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An app that empowers people to solve their legal problems

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Rohan Pavuluri |

TED Fellows: Shape Your Future

• May 2021

If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you, right? Not in US civil court. From high legal fees to confusing paperwork and expensive lawyers, it can be difficult to settle civil matters. Entrepreneur and TED Fellow Rohan Pavuluri is working to streamline cumbersome legal processes with an app that empowers people to solve their own legal problems.

If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you, right? Not in US civil court. From high legal fees to confusing paperwork and expensive lawyers, it can be difficult to settle civil matters. Entrepreneur and TED Fellow Rohan Pavuluri is working to streamline cumbersome legal processes with an app that empowers people to solve their own legal problems.

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Rohan Pavuluri

Civil rights entrepreneur

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Rohan Pavuluri helps American families navigate an increasingly complex and expensive legal system.

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