Edwin O. Eboigbe (University of Illinois College of Law) has posted AI in Legal Analytics: Balancing Efficiency, Accuracy, and Ethics in Contract and Predictive Analysis on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In the pursuit of clarity in legal language, major strides have been made to simplify the use of legal terminology and make it more accessible. However, as the legal field evolves, the increasing reliance on data and quantitative analysis has transformed how legal information is processed and interpreted. Law reports and other legal sources and materials are now analyzed by parameters and systems developed using complex mathematical expressions and representations. Data analytics has proven wrong with the assertion that Law and Science do not intersect. To succinctly put, Law produces two forms of data namely, structural and un-structural data. While structural data includes numbers which ultimately relate to the number of cases filed in court, how many times someone has been indicted for a crime, the number of cases won by a lawyer etc. un-structural Data on the other hand is represented in the form of legal briefs, judgments, contractual documents, etc. Technology, through different phases of continuous advancement, has aided the transformation of law and how Legal data is produced and analyzed. At the core of this transformation is the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has been a subject of discussion across major sectors and is gradually advancing and reshaping the practice of law. This work will analyze how the use of AI has greatly revolutionized the Legal system, improving the quality and quantity of legal work. The shortcomings faced by these systems will also be discussed as well as possible recommendations. This author will conclude that although AI cannot fully replace legal workers, especially because the practice of law requires some form of discretion and judgment only humans can make, It is however shrewd to completely integrate AI into legal work in order to create unprecedented advancements in the Legal system.
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