AI in the world of law is not far from being as beneficial as pernicious, depending on the use given to it by the user. Even in the way in which the requests, questions or searches are exposed so that the Artificial Intelligence accelerate, adapt and facilitate results.
Suppose that a Traffic Accident Lawyer use of this AI tool. If he does it to speed up consultations, looking for references to cases similar to the one he is defending or help to make comparisons between the different laws and regulations in force, we can say that he is making the correct and considered use that is expected from a professional of his category.
Now, if AI is used in the world of law for drafting documents, arguing cases that will be defended before judges or providing testimony and support for defense or prosecution, we can assure that in addition to the bad and erroneous use of AI (which in any tool it is made clear that it can present failures and requires contrast by the user), said lawyer is even violating the deontological and procedural rules of his profession.
Fortunately, both the bar associations as federal courts have already taken precautions because there is a history of misuse of AI in the legal world, such as that of a U.S. lawyer who conducted an entire defense with consultations to ChatGPT or of a Colombian lawyer who executed real estate purchase and sale documents with IA and these were not based on Colombian real estate laws.
Therefore, in the first place, all lawyers have been urged to make rational use of the Artificial Intelligence; that any material provided to them in printed form must be checked against the rule and regulation books and that, if it is discovered that they used more than one 35% of material drafted by the IA for their pleadings, they will be subject to various penalties.
AI applications in the world of law
Not everything is negative. It is being adapted to the law in all its branches and without the risk of displacing people. On the contrary, it feeds back and speeds up legal acts, which allows helping more and more defendants.
All this because it has been applied as...
Virtual assistants
Interacting with users through voice or text, offering basic legal information and in which legal portals to ratify it, updated steps for the management of procedures and document templates. In addition, it calls for legal advice from legal professionals, as does LegalChat that uses AI to connect to users with lawyers specialized in different areas of jurisprudence.
AI in the world of law: Data analysis
They process large amounts of legal data and extract relevant information to support defenses, after analysis by the lawyer.
For example, Lex Machina uses AI to analyze court cases and how their rulings were supported.
Content generation
AI can create legal documents from data or templates, using natural language processing techniques. But, as we have said, its results must be checked for veracity, on pain of being sanctioned by a court for negligence in the defense or lawsuit.
Legal Writer is an AI tool that generates commercial contract templates customized to the client's needs. This helps speed up drafting time, even considering the mandatory corrections that the lawyer must procure.
AI in the world of law: Process automation
AI performs repetitive or routine tasks related to law, such as reviewing feasible documents to analyze in each case, drafting reports and/or managing files.
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