TY - JOUR
T1 - Technology and the changing practice of law
T2 - An entrée to previously inaccessible information via TRAC
AU - Roberge, Linda
AU - Long, Susan
AU - Hassett, Patricia
AU - Burnham, David
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The proliferation of electronic databases is raising some important questions about how the evolving access to new or previously inaccessible information is likely to change the practice of law. This paper discusses TRAC, an interesting electronic source of previously inaccessible information that is currently used by members of the media, public interest groups, lawyers, and the federal government. Summaries, reports, and snapshots of TRAC's data can be accessed through a series of public web sites. TRAC's subscription service allows users access to the data warehouse and data mining tools (see http://tracfed.syr.edu/info.html for more information). Additionally the paper examines how AI can be employed to assist for the legal profession in utilization of TRAC's data. Finally, it speculates about how TRAC and other new electronic data sources may impact the practice of law.
AB - The proliferation of electronic databases is raising some important questions about how the evolving access to new or previously inaccessible information is likely to change the practice of law. This paper discusses TRAC, an interesting electronic source of previously inaccessible information that is currently used by members of the media, public interest groups, lawyers, and the federal government. Summaries, reports, and snapshots of TRAC's data can be accessed through a series of public web sites. TRAC's subscription service allows users access to the data warehouse and data mining tools (see http://tracfed.syr.edu/info.html for more information). Additionally the paper examines how AI can be employed to assist for the legal profession in utilization of TRAC's data. Finally, it speculates about how TRAC and other new electronic data sources may impact the practice of law.
KW - Automated case advisor
KW - Data mining
KW - Data warehouse
KW - Freedom of information act
KW - Statistical information
KW - U.S. government
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1025433709192
DO - 10.1023/A:1025433709192
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041761826
SN - 0924-8463
VL - 10
SP - 261
EP - 282
JO - Artificial Intelligence and Law
JF - Artificial Intelligence and Law
IS - 4
ER -