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Why we're training the next generation of lawyers in big data

  • Written by Anne Tucker, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional delivery of legal services.

In general terms, the set of tools broadly called “legal analytics” promises to do two things: increase the efficiency of tasks that once required substantial time and human effort, and mine masses of data to...

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