Legal tech: Analytics, artificial intelligence and the new perspectives for the private practice of law

Abstract

This research aims to answer the following question: how artificial intelligence and Litigation Analytics platform can contribute to the private practice of law? To answer the question, it is necessary to know the impact of the continuous development of artificial intelligence for legal practice and the benefits of applying new technologies in a legal tech context, wich includes mechanisms as the e-SAJ system. It is essential that quantitative research be complementary to the qualitative one precisely so that it is possible to interpret data and replicate the methods of each study. To construct the research, the theoretical-analytical approach was used to relate the artificial intelligence and the automation systems present in the daily life of the Brazilian Judiciary to the professional performance of private practice of law. The research is exploratory and the adopted procedures follow a qualitative approach. It is possible to conclude that artificial intelligence mechanisms based on analytics platforms tend to give greater predictability to private attorney because they allow an evaluation of the approximate chances of receiving the demands, more appropriate definition of costs involved, better design of strategies for juridical argumentation and, especially, a better understanding of the patterns of behavior present in the trials.