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A2J Author
What it is
A2J Author helps court, legal services, and law school staff create browser-based guided interviews that assist self-represented litigants with court documents. Authors use a graphical flowchart map to shape interview dialogue and branching questions. Document tools include the A2J Document Assembly Tool for templates, and version 6.0 added a template automator for basic documents. CALI offers free hosting on A2J.org for interviews and templates intended to help litigants; organizations can also self-host the A2J Viewer, A2J DAT, and interviews. The free plan is for legal aid organizations, government entities, courts, and other nonprofits using the system for non-commercial purposes, and requires a registered, authenticated account. The maker says authors can produce Section 508 and WCAG2-compliant interviews using the latest Viewer and following its accessibility checklist. HotDocs templates cannot be published on A2J.org. For self-hosted use, document generation from HotDocs templates requires LawHelp Interactive or a HotDocs server.
For and against
For
- Graphical flowchart map supports branching interview design.
- CALI offers free hosting for interviews and templates.
- Organizations can self-host the Viewer, DAT, and interviews.
- Authors can build accessible interviews using its checklist.
Against
- Free use requires an authenticated account.
- HotDocs templates cannot be published on A2J.org.
- HotDocs document generation requires another service when self-hosted.
- Technical-problems contact form requires login or registration.
The verdict
A2J Author provides interview-building and document-template tools for organizations serving self-represented litigants. Its hosting and HotDocs constraints matter when choosing how to publish and generate documents.
Who it suits
A2J Author suits court, legal services, and law school staff creating guided interviews for people completing court documents without representation. Its free plan is limited to qualifying organizations using it non-commercially.
Plans and prices
A2J Author
free for legal aid organizations, government entities, courts, or other nonprofits for non-commercial use · registered and authenticated account required
Read 29 Sep 2026 · a2jauthor.org
On the record
- Accessibility
- The maker says authors can create Section 508 and WCAG2-compliant interviews when using the latest A2J Viewer and following its accessibility checklist.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Authoring features
- The authoring system includes a graphical flowchart map for designing interview dialogue and branching questions.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Browser support
- The authoring system supports current Chrome, Safari, and Firefox according to the browser page, which was last updated in August 2019.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Document assembly
- A2J Author 6.0 added a template automator for basic documents, and the system includes the A2J Document Assembly Tool for creating templates.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Hosting
- CALI offers free hosting on A2J.org for guided interviews and A2J templates intended to help self-represented litigants.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The product history describes compatibility with LawHelp Interactive and HotDocs for assembling guided interviews with document templates.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Platform model
- The product history says A2J Author 5.0 became a cloud-based web service that runs in a modern browser, while version 7.0 opened the system source under the GNU Affero General Public License.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Privacy and security
- The privacy policy says the websites use industry-standard security measures and notes that end users may provide sensitive information such as Social Security numbers and domestic violence history.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Publishing limit
- HotDocs templates cannot be published on A2J.org.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- A2J Author lets non-technical court, legal services, and law school staff build web-based guided interviews that help self-represented litigants complete court documents.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security reporting
- The maker accepts vulnerability reports by email and says it does not operate an active bug bounty or reward program.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Self-hosting
- Organizations can self-host the A2J Viewer, A2J DAT, and guided interviews, but generating documents from HotDocs templates requires LawHelp Interactive or a HotDocs server.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The site provides a technical-problems contact form that requires users to log in or register to view it.a2jauthor.org · read 29 Sep 2026
