Visualization Tool for explaining Legal concepts

- Pushpalatha Bisht,

Legal Designer & Lawyer

Co-Founder &

Lead, Business Operations

Legal Design Arc

Visualization Challenge & Selection

Being a legal designer, we understand that law is complex and this slices it away from its effective application.  As a legal designer I decided to use visualization as a tool to develop legal courses for the acts to help students  better understand these concepts. I decided to use a storyboard to explain the Right to Information Act in  India. This will help the students achieve a practical understanding of the concepts and help their future clients  effectively.

Application

The following steps were taken by me to develop this storyboard: -

1. Deciding on the key elements required to make someone understand the Right to Education Act. This

required consideration of the frequently asked questions regarding this act.

2. Then I started deciding on the best manner of describing these elements, experimented with

characters, objects, icons, personifications to develop the flow.

3. Developed the elements like a woman who needed information regarding one of her job applications

with a government department.

4. I then went on to decide the flow of the story and the application of the elements.   5. There were three things that had to be kept in mind while developing it first, the conceptual

explanation of the Act; Second, the procedural understanding of the Act; Third the cases that are key  to the Act.

6. Then I went on to develop a storyline to explain all the three things to students.   7. After I had the narration and the storyline with me I started to develop the visual depiction of the

story.

While developing the story I decided to include various stories and conversations where the main character  (the woman) is trying to understand the process and how different people tell her how to follow the  procedure, the different requirements for the Application and the various people who are responsible to make  this information available to the applicant. The grievance redressal mechanism and the cases which have been  key in deciding on the view of the courts.

Insight & Approach

While developing this storyboard what I understood was that: -

1. The viewpoints of each stakeholder will be different. Their questions and their experiences are

motivated by their own requirements.

2. Therefore, the story needs to speak of the problems of each of them. The description cannot be

standalone and should cater to all the stakeholders in the given scenarios.

3. The identification of problems will lead to an identification of the key characters/elements for the

story.

4. The story needs to be immersive as it is a one sided conversation, the key concepts need to be

understood by the students.

5. The importance of conveying effectively also requires a well-timed story which reveals step by step

and does not overwhelm the reader with too much information at once.


Visualization Tool for explaining Legal concepts - Pushpalatha Bisht , Legal Designer & Lawyer Co - Founder & Lead , Business Operations Legal Design Arc Visualization Challenge & Selection Being a legal designer , we understand that law is complex and this slices it away from its effective application . As a legal designer I decided to use visualization as a tool to develop legal courses for the acts to help students better understand these concepts . I decided to use a storyboard to explain the Right to Information Act in India . This will help the students achieve a practical understanding of the concepts and help their future clients effectively . Application The following steps were taken by me to develop this storyboard : - 1 . Deciding on the key elements required to make someone understand the Right to Education Act . This required consideration of the frequently asked questions regarding this act . 2 . Then I started deciding on the best manner of describing these elements , experimented with characters , objects , icons , personifications to develop the flow . 3 . Developed the elements like a woman who needed information regarding one of her job applications with a government department . 4 . I then went on to decide the flow of the story and the application of the elements . 5 . There were three things that had to be kept in mind while developing it first , the conceptual explanation of the Act ; Second , the procedural understanding of the Act ; Third the cases that are key to the Act . 6 . Then I went on to develop a storyline to explain all the three things to students . 7 . After I had the narration and the storyline with me I started to develop the visual depiction of the story . While developing the story I decided to include various stories and conversations where the main character ( the woman ) is trying to understand the process and how different people tell her how to follow the procedure , the different requirements for the Application and the various people who are responsible to make this information available to the applicant . The grievance redressal mechanism and the cases which have been key in deciding on the view of the courts . Insight & Approach While developing this storyboard what I understood was that : - 1 . The viewpoints of each stakeholder will be different . Their questions and their experiences are motivated by their own requirements . 2 . Therefore , the story needs to speak of the problems of each of them . The description can not be standalone and should cater to all the stakeholders in the given scenarios . 3 . The identification of problems will lead to an identification of the key characters / elements for the story . 4 . The story needs to be immersive as it is a one sided conversation , the key concepts need to be understood by the students . 5 . The importance of conveying effectively also requires a well - timed story which reveals step by step and does not overwhelm the reader with too much information at once .