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The MIT Computational Law Report is launching a special 2024 edition dedicated entirely to generative artificial intelligence within legal processes, marking a significant shift in how the field approaches technology integration. This initiative brings together a diverse team of experts including Dae Greenwood, Brian Wilson, Megan, and Wasim Alindi, who collectively aim to highlight the transformative potential of GenAI for law professionals and technologists alike. The primary goal is not only to publish research but also to foster active participation from all kinds of contributors, emphasizing that valuable insights come from lawyers, developers, designers, data scientists, and anyone passionate about shaping the future of legal practice through advanced AI tools.
The call for submissions explicitly welcomes a wide variety of formats beyond traditional academic papers, recognizing that different mediums best express complex ideas in this rapidly evolving landscape. Contributors are encouraged to submit written articles, developer notebooks, videos, or even generative art projects, as long as they adhere to the Creative Commons license rather than strict legal citation styles like The Blue Book. This inclusive approach ensures that practical applications and innovative experiments can be shared alongside theoretical research, with specific examples of desired topics ranging from using large language models for legal discovery and performance evaluation to bridging traditional computational law methods with new AI capabilities.
To facilitate broad participation, the organizers have provided a straightforward submission form available on their website at law.mit.edu/jai, which outlines clear deadlines and guidelines without unnecessary barriers. The special release will occur in two waves: one scheduled for spring or summer with an April 17th deadline, and another planned for winter, though early submissions are actively encouraged to ensure faster public sharing of groundbreaking work. By releasing content as it arrives rather than waiting for a single final compilation, the team aims to keep the conversation dynamic and responsive to real-time developments in generative AI technology across various legal domains.
Ultimately, this project represents an open invitation for professionals from all backgrounds to contribute their unique perspectives on how artificial intelligence can enhance efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility within the justice system. Whether through rigorous academic analysis or creative demonstrations of new tools, every submission helps build a comprehensive resource that reflects the multifaceted nature of modern legal technology challenges. The team remains committed to supporting contributors with clear information and accessible processes, ensuring that those interested in exploring GenAI applications for law can easily engage with this important initiative without facing prohibitive hurdles or rigid formatting requirements.
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hi I'm daer Greenwood executive director
of law. mit.edu and thrilled to be
introducing our Frontline team and our
newest edition for this important
announcement about our focus in 2024 on
generative AI for Law and legal
processes and how you can get involved
Brian hi I'm Brian Wilson the editor and
chief of the MIT computational law
report and we've got some really
exciting news that we're about to bring
you hi everyone I'm Megan I'm the
managing editor of the MIT computational
law report echoing both what daza and
Brian said we are absolutely thrilled to
introduce this latest edition and the
latest member of our team attorney over
to
Wasim hi everybody I'm Wasim alindi I'm
the technology editor of the MIT
computational law report and without
further Ado I'd like to hand over to
Olga oh hello everyone I am equally as
excited if not more and we'll share a
lot of substantive information I'm all
the Mac I am the edit of gen AI releases
for 2024 and I hope that you will be
actively submitting to the journal let
me share some important
information everything you want to know
to submit to law. mit.edu Jan AI
releases is available on our website so
if you go to law. mit.edu
j-i you will get all the information you
need the timeline what kind of things
we're looking for and most importantly
the form that you need to fill out in
order to be part of this experience we
are are encouraging Works to be
submitted a wide variety we recognize as
a team that Professionals of all kinds
not just lawyers yes technologists yes
data professionals yes designers and all
kinds of other professionals care about
the future of Law and we encourage to
submit in the medium that you
comfortable expressing your thoughts and
ideas if that's writing go ahead and sub
me a written work if that's something
else use that Medium that expresses your
ideas in the best way possible so
developer notebooks are welcome video
format is welcome we even include
generative art so definitely think
broadly in terms of what kind of
submissions we welcome when you go
through the website you will find a
submission form it is a relatively
simple form remember that all works that
I submitted will be published using
creative common license you can write
and submit or create your way so that
means that we do not use Blue Book any
format is fine we're going to have two
releases one in the spring summer and
one in the winter the deadline for the
spring summer to submit is April 17th
but no reason to wait if you have
something to submit now go ahead submit
it we are releasing works as they come
in so the sooner you submit it the
sooner it will be shared publicly we
also as a team got together to give you
examples of what kind of things we're
looking for you will find a very long
list of things that we collectively
brainstorm it includes applying llm
capabilities for legal research for
example evaluating llm outputs and
performance Eis Discovery bridging
traditional computational law and llm
all kinds of things if you think of
something else in the area of gen AI
definitely submit it even if it is not
on the list
I encourage you to visit the website if
you have any questions we put a lot of
thought and energy to make sure that you
have all the information deadline and
the process to be part of our Edition
and definitely click submit button that
is how the process gets started thank
you so much I look forward to hearing
from you bye
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everyone