Jul 2018
Meet the disruptors shaking up the legal world
From crowdfunding litigation to documenting court cases online, here’s how three startups are using technology to transform the sector More >
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Entrepreneur 27 Jun 2018
Meet the Real Justice League: 10 Entrepreneurs Helping Average People Navigate the Legal System
Founded in London in 2015 by ex-United Nations lawyer Julia Salasky, CrowdJustice is bringing the Kickstarter model to legal cases that would otherwise find it hard to get funded. More >
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Legal Week 25 Jun 2018
CrowdJustice founder Julia Salasky on democratising access to law, changing case funding and Stormy Daniels vs Trump
CrowdJustice founder Julia Salasky - Legal Week's Outstanding Innovator 2018 - on building a platform that has raised more than £7m from 200,000 people worldwide to fund hundreds of cases in the UK and US More >
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Legal Week 25 Jun 2018
CrowdJustice founder Julia Salasky on democratising access to law, changing case funding and Stormy Daniels vs Trump
Former Linklaters associate turned access-to-justice pioneer Julia Salasky was crowned Outstanding Innovator of the Year at the Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018 last month, for her work founding legal crowdfunding site CrowdJustice. More >
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Herald Scotland 04 Apr 2018
Ponsati case: Why crowdfunding is key
As businesses such as BrewDog have shown, you can achieve a lot when you harness the power of the crowd. Take Carla Ponsatí. The former Catalan government minister who is living in exile in St Andrews - where she is a professor in the university’s School of Economics and Finance - is defending herself against the might of the Spanish state. More >
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Sunday Times 18 Mar 2018
Crowdfunding site rallies behind porn star Stormy Daniels as Trump’s lawyers seek $20m in damages
The CrowdJustice website is usually a beacon of high-minded legal activism. It typically plays host to environmental activists or immigrants needing funds to fight deportation. But now it has rocketed to prominence thanks to an unexpected patron: a porn star. More >
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Legal Cheek 12 Mar 2018
Julia Salasky: Legal Geek of the Week
More so than in many industries, career progress in law is structured around a familiar and well-defined ladder. It looks a little bit like this: student trainee associate partner or GC. Legal Tech represents an off-shoot from this traditional pathway and Julia Salasky, the Founder and CEO of CrowdJustice, can remember exactly the words which helped move her towards one, and away from the other. More >
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Thompson Reuters 09 Mar 2018
The importance of certainty: High Court grants costs capping order in crowdfunded judicial review
CrowdJustice's Jo Sidu explores whether claimants that bring a public-spirited judicial review, should be exposed to open-ended adverse costs exposure. More >
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Modern Law 15 Feb 2018
Legal Crowdfunding: bringing the crowd to the courtroom
Crowdfunding platforms have become more and more popular in recent years and CrowdJustice has brought this funding approach to the legal sector. Joanna Sidhu discusses how crowdfunding can be applied to the law and how it can improve access to justice. More >
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#MeToo, Equality, Civil Liberties 21 Jan 2018
The #MeToo campaign has reached the tipping point, and now we need to focus on the power of the law
We need to educate people about their rights, but also support them in seeking legal action – which can be complex and expensive – in order to enforce these rights More >
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Slate.com 23 Oct 2017
They Have Lawsuits, You Have Money
For the millions of Americans who cheered when they heard chants of “let the lawyers in” at Sea-Tac Airport last January or listened breathlessly to oral arguments over the travel ban, CrowdJustice comes along precisely at that moment when faith in the courts is all they may have left. More >
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alt.law 29 Mar 2017
If Money is Speech, Then Crowdfund Your Favorite Public Interest Lawsuit
For us, the lawyers of the world, we can suit up for battles in court. Maybe we take on a pro bono matter and make a difference. But what if you are a non-lawyer? How can you participate in the policies being fought for in our courtrooms? More >
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Law.com 29 Mar 2017
Who Rules the World of Litigation Funding?
Whether you’re a litigator who regularly uses funding, a company GC looking to finance a case, or a curious investor, it helps to know who you’re dealing with. More >
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The Atlantic 27 Feb 2017
A New Tool in a Century-Old Fight for Voting Rights
Residents of the U.S. territories can’t vote in federal elections, so they’re tapping into crowdfunding to try to change that. More >
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The Washington Post 11 Feb 2017
Want to help fight legal battles? There’s a crowdfunding site for that.
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The New York Times 09 Feb 2017
Crowdfunding Helps Rescue Refugees Upended by Travel Ban
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City AM 09 Feb 2017
Meet Julia Salasky, founder of CrowdJustice – the platform bringing the legal system to everyone
CrowdJustice, founded and run by former Linklaters commercial litigator Julia Salasky, is transforming the legal industry. The platform, which launched in 2015, enables individuals to fund their legal action. More >
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Quartz 05 Feb 2017
Crowdfunding for public-interest lawsuits has come to the US, just in time for Trump’s presidency
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Thomson Reuters 02 Feb 2017
Crowdfunding startup speeds U.S. launch thanks to Trump travel ban
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Huffington Post 31 Jan 2017
Site That Helped Battle Brexit Will Fund Lawyers Challenging Trump Muslim Ban
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The Independent 06 Dec 2016
The Supreme Court Brexit case only happened because of crowdfunding
A small group brought the “People’s Challenge” to ensure that the Supreme Court also hears the voice – and the legal argument – of everyday British people who feel disenfranchised by the Brexit vote. More >
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Marie Claire 29 Sep 2016
Career tips from the inspirational woman transforming the legal system
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LegalWeek 10 Sep 2016
Top 20 Legal IT Innovators 2016
"The first UK crowdfunding site dedicated to increasing access to justice has funded multiple cases, several of them prominent causes of national significance" More >
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Evening Standard 25 Aug 2016
CrowdJustice: the new website helping Londoners raise funds for their legal fees
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Financial Times 20 Mar 2016
Crowdfunding boosts UK judicial review bids
"Dr Nadia Masood, an anaesthetics registrar, and three others wanted to mount a judicial review to challenge the contract, but needed money to pay for it. Within three days they had raised £85,000 on CrowdJustice..." More >
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Forbes 22 Dec 2015
Four Digital Disruptors That Could Make It Big In Legal Services
"CrowdJustice's key disruptive impact centres on the traditional funding model for litigation. It allows people to find out about a case that’s happening that might affect them – and utilises the power of the crowd to help fund cases that in the past only the very wealthy would have been able to bring." More >
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The Guardian 21 Oct 2015
Lawyer’s crowdsourcing site aims to help people have their day in court
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Financial Times 09 Aug 2015
Crowdfunding sites aim to make the law accessible to all
“CrowdJustice, Britain’s first legal crowdfunding website, seeks to scratch quite a different itch in the psyches of its participants.” More >
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BBC 05 Aug 2015
Crowdfunding website aims to democratise legal disputes
“Linking potential funding sources with the internet has the potential to become quite big.” More >
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The Law Society Gazette 31 Jul 2015
Innovation in legal services – crowdfunding
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Springwise 22 Jul 2015
Wise Words with Julia Salasky
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Legal Cheek 26 Jun 2015
How ex-Linklaters solicitor Julia Salasky created a start-up to crowdfund justice
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The Law Society Gazette 22 Jun 2015
Online crowd funder’s first case
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Springwise 22 Jun 2015
UK citizens can now crowdfund social justice court cases
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Fast Company 05 Jun 2015
Lawsuits In The Public Interest Now Have Their Own Crowdfunding Site
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SF Magazine 29 May 2015
Hacking The Legal System
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The Guardian 25 May 2015
Is crowdfunded litigation the future of justice?
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LegalVoice 22 May 2015
Crowdfunding for justice: "A chance to fill the gap"
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Solicitors Journal 22 May 2015
Crowdfunding for justice takes multinational oil companies to court
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TechCrunch 22 May 2015
CrowdJustice Wants To Bring Crowdfunding To Public Interest Litigation
“...the idea of creating a crowdfunding platform solely dedicated to public interest or community-led legal action seems painstakingly obvious in retrospect..” More >
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