Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO) comienza como "Centro de Tecnología de Illinois para la Ley y el Interés Público" con Chicago-Kent College of Law como su patrocinador fiscal.
55% of American Adults use the internet.
56% of U.S. Households own a computer.
6 months later, AppleⓇ releases the iPodⓇ; one month after the iPod launch, September 11 changes America irrevocably.
The year after launching the first full iterations of IllinoisLegalAid.org, IllinoisProbono.org, and IllinoisLegalAdvocate.org, the websites log 297,000 visits.
SkypeⓇ launches its service.
The iTunesⓇ Music Store opens for business.
ILAO, como una nueva organización sin fines de lucro independiente, lanza la versión de IllinoisLegalAid.org que ha servido como el sitio web principal de ILAO durante 10 años; cuenta con un registro inteligente y una biblioteca de módulos GuideMe que han sido un modelo para otros estados.
68% of American Adults use the internet.
ILAO’s websites log 583,000 visits.
Google launches mapping services, an internet phone program, and an effort to digitize books from some of the world’s largest libraries.
ILAO wins the first Technology Leadership Award presented by Accenture and Lumity for www.IllinoisLegalAid.org.
Nintendo Wii and XBox 360 launch.
FacebookⓇ opens to anyone over the age of 13.
ILAO partners with the Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice (ICEJ) to establish technology- based legal self-help centers in county courthouses and public libraries across Illinois.
ILAO begins its Easy Forms service, developing a library of free automated document interviews that now generate 120,000+ personalized legal documents per year.
The iPhoneⓇ is released in June, bringing about the smartphone revolution.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama announces his bid for the U.S. Presidency.
ILAO's websites log over one million visits.
74% of U.S. adults own a computer or laptop.
44% of Americans own a smartphone.
Blockchain goes live, supports the launch of Bitcoin.
Tesla releases its first electric car.
ILAO lanzó su programa de chat LiveHelp. Through 2022, LiveHelp volunteer operators chatted with 120,000+ people seeking answers to legal questions.
82% of Americans own cell phones.
Americans send 1.56 billion text messages.
In November, WhatsAppⓇ launches.
ILAO recibe el laudo Louis M. Brown de la ABA por el acceso legal y el laudo Paul H. Chapman por su contribución significativa a la mejora del acceso a la justicia en América.
In October, InstagramⓇ starts its social media app.
The Subprime mortgage crisis peaks with 2.9 million foreclosures nationwide.
ILAO lanza un sitio web en español AyudaLegalIL.org, que refleja la versión en inglés de ILAO. ILAO's Spanish-language legal services remain among the most robust in the country.
83% of American Adults use the internet.
88% of Americans own a cell phone.
ILAO e ICEJ apoyan centros de autoayuda legal en 98 de los 102 condados de Illinois. El programa LiveHelp de IllinoisLegalAid.org recibe el premio Connection de LivePerson.
ILAO receives the Innovation Award from Law Technology News (LTN) for outstanding achievement in integrating technology into legal work for its Get Legal Help tool, which continues to be one of the most robust triage and intake systems for legal services in the nation.
70% of American Adults have home broadband.
58% of U.S. Adults own smartphones.
Ring doorbell gets introduced on Shark Tank.
Zoom is released.
On January 1, the Illinois Criminal Identification Act takes effect, significantly expanding the types of convictions that can be sealed; ILAO’s criminal records tools see an 82% increase in 2015-2016.
Two-thirds (66%) of U.S. Adults own a smartphone.
Americans send 1.98 billion text messages.
Hoverboard scooters are all the rage.
ILAO unveils a new logo and the new IllinoisLegalAid.org, consolidating 5 websites into a single, mobile-friendly portal and migrating its platform from a dying technology (ColdFusion) to a vibrant, global one (Drupal).
73% of U.S. Adults own a smartphone.
88% of American Adults use the internet.
The cash-exchange app VenmoⓇ hits the big time.
IllinoisLegalAid.org is featured as the ‘best in show’ by the ABAJournal.
ILAO’s new Crime Victim Portal wins Best in Show award for the Chicago Bar Association's Legal Tech Innovator Showcase.
Nintendo SwitchⓇ is released.
2.99 million people use IllinoisLegalAid.org to find solutions to their legal problems, such as divorce, deportation, worker's rights, and disability rights.
90% of American Adults use the internet.
100% of American Adults age 18-29 use the internet.
96% of Americans own a cell phone.
Americans send 2.1 billion text messages.
Se venden 1.52 mil millones de smartphones en EE. UU.
En marzo, la pandemia afecta a Illinois. In the weeks and months following the Governor's shelter-in-place order, Illinois use of ILAO's services increases 41%; use of ILAO's Spanish services increases 64%.
Use of ILAO's unemployment resources surges 1100% in the first 6 weeks of the shutdown.
63% of Illinois users find ILAO via mobile, 1.34 million people.
79% of Spanish-language users find ILAO on their mobile, nearly 400,000 people.
ILAO concluye su celebración de un año del 20º aniversario el 7 de marzo.
ILAO atendió a personas de 90% de los códigos postales residenciales de Illinois.
ILAO completes an 8-month strategic planning process, its most comprehensive to date.
Más de 96,000 migrantes internacionales llegan a la zona de Chicago.
ILAO partners with The Resurrection Project to streamline pro bono immigration assistance by automating forms and reducing intake time by 45 minutes per family served.
Aligned with its strategic plan to co-design with community members, ILAO completes its first stakeholder project with the Older Homeowners Group.
OpenAI lanza GPT-5, otorgando a los usuarios la capacidad de escribir sus propios programas de software.
ILAO lanza su herramienta 'Ask ILAO' en IllinoisLegalAid.org, un chatbot de sistema cerrado que utiliza tecnología de grandes modelos lingüísticos para ofrecer respuestas a preguntas legales.
In November, ILAO releases the beta version of Debt Help Illinois, a first-of-its-kind legal service for consumers facing debt obstacles.
On March 8, ILAO launches its year-long 25th Anniversary celebration.
On September 9, in honor of its 25th Anniversary, ILAO kicks off its Alumni Network, connecting ILAO's past and present with a focus on the future.
In October, ILAO begins a 9-month strategic planning process to set its direction for the next 5 years.