In my last post, I explained how courts could make court technology leapfrogs. In short, they can leapfrog from A (pre-industrial revolution) past B (post-industrial revolution) to C (the information and technology revolution). Courts can do the same thing when it comes to usability. Usability and access to justice Access to justice is a big problem... Continue Reading →
Using logic & tech to cut complexity and improve access to justice
Logic can be a powerful tool for helping non-expert users cope with the complexity of the law. It can become a particularly powerful legal problem diagnosis tool. It's helpful to work through an example using a typical piece of legislation. Let's assume our user has a specific type of legal issue under the fictional Widgets Act.... Continue Reading →
Will legal expert systems put lawyers out of work?
It's easy to find articles and blog posts these predicting that intelligent technologies will take work away from lawyers at some point in the future. And maybe that will happen eventually, at least for some lawyers. But there are two reasons to be confident that intelligent tech like expert systems won't put lawyers out of work... Continue Reading →