MLaTI Workshop series with Visioning Lab - The Lifecycle of a Case

The Lifecycle of a Case

Preparing for the AI revolution : Tracking the lifecycle of a legal case

Recent attention has focused on the use of AI to replace or augment software engineers. But actually the emergence of AI has a deeper significance - it has the potential to replace all software. User interfaces will become a thing of the past. Instead, people will just say or type what they need into a single text box and the AI agents make it all happen. This future is not far away but the biggest challenge is comprehension among decision makers. The IT department understand how these processes can change, but does the board? Does the senior management team?

A critical step for changing digital support systems is to consider its purpose, how it currently works, what systems and processes underpin it and, critically, how data travels across it.In this interactive session, we will look at the lifecycle of a legal case - from when it arrives in the system to when it is resolved. In its journey, a legal case travels through multiple organisations and contexts. It is brought into different software systems and tools.

By understanding how the data of a legal case is captured and managed across these contexts, the non-technical decision maker will have more control over how this approach can be changed in the future.In this session, we will track the journey of a case from the client, to solicitor, to barrister, to court and also consider arbitration and adjudication approaches.
Working with 3-4 typical cases, we will consider what software tools and technologies were used to manage the case content and track its progress. Through this process we will identify repetitions and areas for synchronisation in the management of legal data. We will also discuss where and how AI is replacing these processes and the benefits to the new approach.

This session would suit a combined audience of legal and technical senior decision makers in the legal profession to share insight from their organisations.

Hosted by the Manchester Law & Technology Initiative but open to non-members.

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Host or Publisher Rachel Kenyon | Business Engagement Lead for Fintech, LegalTech and Digital Trust & Security | The University of Manchester