{"id":44900,"date":"2023-01-18T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/?p=44900"},"modified":"2023-01-18T09:16:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:16:52","slug":"on-lawyers-vs-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dnllegalandstyle.com\/dnl\/on-lawyers-vs-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"On Lawyers vs. Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Oliver Azi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I, for one detest argument that does not birth questions. This has been the problem with the recent debate on AI or robots replacing lawyers in our society.<\/p>\n

You see, the robot v lawyer debate that has permeated the internet is a bit narrow when strictly used as a variable in determining the future of lawyers.<\/p>\n

So many questions abound.<\/p>\n

\u00b6 The robot-lawyer; will it argue for the plaintiff\/prosecution or defendant?<\/p>\n

\u00b6 If both parties get a robot to plead their case; will the judge also be a robot?<\/p>\n

\u00b6 If the judge is also robot; do we think humans will accept a reasoning of a robot judge no matter how top-notch it is?<\/p>\n

\u00b6 Even if we accept the decision of the superfluous robot judge; how do we begin judgment enforcement?<\/p>\n

Sadly, like I’ve observed, the bulk of people making this arguments are largely non-lawyers and this births its limited scope.<\/p>\n

The justice system transcend what’s being played at ”how to get away with murder” or what they did in the ”suit” movie. No, it is not.<\/p>\n

To say robots will replace lawyer is to say robots will replace our society and its standardized institutions.<\/p>\n

You do not change things like that.<\/p>\n

Even a litigation proceeding dance beyond just doing arguments. The demeanor of witness; composure of counsel; and other crucial factors are being determined by the judge or jury. It is not just about dishing out arguments. It transcend beyond it.<\/p>\n

To reduce law to a court room drama is to reduce society to Wole Soyinka’s ”Banana Republic”. I understand the popular side that AI now drafts contract for people.<\/p>\n

Now, that’s beautiful, impressive and wonderful, except that; I’ve seen people who leverage on this and become bound by laws that they do not know or even clauses that are so laughable. There is no one-size-fit all approach and this is what AI algorithm is hinged on. Even Nigeria as a country operates over 36 legal systems.<\/p>\n

EXAMPLE:<\/p>\n

A Nigerian Igbo trader being bounded by a law of Wuhan City in China. Which court will enforce it? He might have gotten an easy way to draft his contract, but has he gotten a contract that’s binding?<\/p>\n

Begin the argument on private international law and I’ll tell you that it transcend beyond this.<\/p>\n

For me, at best, the best arguments will\/should be: The roles of law and lawyers in society will evolve– gradually. This has being the arguments of the futurist lawyer– Richard Susskind. I’ll agree to this.<\/p>\n

But to completely eradicate and eliminate a profession because of the glorious impact of technology powered robots is preposterous. Who even programmed the robots to know the law? Tech pundits or Lawyers?<\/p>\n

Beside, all this examples are just hinged on a particular field of law (contract and litigation); the legal profession is as wide as human history and diverse like the over 110 billion humans that the earth has ever witnessed.<\/p>\n

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\nOliver Azi<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Jos<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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