Assisted Decision Making Big Data and the Law

Josh Blackman

-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The Path of the Law (1897)

"The object of our study, then, is prediction, the prediction of the incidence of the public force

through the instrumentality of the courts."

Law's Information Revolution

Disruptive Technologies

FantasySCOTUS.net

Crowdsourcing The Supreme Court

Predict How The Justices Will Vote

Over 14,000 Players

The Wisdom of the Crowds

What's next?

Assisted Decision Making

How do we get there?

From Crowdsourcing to Super Crunching

Viewing The Law As Data

Crunch

Data about: •  Cases •  Motions •  Opinions •  Dates •  Judges •  Firms •  Lawyers •  Parties

Case

Court

Judge

Firm

Attorney

Parties

People

Big Data Meets Big Law

Introducing Harlan.co

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Demo Time

Coming soon . . .

The Future: Assisted Decision Making

Intelligent Litigation Assistant

Harlan

"I want to draft a contract with . . . specifications."

I have a few follow-up questions:

1. Where will the contract be executed? 2. What are the possible remedies in case of a breach of contract? 3. Do the parties have adequate insurance?

Shall I draft the contract?

Assisted Decision Making for Non-Lawyers

Access to Justice

"My landlord won't fix my heat."

You have several options:

- Call Tenant's Rights Dept. - Draft Demand Letter - File Pro Se Suit in Court - Contact Housing Lawyer

Select an option to learn more.

Big Data Meets Big Law

Assisted Decision Making