open algorithms in law - video

OPEN ALGORITHMS IN LAWJohn Mayer

Executive Director

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

jmayer@cali.org

CONTEXT

OPEN ACCESSTO THE LAW

IS REALLY

IMPORTANT

REALLYIMPORTANT

Access to Justice Problem

Access to Justice Problem

80%

HypothesisAn increasing amount of interaction with legal services (lawyers, courts, government administration, etc.) will involve automated systems

Code as Law Law as Code

HypothesisAn increasing amount of interaction with legal services (lawyers, courts, government administration, etc.) will involve automated systems

Code as Law Law as Code

All

HypothesisAn increasing amount of interaction with legal services (lawyers, courts, government administration, etc.) will involve automated systems

Decision TreesExpert SystemsArtificial Intelligence

Code as Law Law as Code

All

Law instantiated into software code (hopefully) by a lawyer or other subject matter expert

Code as Law Law as Code

Law instantiated into software code (hopefully) by a lawyer or other subject matter expert…

…open access to the law is only the beginning.

Code as Law Law as Code

For example…

Code as Law Law as Code

http://www.disclosuredragon.com/

http://www.disclosuredragon.com/

https://www.nycourts.gov/CourtHelp/DIY/index.shtml

https://www.nycourts.gov/CourtHelp/DIY/index.shtml

https://www.nycourts.gov/CourtHelp/DIY/index.shtml

What is A2J Author?

Legal aid organizations, courts, and law schools use A2J Author to create “A2J Guided Interviews” to collect data from end-users one piece at a time.

Document Assembly

Other Uses for A2J Author

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

A2J Guided Interview

2,600,716 1,544,759

Legal Education

?

http://a2jclinic.classcaster.net/

Law instantiated into software code (hopefully) by a lawyer or other subject matter expert

Code as Law Law as Code

Under the hood

Under the hood

Cite please!?

Under the hood

Path to a Solution?

Path to a Solution?

Path to a Solution?

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Open Law (all of it!)

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

+

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

<some law><some date>

<some law><some date>

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

+

Path to a Solution?

api.law.gov

+

Path to a Solution?

Uniform citation systemAutomated checks

api to all lawversion control/history

Path to a Solution?

Uniform citation systemAutomated checks

api to all lawversion control/history

TRANSPARENCY

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5419854/the-minority-report-this-computer-predicts-crime-but-is-it-racist

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/19/5419854/the-minority-report-this-computer-predicts-crime-but-is-it-racist

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/04/the_dangers_of_letting_algorithms_enforce_policy.single.html

OPEN ACCESSTO THE LAW

IS REALLY

IMPORTANT

REALLYIMPORTANT

OPEN ALGORITHMS IN LAWJohn Mayer

Executive Director

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

jmayer@cali.org