Digital Transformation of the legal sector: #legaltech and more. Case of theJurists Europe (deJuristen/lesJuristes/theJurists) of digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence.

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Matthias Dobbelaere-Welvaert
Praktische juridische tips

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Disrupt the
Stone Age.
Matthias Dobbelaere-Welvaert
Here comes #legaltech

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About
theJurists
theJurists Europe is an early legal disruptor. We
advise medium to large-sized organisations in
digital, intellectual property and company law,
whilst creating the legal tools of tomorrow. And
yes, we have our very own theJurists beer.
Gent - Bruxelles - London - Paris - Amsterdam
theJurists Europe is a contemporary legal
boutique office and has been a pioneer in
digital law for eight years.

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About
Matthias
MATTHIAS DOBBELAERE-WELVAERT
Matthias is the Managing Partner of theJurists Europe,
with offices in Gent, Bruxelles, Amsterdam, Paris and
London. He is a member of the FeWeb and Ghent Web
Valley Board. He teaches Copyright and Mediarights at
the EHB. Matthias specializes in online privacy,
cybercrime, and freedom of speech.
theJurists Europe.
MANAGING PARTNER

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Law is boring
Until a few months ago,
the legal world lacked
every intention of
innovation.

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2017: AI
AI & Machine Learning
will revolutionise old-
fashioned industries.
Accountancy, legal, manufacturing,
retail or logistics.

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But why?
First, these industries have established
processes and subsequently, abundant
historical data to learn from. This is exactly what
is needed for AI-based optimisation: a known
process with specific KPIs and constraints, and
past data on how the process ran for the last
thousands of times.
Second, old industries value optimisation, and
have already used all other available options.
Historical data and value
optimisation.

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AI is already
everywhere.
Although most of us are unaware of it, AI
systems are everywhere, from bank apps that
let us deposit checks with a picture, to
everyone’s favourite Snapchat filter, to our
handheld mobile assistants.
Currently, one of the next big challenges that AI
researchers are tackling is reinforcement
learning, which is a training method that allows
AI models to learn from its past experiences.

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WHAT IF YOUR TESLA
IS A SILENT KILLER?
ARE YOU WILLING TO
SACRIFICE YOUR LIFE
FOR SOMEONE
ELSE’S?
Ethics and legality of
AI and robots.

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Traffic lights
What if the AI-controlled traffic signal learns
that it’s more efficient to change the light one
second earlier than before, but this causes more
drivers to run the light and resulting in more
accidents?
With reinforcement learning, there’s no fault
by humans and no foreseeability of injuries
caused by such accidents, so traditional law
would say the dev is not liable.

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Who’s
liable?
The law will need to adapt to this technological
change in the near future. It is unlikely that we
will enter a dystopian future where AI is held
responsible for its own actions.

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Datanews
June 1, 2017.

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Most likely the legal world will need to adapt a
standard for AI with ethical & legal guidelines
and technical limits. For such a standard to
actually have any power, we will most likely
need government interference.
Trouble in
AI paradise.
AI is artificial by design, and concepts such as
liability appear meaningless. A criminal
courtroom would be incompatible with AI
(Unless the developer intends to harm, which
would be his or her own crime).
The main question is whether the AI should be
liable if something goes wrong and someone
gets hurt. Isn’t that the natural order of things?
We don’t regulate non-human behavior, like
animals or plants or other parts of nature. Bees
aren’t liable for stinging you.

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Ignorance is your enemy.
A lot of lawyers and traditional jurists do not believe
AI or machine learning will impact their business.
This is a crucial mistake this sector keeps on making.
Most law offices are only now establishing their own
branding, after having struggled for years with
how to combine deontology and traditional beliefs
with a more commercial approach. AI will be their
next hangover.
So, how
are
lawyers
coping?

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THE LEGAL
PROFESSION
IS ON THE CUSP OF
TRANSFORMATION
Will lawyers be
replaced by
computers?

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TRAINING A HUMAN
IS MORE EXPENSIVE
Junior lawyers
have the most
to fear.

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TRAINING A HUMAN
IS MORE EXPENSIVE
And the legal
robot is already
here.

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Most initiatives come from
the USA. Europe is lagging
behind, due to local legal
fragmentation.
#Legaltech startups are on the rise. Law is not the
monopoly of lawyers anymore. Expect a last fight
from the traditional world.
What is
already
on the
market?

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ROSS (IBM)
AI developed by IBM, for now only usable by law
firms themselves. Their mission? ROSS is
committed to democratising access to justice
for all.
What’s not on the website: IBM is currently
using its AI to be trained by qualified lawyers, so
the system gets smarter en sharper. Guess twice
what happens next.

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AVVO
71.5M SERIES
Avvo.com is an online legal services
marketplace that provides lawyer referrals and
access to a database of legal information
consisting primarily of previously answered
questions. Lawyer profiles may include client
reviews, disciplinary actions, peer
endorsements, and lawyer-submitted legal
guides.

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LEGALZOOM
425MILLION
VALUATION
‘Our goal is to make legal help accessible to
average Americans. Some lawyers saw us as a
threat and investigations were launched
against us’.
- About us page.

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ROCKET
LAWYER
18.5M SERIES
… BY GOOGLE V
“Legal made simple. Search documents and
articles. Create legal documents, ask a lawyer,
etc.
Advantage: Google Ventures is behind this
startup.

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But…
Where’s the real AI?

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Our disruption
From an in-house legal
Slack counsel to a fully
functioning AI.

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YOUR IN-HOUSE
LEGAL COUNSEL IN
SLACK. FOR FREE.
Meet the Spectr
legal guy.

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We’re not stopping there.
Effect?
Thousands of chats with business owners and
employees. From all over the world (which
means Spectr is live 24/7, offering support in
almost every timezone). For free.
Spectr is available through the Slack app store,
but also via Facebook, Telegram and webchat.
But the real value of Spectr lies somewhere
else: obtaining rich data. How are questions
being asked? Is there a difference when
speaking to a live support or to a legal robot?

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What I’m about to say
and show has never been
made public.

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We would like to keep it
that way for a few weeks
more.

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Yet, I’ve promised a
sneak preview of our
work.

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The very
first AI
legal robot
in Europe
and
beyond.
We wanted to create
something entirely
different.
Current legal tech solutions focus on lawyers,
law offices or at contract reviews, tackling
mostly very specific tasks.
We looked at it differently: what does any
entrepreneur really need?

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Public
release
Beta available
end of June.

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Rise of #legaltech
2017
Where all the lawyers at?
2025

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