The legal sector is known for its tradition and thoroughness. Given the sensitivity of legal matters, careful consideration is paramount before adopting new practices. However, the legal industry is not entirely resistant to change, and artificial intelligence (AI) is making inroads in various legal tasks.
There has been speculation that AI could replace lawyers, but the American Bar Association looks at it as more of an assistive tool for lawyers that can help make their work much easier.
This blog looks into how AI can help in the legal sector, particularly how it can help lawyers win personal injury cases.
Automating Legal Documentation
Creating and organizing documents takes much time for lawyers and their assistants. This means less time is allocated to investigating and building a case.
AI enhances a legal firm’s efficiency and accuracy in drafting and reviewing documents, freeing up precious time for lawyers and legal assistants. And that’s not all; it helps with document management, such as categorizing and sorting, allowing legal teams to access the information they need in the shortest time possible.
Case Valuation
Getting fair compensation in a personal injury claim starts with proper damage valuation. As such, lawyers must rely on vast historical data and damage valuation formulas to get the correct valuation for a case.
With AI, valuation accuracy is significantly enhanced. Also, AI tools rely on advanced algorithms to go through vast amounts of historical data to provide the most accurate damage valuation for a case based on its circumstances. AI also plays a critical role in predictive analysis, such as potential future complications and future losses, all of which help in the valuation of present and future damages.
AI In Evidence-Gathering
Evidence gathering, for the most part, is manual. For example, if you are in a car accident, you may need to manually capture images and video footage of the scene. Traditionally, lawyers relied on this evidence to reconstruct and reenact an accident with the help of an accident reconstructionist.
AI makes accident reconstruction so much easier and more accurate. By leveraging data gathered from the scene, such as photos, video footage, and witness accounts, AI can help create accident simulations of all possible scenarios to identify the most likely cause of an accident. These simulations are way more convincing to the jury and can significantly improve the chances of winning your case.
Use of AI in Legal Research
Traditionally, research constituted going through many files to locate the information you need to build a case. It’s one of the reasons why traditional legal offices will have walls lined with books on the shelves.
“Today, everything is online, so you may not need all those books. However, it is still a challenge picking the information you need from the sea of legal content online,” says California personal injury lawyer Walter Clark of Walter Clark Legal Group.
This is where AI becomes a game changer. It allows users to use natural language to locate the information they need and references to minimize the chances of errors that could result from AI hallucinations.
The Quality of Your Legal Representation Matters
Even the most advanced AI tool cannot be a replacement for good quality representation. So, even with advances in the AI front, you will still need high-quality legal representation. When choosing a personal injury lawyer, you must be sure they have handled similar cases and have a record of success. Also, look at their geographical area of practice. For example, if you are filing a case in California, working with a California-based lawyer would be most beneficial.
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