Professor Nikola Datzov Publishes Article in Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
His latest work, AI Jurisprudence: Toward Automated Justice, explores the challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into the U.S. judiciary.
The article tells the story of how the digital transformation of overburdened courts has paved the way for automating justice. It provides a summary of AI’s current use and capabilities in the judiciary, explains that few hurdles stand in the way of judges using AI, introduces an overdue taxonomy for implementing different levels of AI judges, and proposes a framework of “guided discretion” to govern judicial AI use.
Since its publication, the article has quickly become one of the most influential authorities on the use of AI in the judicial process. It was selected, through a blind review process, for presentation at the prestigious Northwestern, Penn, and Stanford Eighth Junior Faculty Forum for Law and STEM. It was also featured on the popular legal podcast Ipse Dixit, hosted by Brian Frye: https://shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/episodes/nikola-datzov-on-ai-judges.
As a result of its impact, Professor Datzov has been invited to present his work to judges, practitioners, and academics at numerous conferences and workshops across the country, including in North Dakota, Missouri, Georgia, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, and California. He has also served as a guest lecturer on the topic at several law schools, most recently at the University of North Carolina School of Law.
