Over the last 2 years, we have seen an explosion of interest in applying artificial intelligence to help solve the biggest challenges in law. Yet many of the best tools remain out of reach of the practitioners on the front line of civil legal needs: legal aid workers and unrepresented litigants.

We invite legal technologists, researchers, and practitioners to join us in Brno, Czechia on December 11th for a full-day, hybrid workshop on innovations in AI for helping close the access to justice gap: the majority of legal problems that go unsolved around the world because potential litigants lack the time, money, or ability to participate in court processes to solve their problems.

Contributors should submit either:

·         short papers (5-10 pages), or

·         proposals for demos or interactive workshop exercises

We welcome works in progress, although depending on interest, we will give a preference to complete ideas that can be evaluated, shared and discussed.

The focus of submissions should be on AI tools, datasets, and approaches, whether large language models, traditional machine learning, or rules based systems, that solve the real world problems of unrepresented litigants or legal aid programs. Papers discussing the ethical implications, limits, and policy implications of AI in law are also welcome.

Full workshop website

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Short papers that describe novel use cases of AI for closing the access to justice gap or address policy issues related to AI in access to justice use cases
• Full papers
• Posters or Abstracts, including demos and cases studies that showcase novel use cases

Committees

Program Committee

• Quinten Steenhuis
• Margaret Hagan
• Hannes Westermann

Publication

The AI4A2J-24 proceedings will be collected with a goal to publish in an edition of CEUR-WS. 

Authors should use the CEURART format (either in LaTeX or Microsoft Word format).

Authors should follow the CEUR attribution rules for use of generative artificial intelligence in the production of their work.

Venue

The conference will be held in Brno, Czechia at Mazaryk University on December 11, 2024.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Quinten Steenhuis (qsteenhuis at suffolk dot edu)