Matsuo Laboratory, Department of Technology Management Strategy, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Eliza Co., Ltd., and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Law Office have started joint empirical research on the utilization of AI in legal work.
In recent years, attention has been focused on "legal tech," which streamlines legal work with AI and IT, and with the globalization of business and the acceleration of innovation due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, legal affairs are also more accurate and speedy.・ Judgment is required.Furthermore, in addition to legal risk management such as checking contracts, the role of providing various legal support to management from the perspective of maximizing corporate value (strategic legal affairs) is expanding.Against this background, the spread and development of "legal tech" in British and American law firms and industry is remarkable, and even in Japan, lawyers and legal staff can concentrate on more creative and advanced intellectual work. Realizing the environment is an urgent task from the perspective of maintaining international competitiveness.
Therefore, Matsuo Laboratory of the University of Tokyo Graduate School, which has advanced knowledge and technology related to AI, Eliza Co., Ltd., which has strengths in natural language processing technology, and Mori Hamada Matsumoto Law, who has abundant experience, knowledge, and know-how in the legal field. The three offices will make the best use of their respective strengths and work on joint empirical research on the utilization of AI in legal work. In the future, the three parties will proceed with research on the utilization of AI centered on natural language processing in legal work, and aim to develop and introduce a system that makes legal work more efficient and speedy.
