Ross's application of AI is designed to
answer legal research questions.
Limited to
answering legal research questions, traditional tools end up presenting you with a list of cases that makes it hard to glean insightful information, unless you drill into each and every case.
Not exact matches
The guide uses a
question - and -
answer format to explain the relevant terminology, recent academic
research, the breadth of software offerings, important
legal requirements, and additional resources available to school board members and school lawyers.
She exclaimed, «While law school does an excellent job of teaching you how to
research the law and find
answers to
legal questions, it does not teach you how to interact with other attorneys, judges and clients.»
«While law school does an excellent job of teaching you how to
research the law and find
answers to
legal questions, it does not teach you how to interact with other attorneys, judges and clients.»
I asked the law library director at the time about how I can
answer some of the
questions I got and he gave me a copy of
Legal Research in a Nutshell, and I was off and running.
Using IBM's Watson — the computer most famous for winning Jeopardy! In 2011 — as their platform, they launched ROSS Intelligence, an AI system that they say can
answer lawyers» natural - language
legal -
research questions, such as, «Can a bankrupt company still conduct business?»
ROSS's developers say it can provide a lawyer with a highly relevant
answer to a
legal research question posed in natural language.
Watson &
Legal Research: We know it can
answer, but can Watson ASK
questions?
But to my mind, the most impressive of the new offerings is the MedMal Navigator, an interactive medical malpractice «dashboard» that not only draws together a broad array of medical and
legal research content, but that actually walks attorneys through a case - evaluation process that helps
answer key
questions about a case, including its potential value and the appropriate standard of care.
«For the in - house team or law firm, technology allows for the automation of routine work and allows in - house teams and law firms to scale
research and advice systems that provide consistent, reliable
answers to
legal questions — saving time and effort.»
To
answer your
question directly: the websites you've listed are appropriate, I personally use westlaw for most of my
legal research but lexisnexis is equally as fine.
Tricia Kasting takes a crack at
answering that
question in her article Students Lack
Legal Research and Information Literacy, Law.com (6/28/06).
Busy lawyers with little time on their hands can ask their
legal research question just like they would ask it to a colleague down the hall and ROSS is able to
answer that
question quickly and with confidence.
Mobile
legal research throws the suddenly unprepared lawyer a lifeline by presenting a way to quickly find information that helps
answer a
question, support or dispute a point, or engage in a new line of
questioning — all of which not only helps in those important moments, but also builds the trust and credibility that can lead to new and enduring business.
41 Similarly, Sheila Miller describes a «short in - class
research exercise where the students are given a
legal question and instructions that they have to use free internet sources to get the
answer.»
Digital assistants that can handle
legal inquiries like a super-Siri,
answering your spoken
question with a response with case law links, would never make money, many people told computer scientist Jimoh Ovbiagele — mainly because attorney incomes depend on being paid for
legal research.
Legal Research: Smart
Questions Lead to Smart
Answers «How do I un-bake a cake?»
Legal advice is the provision of thoroughly
researched answers to specific
questions of law.
The librarians are not allowed to give
legal advice, but they do help with basic
legal research (the flyer gives an example of the kind of
question they will help to
answer «Are there any WSIAT decisions that grant entitlement to LOE during a recurrence when the injured worker is unemployed?»).
When evaluating the
legal research tools discussed below, consider your
answers to these
questions:
Longest, and perhaps more useful,
answer for those with
legal reference or
research questions: Please read the
legal research tips we provided in our August 2010 blog post:
http://ambar.org/CPREthicsearch A
research service, staffed by the ABA
Legal Ethics Department, providing citations to applicable ABA ethics rules, ethics opinions and other relevant research materials in answer to questions concerning legal et
Legal Ethics Department, providing citations to applicable ABA ethics rules, ethics opinions and other relevant
research materials in
answer to
questions concerning
legal et
legal ethics.
ROSS, developed by ROSS Intelligence, fulfils a professional support lawyer role, undertaking
legal research to support BakerHostetler's attorneys by finding appropriate precedents and other documents, and
answering legal questions that relate to the matters they handle.
We are not able to
answer reader's specific
legal questions, although we do try to respond when the
answer has
legal research value to other readers.
There are two typical
answers to the second
question, as is usually the case when technology is the subject: lawyers should care first because the change will (eventually) alter the way in which they
research, prepare and present documents, and second because as the technology goes mainstream
legal issues will arise.
Without having done extensive
research regarding the relevant state and national statutes in India, given that India's
legal system is derived from British common law and that British common law jurisdictions would be uniform in how this
question is resolved in a matter that arises from the common law, I think I can provide an
answer that is likely to be correct.
When completing a
legal research assignment in law school, it's safe to assume that the
questions have
answers that the professor is hoping you'll find.
* Seamless integration of
legal resources with Bloomberg's world - class, real - time news and company information * Unlimited access to Bloomberg databases with a single search feature * Collaborative online workspaces where you can save and share your
research * A customizable interface that can be tailored to your specific practice and role * 24/7 Help Desk — Bloomberg Law's help desk combines the knowledge of skilled
legal, business,
research, and technology experts to
answer all of your Bloomberg Law
questions.
Bibliography — A Halsburys Title is intended to be the source of an immediate
answer to a
legal question, but it is also intended to serve as the first step in more extensive
research if required.
Today's short
legal research tip is this: You will find better
answers to
questions if you know Why you are asking them in the first place.
Because they cover all
legal research, the documents fail to
answer Malamud's
question regarding how much the DOJ pays for access just to primary
legal materials.
I understand these feelings, but feel bound to point out that neither empirical evidence nor
research support such statements — and neither
answers the pressing
question of access to affordable
legal services.
Labor costs of
research essentially constitute the costs generated by the time required for humans to use
research sources to find the
answer to
legal questions.
When I worked a reference desk, the
legal research questions coming in that were often hardest to
answer related to what a particular town or city council had decided.