Artificial Intelligence As An Advocate

Keshav Thattey, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad

ABSTRACT

The gradual introduction of artificial intelligence in the legal field signifies an evolutionary change in legal roles, procedures, and expectations. This research paper seeks to critically assess the holistic impact of AI as an advocate covering various other topics such as implications of AI-powered legal research tools, statistical implications, and ethical repercussions. This research paper will attempt to explore the functionality and public perception of AI as a legal advocate. The introduction will briefly explain what artificial intelligence as an advocate means. It will give a conceptual understanding of AI as an advocate and will help us explore the different implications and applications of AI- powered legal research tools. AI is prominently used in legal research and legal document review. It assists advocates and legal researchers in analyzing current provisions in the legal system and provides relevant arguments for cases. Every country has a vast legislation for governing their society. It becomes difficult for advocates to go through the whole legislation to prepare their arguments. Legal databases and different legal chatbots, which are powered by natural language processing algorithms provide users with a basic conceptual understanding of complex legal provisions. Machine learning algorithms assess preceding legal data for trends, providing attorneys with insights into prospective case developments. This predictability facilitates decision-making, empowering legal professionals to design more informed and strategic litigation approaches. Artificial intelligence has evolved drastically in the past few decades. During the 1990s-2000s, the use of legal databases increased and became a crucial legal information retrieval system. This also led to the rise of electronic documents. In the 2000s-2010s, e-discovery became popular as it was hard to retrieve particular information from the vast legal content available. From the 2010s to the present, numerous legal research tools that are powered by A.I. They provide sophisticated research capabilities and summarize large volumes of legal content. Now, artificial intelligence is also used in forecasting case outcomes which helps the advocates to prepare their arguments accordingly. Further, natural language processing, one of the key components of AI, will provide arguments depending on the case. The research paper will further delve into the public perception of AI as an advocate and its ethical implications. Lastly, the research paper will analyze the future role and potential challenges faced by AI as an advocate.