International Research Project “Legal Systems and Artificial Intelligence” Final Events in December 2023
2023/11/01
Date & Time: December 18 – 20, 2023
Venue: Hybrid (Hybrid Live Streaming with 10-day missed-program webcast)
In-person: Hitotsubashi Hall
National Center of Sciences Building 2F
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 101-8439
Website:https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/hall/accessjp.html
Online: zoom URL will be sent out to registered participants.
Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous translation)
Organizers: Global Governance Research Center, HIAS, Hitotsubashi University
Cambridge Business Research Centre, Cambridge University
Sponsored by: LIC CO. Ltd. (Legal Information Center)
KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc.
Registration: Free of charge. Registration required. Deadline for registration is December 13.
Registration site: Please see here
Monday 18th December 2023 – One day Symposium
“Legal Innovation: Technology changing society and the law”
Program
1:00~1:05 (GMT) / 10:00~10:05(JST) | Opening Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) |
1:10~2:10 (GMT) / 10:10~11:10 (JST) | Keynote Speech: “Future of Accounting” Joichi Ito (Chiba Institute of Technology) [Online] Followed by a talk session “Towards the future of accounting” with Mikiharu Noma (Hitotsubashi University) |
2:10~3:10 (GMT) / 11:10~12:10 (JST) | Theoretical Presentation: Taking an evolutionary view of Law “Law and Statistics” Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge) “Legal Innovation” Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) “The Future of Dispute Resolution” Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) |
3:10~4:30 (GMT) / 12:10~13:30 (JST) | Lunch Break |
4:30~6:00 (GMT) / 13:30~15:00 (JST) | The Future of Work, Labour Law and AI “2030: Workplace Conflicts and AI in the Future” Yuichi Washida (Hitotsubashi University) x Chikako Kanki (University of Tokyo) “AI at Work” Linda Shuku (University of Cambridge) x Bhumika Billa (University of Cambridge) x Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge) |
6:00~6:30 (GMT) / 15:00~15:30 (JST) | Coffee break |
6:30~8:00 (GMT) / 15:30~17:00 (JST) | Panel Discussion Moderator: Wataru Uehara (Hitotsubashi University) x Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) Panelist: Yuichi Washida (Hitotsubashi University), Takashi Araki (University of Tokyo), Chikako Kanki (University of Tokyo), Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge), Bhumika Billa (University of Cambridge), Daiji Kawaguchi (University of Tokyo) |
8:00~8:10 (GMT) / 17:00~ 17:10 (JST) | Closing Remarks Yasuhiro Otsuki (Director, HIAS, Hitotsubashi University) |
Speakers
![Mihoko Sumida](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sumida_Mihoko_photo-1.jpg)
Mihoko Sumida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Joichi Ito](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Joi_Ito_photo-1.jpg)
Joichi Ito
President, Chiba Institute of Technology
![Mikiharu Noma](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Noma_photo-1.jpg)
Mikiharu Noma
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Simon Deakin](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Simon_Deakin_photo-1.jpg)
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
![Felix Steffek](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Steffek_photo-1.jpg)
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
![Yuichi Washida](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Washida_photo-1.jpg)
Yuichi Washida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Chikako KANKI](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kanki_photo.jpg)
Chikako Kanki
Professor, University of Tokyo
![Bhumika](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Bhumika_photo.jpg)
Bhumika Billa
Researcher, University of Cambridge
![Wataru Uehara](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Uehara_Wataru_photo-1.jpg)
Wataru Uehara
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Takashi Araki](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Araki_square-e1699581613454.png)
Takashi Araki
Professor, University of Tokyo
![Daiji Kawaguchi](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/89ef381d4d063116690993ce979ebc99.jpg)
Daiji Kawaguchi
Professor, University of Tokyo
Tuesday 19th December 2023 – One day Workshop “AI Analysis of legal norms: new horizon for Legal Discussion?”
Program
1:00~1:30 (GMT) / 10:00~10:30 (JST) | Keynote Speech: “The current state of the art in an application of AI to legal domain and juris-informatics” Ken Satoh (National Institute of Informatics) |
1:30~3:30 (GMT) / 10:30~12:30 (JST) | Legal evolution and industrialisation: evidence from historical poor law cases Linda Shuku (University of Cambridge) x Simon Deakin(University of Cambridge) Comment: Hideyuki Morito (Keio University) Discussion Decoding FNC Ludwig Bull (Court Correct / Hitotsubashi University) x Yuya Ishihara (Hitotsubashi University) x Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) Comment: Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Hitotsubashi University) Discussion |
3:30~4:30 (GMT) / 12:30~13:30 (JST) | Lunch Break |
4:30~6:30 (GMT) / 13:30~15:30 (JST) | Case outcome prediction for UK Employment Tribunal: A preliminary study Helena Xie (Cambridge University) x Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) Comment: Chikako Kanki (University of Tokyo) [Online] Discussion Japanese Tort-case Dataset for Rationale-supported Legal Judgment Prediction Hiroaki Yamada (Tokyo Institute of Technology) [Online] x Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) Comment: Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge) Discussion |
6:30~7:30 (GMT) / 15:30~16:00 (JST) | Coffee break |
7:30~8:00 (GMT) / 16:00~17:00 (JST) | The Cambridge Law Corpus: A Corpus for Legal AI Research Felix Steffek & Mans Magnusson (Upsala University) [Online] Comment: Takenobu Tokunaga (Tokyo Institute of Technology) [Online] Discussion |
8:00(GMT) / 17:00(JST) | Closing |
Speakers
![Ken Sato](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ken_sato_square-e1699492682779.jpg)
Ken Sato
Professor, National Institute of Informatics
![Linda Shuku](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Linda_Shuku_photo.jpg)
Linda Shuku
Researcher, University of Cambridge
![Simon Deakin](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Simon_Deakin_photo-1.jpg)
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
![Hideyuki Morito](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Morito_photo.jpg)
Hideyuki Morito
Professor, Keio University
![Ludwig Bull](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ludwig_Bull_photo.jpg)
Ludwig Bull
CEO, CourtCorrect
Visiting Scholar, Hitotsubashi University
![Yuya Ishihara](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Yuya-Ishihara.jpg)
Yuya Ishihara
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University / Xpear Consulting Inc.Senior Manager
![Kazuhiko Yamamoto](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Yamamoto_Kazuhiko_photo.jpg)
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Helena Xie](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Helena_photo.jpg)
Helena Xie
Researcher, University of Cambridge
![Chikako Kanki](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Kanki_photo.jpg)
Chikako Kanki
Professor, University of Tokyo
![Hiroaki Yamada](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hiroaki_Yamada_photo.jpg)
Hiroaki Yamada
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
![Mihoko Sumida](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sumida_Mihoko_photo-1.jpg)
Mihoko Sumida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Felix Steffek](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Steffek_photo-1.jpg)
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
![Mans Magnusson](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mans_photo.jpg)
Mans Magnusson
Associate Professor, Uppsala University
![Takenobu Tokunaga](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Tokunaga_Takenobu_photo.jpg)
Takenobu Tokunaga
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wednesday 20th December 2023 – International Workshop “The Future of Dispute Resolution”
6:00~ (GMT) / 15:00~ (JST) | The Future of Dispute Resolution Greetings JST-RISTEX HITE leader Jiro Kokuryo (Keio University) |
6:15~6:45 (GMT) / 15:15〜15:45 (JST) | Keynote Speech: “Future of civil disputes and dispute resolution and technology” Shusuke Kakiuchi (University of Tokyo) |
6:45~8:00 (GMT) / 15:45〜17:00 (JST) | Ethical Guide on using Machine Learning in Dispute Resolution Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge) Comment: Wataru Murata (ex-Judge / Chuo University Law School) Discussion Moderator: Mihoko Sumida (Hitotsubashi University) x Yuya Ishihara (Hitotsubashi University) |
8:00~8:30 (GMT) / 17:00〜17:30 (JST) | Special Speech: “The effect of AI and new technologies on the delivery of justice in a digital age” Sir Geoffrey Vos (Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice) [Online] |
8:30~8:50 (GMT) / 17:30〜17:50 (JST) | Closing Discussion Kazuhiko Yamamoto (Hitotsubashi University) |
8:50 (GMT) / 17:50 (JST) | Closing Remarks Simon Deakin (University of Cambridge) |
Speakers
![Jiro Kokuryo](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jiro_Kokuryo_photo.jpg)
Jiro Kokuryo
Professor, Keio University
![Kakiuchi Shusuke](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kakiuchi_Shusuke_photo.jpg)
Kakiuchi Shusuke
Professor, University of Tokyo
![Felix Steffek](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Steffek_photo-1.jpg)
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
![Murata Wataru](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Murata_Wataru_photo.jpg)
Murata Wataru
ex-Judge / Chuo University
![Mihoko Sumida](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sumida_Mihoko_photo-1.jpg)
Mihoko Sumida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Yuya Ishihara](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yuya-Ishihara.jpg)
Yuya Ishihara
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University / Xpear Consulting Inc.Senior Manager
![Kazuhiko Yamamoto](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Yamamoto_Kazuhiko_photo.jpg)
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
![Simon Deakin](https://legalinnovation.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Simon_Deakin_photo-1.jpg)
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
Information on the Dec. 20 pre-event “Future of AI & Law Research” can be found here.