OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Legal AI is poised to transform the work of legal professionals. We report on a randomized field experiment conducted in partnership with Pakistan’s Federal Judicial Academy, in which we integrated AI technology and skills into the workflow of Pakistan judges. We developed an LLM-based AI support tool designed to assist judges in their work, including a RAG system facilitating search, citation, and summarization of Pakistani legal precedents. Almost one-half of Pakistan’s trial court judges signed up for the study and were randomized into three waves, where they received access to this AI tool along with a nine-hour training course in its capacities and limitations. In a fourth placebo wave, judges received training on legal technologies other than AI. We demonstrate high and persistent take-up of the tool among treated judges. We then evaluate the effects of AI tools and training on judge work satisfaction, case disposal rates, and the quality of written judgments. These results provide insights into the potential of generative AI to enhance judicial efficiency and state capacities globally.