Tracking Our Progress
ATLN was created to help transform the delivery of legal services and improve access to affordable, quality legal help for the underserved middle class. We know that meaningful change does not happen overnight. It starts with bringing people together, building knowledge and capacity, supporting promising ideas, and creating the conditions for new approaches to take hold.
That is why we track both what we do and the progress we are making toward our larger goals.
Our work takes many forms.
- We are building a thriving community of providers and innovators.
- We are connecting stakeholders across the legal services ecosystem.
- We are sharing research, resources, best practices, and promising models.
- We are educating allies and funders about the gap in legal services for the middle class.
- We are working to create the knowledge, relationships, and momentum needed to transform how legal services are delivered.
The measures we track help us understand our reach, our progress, and where our work is gaining momentum. They also help us identify opportunities to learn, improve, and focus our efforts where they can have the greatest effect.
Ultimately, our measure of success is not simply how much we do—it is whether our collective efforts contribute to a legal services system that works better for the people who are currently underserved.
The following 2025 Impact Report provides a snapshot of that journey: where ATLN is today, what we accomplished in 2025, and the foundation we are building for future impact.
2025 ATLN Impact Report
Improving Access to Legal Help for the Underserved Middle Class
Build a Thriving Community of Providers and Innovators | |
| Grow the ATLN membership to reach all 50 states and 10 Canadian Provinces | Grew the ATLN Membership to 127 total members, including members in 30 states and in 3 Canadian Provinces. |
| Conduct Stakeholder Roundtables | Conducted stakeholder roundtables with socially conscious law firms, non-profit/sliding scale law firms, access to justice commissions, funders, courts (judges, self-help, law libraries), bar leaders, and legal educators, and smaller conversations with justice tech and legal aid organizations serving people over the income eligibility line for free legal aid. |
| Launch the ATLN Quarterly Newsletter | Launched the ATLN Quarterly Newsletter with member spotlights, resource highlights, and other items of interest in October 2025. |
| Launch E-Learning Platform | Substantial progress on this resource made, including creating the curriculum, identifying a technology platform, recruiting speakers, and starting to record session videos. Soft launch of this resource planned for Spring 2026. |
| Host In-Person Member Gatherings | In person gatherings of ATLN members and supporters at the LSC Innovations in Tech Conference (Phoenix) and Equal Justice Conference (San Francisco). |
Transform the Delivery of Legal Services | |
| Educate Allies and Other Funders on the Gap in Legal Services for the Middle Class | Presented at numerous conferences and other settings on topics such as innovation, set fee pricing, and the middle class legal services gap more generally to help educate allies. |
| Launch the ATLN Resource Hub | Launched the ATLN Resource Hub with curated resources for all stakeholder groups. |
| Identify and Share Expanded Funding Opportunities | Hosted a stakeholder roundtable that included IOLTA administrators from Maryland, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, and Massachusetts. |
| Prepare Members to be Ambassadors | Created downloadable materials (umbrella slide, slide deck, etc.) available on the Resource Hub for members to utilize during education and advocacy opportunities. |
| Develop an Advocacy Plan/Approach | Developed a public comment policy and submitted public comments in support of the Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future’s Final Recommendations to Advise Practitioners on Alternative Fee Structures. |