Josh Blackman, 2012.

1. Assisted Decision Making
Big Data and the Law
Josh Blackman

2. "The object of our study, then, is prediction,
the prediction of the incidence of the public force
through the instrumentality of the courts."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Path of the Law (1897)

4. Law's Information Revolution

5. Disruptive Technologies

6. FantasySCOTUS.net

7. Crowdsourcing The
Supreme Court

9. Predict How The Justices Will Vote

10. Over 14,000 Players

12. The Wisdom of the Crowds

15. What's next?

16. Assisted
Decision
Making

17. How do we get there?

18. From Crowdsourcing to
Super Crunching

23. Viewing The
Law As Data

25. Crunch
Data about:
• Cases
• Motions
• Opinions
• Dates
• Judges
• Firms
• Lawyers
• Parties

26. Court
People Judge
Case
Parties Firm
Attorney

27. Introducing Harlan.co
Big Data Meets Big Law

35. Demo Time
bit.ly/HarlanBeta

36. Coming soon . . .

37. The Future:
Assisted Decision Making

38. Harlan
Intelligent Litigation Assistant

39. "I want to draft a contract
with . . . specifications."
I have a few follow-up
questions:
1. Where will the contract be
executed?
2. What are the possible remedies in
case of a breach of contract?
3. Do the parties have adequate
insurance?
Shall I draft the contract?

40. Access to Justice
Assisted Decision Making for Non-Lawyers

41. "My landlord won't fix my
heat."
You have several options:
- Call Tenant's Rights Dept.
- Draft Demand Letter
- File Pro Se Suit in Court
- Contact Housing Lawyer
Select an option to learn
more.

42. Assisted Decision
Making
Big Data Meets Big Law