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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 13,000 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
Big Data Meets Big Law
Introducing Harlan.co
Case
Court
Judge
Firm
Attorney
Parties
People
bit.ly/HarlanBeta
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
