This document discusses how big data and artificial intelligence can assist with legal decision making. It describes existing examples like FantasySCOTUS which crowdsources Supreme Court predictions and Harlan.co which uses data analysis to assist with litigation. The document argues that the next step is assisted decision making tools that can help non-lawyers understand their legal options by answering questions and providing personalized guidance.

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)

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 13,000 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. Crunch
Data about:
• Cases
• Motions
• Opinions
• Dates
• Judges
• Firms
• Lawyers
• Parties

26. Introducing Harlan.co
Big Data Meets Big Law

34. Demo Time
bit.ly/HarlanBeta

35. The Future:
Assisted Decision Making

36. Harlan
Intelligent Litigation Assistant

37. "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?

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

39. "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.

40. Assisted Decision
Making
Big Data Meets Big Law

41. email: JBlackman@HarlanInstitute.org
phone: 202-294-9003
twitter: @JoshBTweets