Ep 158: Jonathan Pyle on Why He Developed Docassemble and Made It Open Source

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In his day job, Jonathan Pyle is the contract performance officer at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, where he is responsible for compliance, reporting, and implementing new uses of technology to analyze, streamline, and expand service delivery. But in the legal tech world, Pyle is better known as the developer of</span> <a href="https://docassemble.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Docassemble</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a free and open source document assembly application that has been widely adapted for a range of applications. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pyle developed Docassemble as a tool for automating the practice of law. It is used to create guided interviews that can be used for document assembly or for other uses, such as helping users find legal resources or obtain legal information. It has been used to power such products as Upsolve, a free service that assembles Chapter 7 bankruptcy forms, and the document-assembly platform Documate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pyle joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss how he came to develop Docassemble and why he released it as open source software. He also shares examples of how it has been used in the legal market and describes his plans for further development. </span></p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://joinparadigm.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paradigm</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, home to the practice management platforms</span> <a href= "https://www.practicepanther.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PracticePanther</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "https://www.bill4time.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bill4Time</span></a><span style= "font-weight: