Technology, Data and Computation Session @ The World Bank - Law, Justice, and Development Week

1. Technology, Data and Computation
daniel martin katz
blog | ComputationalLegalStudies.com
corp | LexPredict.com
page | DanielMartinKatz.com
edu | illinois tech - chicago kent college of law
Law, Justice, and Development Week 2015

3. application of tools/ideas from
computer science and/or
computational science
would be potentially
fruitful in the law

4. So We StartedThis ...
March 17, 2009

5. ComputationalLegalStudies.com

7. computation

8. is not just about
machines

9. humans are engaging
in computation

10. thus there are …

11. three ways to do
computation …

12. http://computationallegalstudies.com/2015/09/the-three-forms-of-legal-prediction-
experts-crowds-and-algorithms-professors-daniel-martin-katz-michael-j-bommarito/
i expand on this idea here

14. three ways to do
computation …
experts, crowds, algorithms

15. the world is moving ….

16. from
experts
alone

17. from
experts
alone

18. (ensembles thereof)
from
experts
alone
experts,
crowds,
algorithms

20. Computational Law

21. data driven AI rules based AI
Competing Orientations in
Artificial Intelligence

22. data driven AI rules based AI
Competing Orientations in
Artificial Intelligence + Law

24. expert
systems
Computational Law
Data Driven Rules Based
prediction
models
and
methods
network
analytic
methods
natural
language
processing
self
executing
law
visual
law
computable
codes

26. How Ideas in Computational Law
is helping support
new legal infrastructures

27. lex mercatoria (merchant law)
“The medieval lex mercatoria was the product of
customs and practices among traders, and could be
enforced through the local courts. However, the
merchants needed to solve their disputes rapidly,
sometimes on the hour, with the least costs and by the
most efficient means. Public courts did not provide
this. A trial before the courts would delay their business,
and that meant losing money. The lex mercatoria
provided quick and effective justice.

28. existing legal order did not
work for merchants
for medieval commerce required

29. merchant law
offered a useful innovation
in support of (long distance)commerce

30. there is a modern version of
lex mercatoria

31. online lex mercatoria (merchant law)

32. online commerce requires
low friction method
for resolving disputes
secure
payment

33. online commerce requires
low friction method
for resolving disputes
secure
payment

37. How Ideas in Computational Law
are helping reduce
complexity through user interface
(as well as rules and data)

39. I would like to share one tool
developed at
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/institutes-centers/center-for-access-to-justice-and-technology

40. IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
has significant work in furtherance
of access to justice
https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/institutes-centers/center-for-access-to-justice-and-technology

41. used by a variety of
legal aid organizations
both in U.S. and abroad …
https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/institutes-centers/center-for-access-to-justice-and-technology

42. you can think about this
as a sort of ‘turbotax-ifcation’
of legal rules/forms/processes
https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/institutes-centers/center-for-access-to-justice-and-technology

44. What is A2J Author?
An online tool
from Chicago-Kent &
CALI to build
graphical interfaces
for low-income,
self-represented
individuals.

45. A2J Author Gathers Data
Authoring tool in the Cloud End User A2J Guided Interview

46. “Learn More” bubbles, definition pop-ups, audio, graphic and video capabilities.
A2J Author “just in time” Learning

47. Connects to National Server - LawHelpInteractive.org

48. Completed Documents Delivered to Local Computer

49. Uses for A2J Author
Document
Assembly
Online Intake
Benefits
EligibilityScreen
&Calculators
E-FilingTriage
Stand-Alone
Info Guides

50. 2,524,639
1,529,205
A2J Guided Interviews

51. A2J Author 5.0-
Cloud app &
Mobile viewer!

52. Goal for Version 6.0 of A2J Author
we want to reinvent delivery of
legal services using mobile

54. How Ideas in Computational Law
are helping reduce
complexity using visualization

55. 3D HDVisualization of Supreme Court Citation Network
Campaign Contributions and
Legislative Ecosystems
The United States Code American Federal Judiciary

56. © daniel martin katz michael j bommarito

60. Wearable LawEmbedded Law
Internet of Legal Things

61. Longer Term Ideas
Wearable LawEmbedded Law

62. http://www.openlawlab.com/2013/05/14/legal-jacket-concept/
Longer Term Ideas
Wearable LawEmbedded Law

64. How Ideas in Computational Law
are helping support
lower friction / higher trust
transactions

65. we are starting a
decade(s) long process of
overhauling the
global financial infrastructure
(also the trust architecture)

66. it is a massive friction
reduction exercise

74. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
but blockchain is important
bitcoin is probably not that important

76. How Ideas in Computational Law
are helping litigants
predict legal outcomes

77. Quantitative Legal Prediction
- or -
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
Start Preparing for the Data Driven
Future of the Legal Services Industry
62 Emory L. J. 909 (2013)
available at
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2187752

78. Predicting Judicial Decision Making

79. experts

80. crowds

81. Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Jackson
Burton
Clark
Minton
Warren
Harlan
Brennan
Whittaker
Stewart
White
Goldberg
Fortas
Marshall
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
Rehnquist
Stevens
OConnor
Scalia
Kennedy
Souter
Thomas
Ginsburg
Breyer
Roberts
Alito
Sotomayor
Kagan
1953 1963 1973 1983 1993 2003 2013
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algorithms

83. humans
+
machines
humans
or
machines
>

84. question is how to assemble such
streams for particular problems

85. law is a field dominated by
individual human experts

86. in most fields - significant quality
improvements have been made by
moving from experts to ensembles

87. in part computational law
is about helping build those ensembles

88. using experts, crowds, algorithms

89. Implications for
Predicting Judicial Behavior

90. Implications for the Rule of Law

91. Variations from the Predictable
Anomaly Detection
Flag of Potential Corruption, etc.

93. expert
systems
Computational Law
Data Driven Rules Based
prediction
models
and
methods
network
analytic
methods
natural
language
processing
self
executing
law
visual
law
computable
codes

95. A Few Plugs:

96. we would welcome your submissions

97. we would welcome your submissions

100. thelawlab.com

102. LexPredict.com

103. ComputationalLegalStudies.com
BLOG

104. @ computational

105. Daniel Martin Katz
@ computational
computationallegalstudies.com
lexpredict.com
danielmartinkatz.com
illinois tech - chicago kent college of law@