Stanford law professor advocates for public-sector AI tools to support self-represented litigants in civil cases. In the United States, 20 million civil cases are filed annually. Of these, 75% involve at least one party without legal representation. Many of these cases are small but highly impactful: Rent evictions, debt collection, or mortgage foreclosures. And many defendants don’t show up to plead their cases, resulting in default judgements that can be unjust. David Engstrom , the LSVF Professor of Law at Stanford University and co-director of the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, identifies several root causes for this low participation rate. People may struggle with time and resource costs, can’t access legal representation, find the legal process confusing, or face difficulty locating tools online. Artificial intelligence presents […]
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