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Development roadmap for the Document Assembly Line

The Document Assembly Line is under continuous development, based on input from the courts and legal aid organizations that use it and participate in the community. This roadmap contains the master plan and current development priorities, which are made possible by our partners.

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Master plan​

Our ambitious, long-term goals for the Document Assembly Line are:

  • Establish a national document assembly and e-filing infrastructure for courts and legal-aid organizations
  • Foster a community of courts and legal aid organizations building access-to-justice tools using the Document Assembly Line

Current priorities​

Grant-funded deliverables​

In partnership with Legal Services Vermont, funded by a Technology Initiative Grant from the Legal Services Corporation, the LIT Lab is working on the following:

  • Complete: Manage Docassemble hosting for at least three jurisdictions, including Vermont, by January 2025
  • Create a flexible, general-purpose e-filing tool that allows e-filing documents prepared outside of Docassemble interviews, by September 2025
  • Expand e-filing beyond Massachusetts and Illinois to new jurisdictions, including Vermont, by September 2025
  • Support our existing e-filing code and staying current with third-party changes. Planned updates include:
    • ECF 5 compliance
    • Make it possible to separate e-filing configuration code from Docassemble interview code

Additional priorities​

  • Update this website to better serve Document Assembly Line users and the project's needs
  • Expand the Document Assembly Line community
  • Offer regular interview builder trainings

Releases​

Software versions and release notes can be found in the Document Assembly Line GitHub repositories: