Encouraging a Rise in Robotic Legal Aides for Policy Makers
The Center for Data Innovation is set to host a thought-provoking panel discussion on September 21, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (EDT). The focus of this discussion will be on AI-enabled robo-lawyers providing legal services, a topic that is gaining significant attention in the legal and technological communities.
The panel, moderated by Morgan Stevens, Research Assistant at the Center for Data Innovation, will feature a diverse group of experts, including Erin Levine, CEO and Founder of Hello Divorce; Lucy Ricca, Director of Policy and Programs at Stanford's Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession; Mark Hansen, Co-Founder and CTO of Upsolve; David Colarusso, Director of Legal Innovation and Technology Hub at Suffolk University Law School; and Miguel Willis, Innovator in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
The panel will delve into the potential, challenges, and steps for policymakers in developing tech-enabled legal services. The discussion will revolve around addressing legal, ethical, and technical complexities in the development of AI-enabled robo-lawyers in the United States.
Key challenges identified include ensuring legal compliance and regulation, addressing ethical and trust issues, overcoming technical limitations, defining accountability and liability, and balancing AI adoption with potential impacts on legal employment and access to justice.
Potential solutions proposed during the panel discussion include developing clear regulatory frameworks, employing hybrid models where AI tools augment rather than replace lawyers, establishing standards for transparency and explainability of AI decision-making, investing in robust data privacy and cybersecurity safeguards, and encouraging ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration among technologists, lawyers, policymakers, and ethicists.
The panel discussion is an essential step towards understanding the potential of AI-enabled robo-lawyers and the challenges they face in the United States. It underscores the need for coordinated legal, ethical, and technical strategies to ensure the responsible deployment of these innovative tools in the legal field.
For those interested, detailed records from the Center for Data Innovation or summaries prepared by panel participants may be available upon request.
- The panel discussion, organized by the Center for Data Innovation, will explore AI-enabled robo-lawyers providing legal services, a topic that is gaining significant attention in both the legal and technological communities.
- Erin Levine, CEO and Founder of Hello Divorce; Lucy Ricca, Director of Policy and Programs at Stanford's Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession; Mark Hansen, Co-Founder and CTO of Upsolve; David Colarusso, Director of Legal Innovation and Technology Hub at Suffolk University Law School; and Miguel Willis, Innovator in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will participate in the panel, moderated by Morgan Stevens, Research Assistant at the Center for Data Innovation.
- The discussion will delve into the potential, challenges, and steps for policymakers in developing tech-enabled legal services, focusing on legal, ethical, and technical complexities in the development of AI-enabled robo-lawyers in the United States.
- Key challenges identified during the panel discussion include ensuring legal compliance and regulation, addressing ethical and trust issues, overcoming technical limitations, defining accountability and liability, and balancing AI adoption with potential impacts on legal employment and access to justice.
- Potential solutions proposed during the panel include developing clear regulatory frameworks, employing hybrid models where AI tools augment rather than replace lawyers, establishing standards for transparency and explainability of AI decision-making, investing in robust data privacy and cybersecurity safeguards, and encouraging ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration among technologists, lawyers, policymakers, and ethicists.
- The panel discussion underscores the importance of coordinated legal, ethical, and technical strategies to ensure the responsible deployment of AI-enabled robo-lawyers in the legal field, and for those interested, detailed records from the Center for Data Innovation or summaries prepared by panel participants may be available upon request.
