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Lawtech practical applications

Monash Hackathon champs proceed to New York finals
CYNAPSE, who won the Monash Law Global Legal Hackathon in February, have made the Top 10 worldwide! Cynapse is an end-to-end platform which addresses two key issues associated with class actions: disengagement and costs. Watch their team's video submission which got them through to the finals. The team now progresses to the finals in New York, to be held on 4 May.
Global Legal Hackathon
The Global Legal Hackathon engages law schools, law firms and in-house departments, legal technology companies, governments, and service providers to the legal industry – across the globe. It brings together the best thinkers, doers and practitioners in law in support of a unified vision: rapid development of solutions to improve the legal industry, world-wide
Global Legal Hackathon announces winners (ABA Journal)
Posted April 24, 2018.
ANIKA, a lawyer-matching service from Australia (students from Monash University Law Faculty), took runner-up spot in the public category.
Victoria Legal Aid - Online Referral Booking Information Tool (ORBIT)
Victoria Legal Aid has partnered with Code for Australia to provide clients with improved, more streamlined access to legal assistance in Victoria.

Human Rights & Technology (Australian Human Rights Commission)
Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow is leading a project that explores the impact and opportunities of new technologies to protect and promote our rights and freedoms
Human Rights and Blockchain podcast (Raoul Wallenberg Institute)
In-depth exploration of the potential uses of blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Federal Court of Australia. Litigation using electronic discovery (Practice note)
Generally, one of the most costly phases of any litigation is the discovery stage. If discovery is necessary and how discovery occurs, including whether or not electronic discovery is appropriate, must be considered early in a proceeding
Federal Court of Australia. Technology and the Court (Practice Note, 25 October 2016)
The purpose of this practice note and the technology resources is to facilitate the effective use of technology in the preparation for and at all stages of a proceeding as well as to assist parties in the use of technology within the Court
Supreme Court of Victoria Practice Note - SC GEN 5 Technology in Civil Litigation
The purpose of this Practice Note is to promote the effective use of technology in the conduct of civil litigation to reduce time and costs.

Herbert Smith Freehills joins forces for blockchain project
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has teamed up with the CSIRO's Data61 and tech giant IBM to create Australia's first cross-industry, large-scale blockchain
Allens becomes latest Aussie firm to adopt AI solution
Artificial intelligence technology will help national firm Allens with its M&A and real estate contract review processes
Baker McKenzie launches artificial intelligence robot in Paris
Baker McKenzie has launched AI personal assistant Lancelaw, providing lawyers with up to date current awareness services
Maddocks hires machine to do its due diligence
Law firm Maddocks will start using artificial intelligence to streamline its due diligence process thanks to a new deal with Luminance AI
NRF launches first Australian privacy law chatbot
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has launched ‘Parker’, Australia’s first law firm chatbot for privacy law concerns and regulatory developments in the insurance sector

Ailira
Ailira (Artificially Intelligent Legal Information Research Assistant) is an artificially intelligent legal assistant chatbot that provides legal advice
CARA
Legal AI research system CARA (Case Analysis Research Assistant) uses natural language processing to help lawyers find recommended authorities based on specific legal issues
Ravel
Ravel is analytical research, a new category of intelligent tool that combines legal research and analytics
ROSS - AI Legal Assistant
As a lawyer, Andrew Arruda too often saw the scales of justice tip in favor of the wealthy and partnered with a computer scientist to create the world's first artificially intelligent legal assistant, ROSS. [TED Talk ]

Amazon Alexa
Voice-based AI system that allows you to talk to your machines
Talk to Books
A Google experiment allowing readers to browse passages from books using experimental AI
The Grid
A publishing tool that uses AI-driven software to take any piece of content and build a website around it

Home Robots
Amazon is said to be developing autonomous machines to help out around the house
Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars are approaching fast in the rear-view mirror, poised to overtake conventional vehicles within the next decade
Into the future: The Ultimate Joy Ride”,
Katie Minogue, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, February 2017 LIJ.
"... in order for AVs to be a safer option than human driven cars and accepted by consumers, there are many complex regulatory and ethical issues that must be addressed."
Retail Robots
Humanoid robots that can interact with customers and "perceive human emotions"
HAL
HAL [Hybrid Assistive Limb] is the world‘s first cyborg-type robot, by which a wearer‘s bodily functions can be improved, supported and enhanced