Actually, two of the most striking things about the current situation seem to me (
by comparison with recent history) the convergence of interest
by people and institutions traditionally separate within
jurisdictions (e.g. inhabiting the worlds of PLE, legal aid, self represented litigants) and the degree of international linking helped
by HiiL's entrepreneurialism (you can go to few countries in the world and not find that they have been there the week before) but also exampled
by links the licensing of material from the Justice Education Society of British Columbia
by California courts.