L. Karl Branting (1952–2024) was the Chief Scientist of Machine Learning for Computational Law at the MITRE Corporation (2007–2024). Karl served as the President of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (2004–2005), was a United States Supreme Court Fellow (2001–2002), and published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles and books on artificial intelligence. Karl unexpectedly passed away while writing this book. The book was completed by Mia Bonardi, with contributions from Sarah McLeod (Chapters 2 and 9), Megan Ma (Chapter 2), Charlotte S. Alexander (Chapter 3), Elizabeth C. Tippett (Chapter 3), Hannes Westermann (Chapters 4, 8, and 12), Marco Giacalone (Chapters 4, 11, and 12), Rebecca Fordon (Chapter 5), Aniket Kesari (Chapter 6), Chinmayi Sharma (Chapter 6), Morgan A. Gray (Chapter 7), Jaromir Savelka (Chapters 7 and 16), Kiernan Moran (Chapter 13), Sateesh Nori (Chapter 14), Neel Guha (Chapter 15), Izak C. Rosenfeld (Chapters 15 and 17), Shraeya Iyer (Chapter 16), and Daniel W. Linna Jr. (Chapter 16). Mia Bonardi is a Research Attorney II at the Supreme Court of Guam. Mia was a member of Suffolk LIT Lab's Document Assembly Line Project and has published several articles at the intersection of human rights and technology.

• Introduction; Part I. Addressing the Crisis in Access to Justice with Legal AI: 1. The global access to justice crisis; 2. The language gap; 3. The needs of civil litigants; Part II. Automatic Legal Tasks with AI and Other Technologies: 4. Introduction to generative AI; 5. The origins of legal AI; 6. Computation logic; 7. Machine learning; 8. Document automation; 9. Interactive legal technologies; Part III. Promising Applications: 10. Putting it all together; 11. Online dispute resolution; 12. Applications of generative AI for access to justice; Part IV. Today's Access to Justice Systems: 13. Today's access to justice systems; Part V. Barriers and Risks: 14. The UPL barrier; 15. AI assurance; Part VI. Recommendations: 16. Technical methods for evaluating AI applications for legal tasks; 17. Institutional reform for AI in legal services; Conclusion.

'All too often, discussions on technology's promise for the underserved are afterthoughts, relegated to the back of books focused on lawyers. An entire volume dedicated to this issue, with authors on the bleeding edge of the industry, is refreshing to see. Bonardi has accomplished something truly inspiring here, and Dr. Branting's voice and expertise shine through.' Natalie Anne Knowlton, Associate Director for Legal Innovation, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Law School

L. Karl Branting (1952–2024) was the Chief Scientist of Machine Learning for Computational Law at the MITRE Corporation (2007–2024). Karl served as the President of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (2004–2005), was a United States Supreme Court Fellow (2001–2002), and published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles and books on artificial intelligence. Karl unexpectedly passed away while writing this book. The book was completed by Mia Bonardi, with contributions from Sarah McLeod (Chapters 2 and 9), Megan Ma (Chapter 2), Charlotte S. Alexander (Chapter 3), Elizabeth C. Tippett (Chapter 3), Hannes Westermann (Chapters 4, 8, and 12), Marco Giacalone (Chapters 4, 11, and 12), Rebecca Fordon (Chapter 5), Aniket Kesari (Chapter 6), Chinmayi Sharma (Chapter 6), Morgan A. Gray (Chapter 7), Jaromir Savelka (Chapters 7 and 16), Kiernan Moran (Chapter 13), Sateesh Nori (Chapter 14), Neel Guha (Chapter 15), Izak C. Rosenfeld (Chapters 15 and 17), Shraeya Iyer (Chapter 16), and Daniel W. Linna Jr. (Chapter 16). Mia Bonardi is a Research Attorney II at the Supreme Court of Guam. Mia was a member of Suffolk LIT Lab's Document Assembly Line Project and has published several articles at the intersection of human rights and technology.

• Introduction; Part I. Addressing the Crisis in Access to Justice with Legal AI: 1. The global access to justice crisis; 2. The language gap; 3. The needs of civil litigants; Part II. Automatic Legal Tasks with AI and Other Technologies: 4. Introduction to generative AI; 5. The origins of legal AI; 6. Computation logic; 7. Machine learning; 8. Document automation; 9. Interactive legal technologies; Part III. Promising Applications: 10. Putting it all together; 11. Online dispute resolution; 12. Applications of generative AI for access to justice; Part IV. Today's Access to Justice Systems: 13. Today's access to justice systems; Part V. Barriers and Risks: 14. The UPL barrier; 15. AI assurance; Part VI. Recommendations: 16. Technical methods for evaluating AI applications for legal tasks; 17. Institutional reform for AI in legal services; Conclusion.

'All too often, discussions on technology's promise for the underserved are afterthoughts, relegated to the back of books focused on lawyers. An entire volume dedicated to this issue, with authors on the bleeding edge of the industry, is refreshing to see. Bonardi has accomplished something truly inspiring here, and Dr. Branting's voice and expertise shine through.' Natalie Anne Knowlton, Associate Director for Legal Innovation, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Law School

L. Karl Branting (1952–2024) was the Chief Scientist of Machine Learning for Computational Law at the MITRE Corporation (2007–2024). Karl served as the President of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (2004–2005), was a United States Supreme Court Fellow (2001–2002), and published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles and books on artificial intelligence. Karl unexpectedly passed away while writing this book. The book was completed by Mia Bonardi, with contributions from Sarah McLeod (Chapters 2 and 9), Megan Ma (Chapter 2), Charlotte S. Alexander (Chapter 3), Elizabeth C. Tippett (Chapter 3), Hannes Westermann (Chapters 4, 8, and 12), Marco Giacalone (Chapters 4, 11, and 12), Rebecca Fordon (Chapter 5), Aniket Kesari (Chapter 6), Chinmayi Sharma (Chapter 6), Morgan A. Gray (Chapter 7), Jaromir Savelka (Chapters 7 and 16), Kiernan Moran (Chapter 13), Sateesh Nori (Chapter 14), Neel Guha (Chapter 15), Izak C. Rosenfeld (Chapters 15 and 17), Shraeya Iyer (Chapter 16), and Daniel W. Linna Jr. (Chapter 16). Mia Bonardi is a Research Attorney II at the Supreme Court of Guam. Mia was a member of Suffolk LIT Lab's Document Assembly Line Project and has published several articles at the intersection of human rights and technology.

• Introduction; Part I. Addressing the Crisis in Access to Justice with Legal AI: 1. The global access to justice crisis; 2. The language gap; 3. The needs of civil litigants; Part II. Automatic Legal Tasks with AI and Other Technologies: 4. Introduction to generative AI; 5. The origins of legal AI; 6. Computation logic; 7. Machine learning; 8. Document automation; 9. Interactive legal technologies; Part III. Promising Applications: 10. Putting it all together; 11. Online dispute resolution; 12. Applications of generative AI for access to justice; Part IV. Today's Access to Justice Systems: 13. Today's access to justice systems; Part V. Barriers and Risks: 14. The UPL barrier; 15. AI assurance; Part VI. Recommendations: 16. Technical methods for evaluating AI applications for legal tasks; 17. Institutional reform for AI in legal services; Conclusion.

'All too often, discussions on technology's promise for the underserved are afterthoughts, relegated to the back of books focused on lawyers. An entire volume dedicated to this issue, with authors on the bleeding edge of the industry, is refreshing to see. Bonardi has accomplished something truly inspiring here, and Dr. Branting's voice and expertise shine through.' Natalie Anne Knowlton, Associate Director for Legal Innovation, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Law School