This document discusses how big data and artificial intelligence can assist with legal decision making. It begins by quoting Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on using data to predict outcomes. It then discusses websites that crowdsource Supreme Court predictions, and how data from many players can provide insights. Next, it introduces companies using big data to assist lawyers and analyze legal information. The document envisions AI assistants that can help non-lawyers understand legal options and draft basic documents. In the future, intelligent systems may assist with litigation. However, many ethical, legal and regulatory issues still need to be addressed as data and AI increasingly impact the legal field.

1. Assisted Decision Making
Big Data and the Law
Josh Blackman

2. "The object of our study, then, is prediction,
the prediction of the incidence of the public force
through the instrumentality of the courts."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Path of the Law (1897)

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4. Law's Information Revolution

5. Disruptive Technologies

6. FantasySCOTUS.net

7. Crowdsourcing The
Supreme Court

9. Predict How The Justices Will Vote

10. Over 17,000 Players

12. The Wisdom of the Crowds

15. What's next?

16. Assisted
Decision
Making

17. How do we get there?

18. From Crowdsourcing to
Super Crunching

23. Viewing The
Law As Data

25. Introducing Harlan.co
Big Data Meets Big Law

26. Court
People Judge
Case
Parties Firm
Attorney

27. Coming soon . . .

28. The Future:
Assisted Decision Making

29. Harlan
Intelligent Litigation Assistant

30. "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?

31. Access to Justice
Assisted Decision Making for Non-Lawyers

32. "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.

33. Robot, Esq.

34. Ethical Issues

36. Jurisprudential Issues

38. Legal & Regulatory Issues

40. Assisted Decision
Making
Big Data Meets Big Law

41. Josh Blackman
me@JoshBlackman.com