Legal Task
Legal task automation leverages advancements in natural language processing (NLP) to streamline various legal processes, primarily aiming to improve efficiency and accuracy in handling legal documents and information. Current research focuses on adapting and fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), such as BERT and its variants, along with exploring novel architectures like Mixtral, to enhance performance on specific legal tasks like judgment prediction, document summarization, and legal question answering. These efforts hold significant potential to reduce the workload of legal professionals, improve access to legal information, and contribute to more efficient and equitable legal systems.
Papers
Promises and pitfalls of artificial intelligence for legal applications
Sayash Kapoor, Peter Henderson, Arvind Narayanan
INACIA: Integrating Large Language Models in Brazilian Audit Courts: Opportunities and Challenges
Jayr Pereira, Andre Assumpcao, Julio Trecenti, Luiz Airosa, Caio Lente, Jhonatan Cléto, Guilherme Dobins, Rodrigo Nogueira, Luis Mitchell, Roberto Lotufo