open algorithms in law - video
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OPEN ALGORITHMS IN LAWJohn Mayer
Executive Director
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
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
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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