Legal Informatics

This cutting-edge volume offers a theoretical and applied introduction to the emerging legal technology and informatics industry.

Daniel Martin Katz (Edited by), Ron Dolin (Edited by), Michael J. Bommarito (Edited by)

9781107142725, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 February 2021

600 pages
26.3 x 18.4 x 3.4 cm, 1.14 kg

'Informatics is not the frontier of law. It has lurched toward the center, shoved forward by the rush to embed algorithmic decision making into everything from cars to phones to facial recognition technology. Whether you are a newcomer in search of a curated overview, or a #legaltech frequent flyer looking for the state of the art, this is the one book you need to make sense of it all.' Eddie Hartman, Co-founder of LegalZoom, Partner at Simon-Kucher & Partners

This groundbreaking work offers a first-of-its-kind overview of legal informatics, the academic discipline underlying the technological transformation and economics of the legal industry. Edited by Daniel Martin Katz, Ron Dolin, and Michael J. Bommarito, and featuring contributions from more than two dozen academic and industry experts, chapters cover the history and principles of legal informatics and background technical concepts – including natural language processing and distributed ledger technology. The volume also presents real-world case studies that offer important insights into document review, due diligence, compliance, case prediction, billing, negotiation and settlement, contracting, patent management, legal research, and online dispute resolution. Written for both technical and non-technical readers, Legal Informatics is the ideal resource for anyone interested in identifying, understanding, and executing opportunities in this exciting field.

Part I. Introduction to Legal Informatics: 1. Motivation and Rationale for this Book Daniel Martin Katz, Ron Dolin and Michael J. Bommarito II
2. Technology Issues in Legal Philosophy Ron Dolin
3. The Origins and History of Legal Informatics Michael J. Bommarito II
Part II. Legal Informatics – Building Blocks and Core Concepts: 4. Representation of Legal Information Katie Atkinson
5. Information Intermediation Ron Dolin
6. Preprocessing Data Michael J. Bommarito II
7. XML in Law: The Role of Standards in Legal Informatics Ron Dolin
8. Document Assembly and Automation Marc Lauritsen
9. AI + Law: An Overview Daniel Martin Katz
10. Machine Learning Daniel Martin Katz and John Nay
11. Natural Language Processing for Legal Texts John Nay
12. Introduction to Blockchain and Cryptography Nelson M. Rosario
13. Legal Informatics-Based Technology in Broader Workflows Kenneth Grady
14. Gamification of Work and Feedback Systems Stephanie Kimbro
15. Introduction to Design Thinking for Law Margaret Hagan
16. Measuring Legal Quality Ron Dolin
Part III. Legal Informatics Use Cases: 17. Contract Analytics Noah Waisberg: 18. Contracts as Interfaces: Visual Representation Patterns in Contract Design Helena Haapio and Stefania Passera
19. Distributed Ledgers, Cryptography, and Smart Contracts Nina Gunther Kilbride
20. Patent Analytics: Information from Innovation Jevin D. West and Andrew W. Torrance
21. The Core Concepts of E-Discovery Jonathan Kerry-Tyerman and AJ Shankar
22. Predictive Coding in E-Discovery and The NexLP Story Engine Irina Matveeva
23. Examining Public Court Data to Understand and Predict Bankruptcy Case Results Warren Agin
24. Fastcase, and the Visual Understanding of Judicial Precedents Ed Walters and Jeff Asjes
25. Mining Information from Statutory Texts in a Public Health Domain Kevin Ashley
26. Gov2Vec: A Case Study in Text Model Application to Government Data John Nay
27. Representation and Automation of Legal Information Katie Atkinson
28. Online Dispute Resolution Dave Orr and Colin Rule
29. Access to Justice and Technology: Reaching a Greater Future for Legal Aid Ronald W. Staudt and Alexander F. A. Rabanal
30. Designing Legal Experiences: Online Communication and Resolution in Courts Maximilian A. Bulinski and J.J. Prescott
Part IV. Legal Informatics in the Industrial Context: 31. Adaptive Innovation: The Innovator's Dilemma in Big Law Ron Dolin and Thomas Buley
32. Legal Data Access Christine Bannan
33. A History of Knowledge Management at Littler Mendelsohn Scott Rechtshaffen
34. Google Legal Operations Mary O'Carroll amd Stephanie Kimbro.

Subject Areas: Machine learning [UYQM], Patents law [LNRD], Intellectual property law [LNR], E-commerce law [LNCB2], Legal skills & practice [LAS], Industrial arbitration & negotiation [KNXB3]