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
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Joichi Ito
President, Chiba Institute of Technology
Mikiharu Noma
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
Yuichi Washida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Chikako Kanki
Professor, University of Tokyo
Bhumika Billa
Researcher, University of Cambridge
Wataru Uehara
Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Takashi Araki
Professor, University of Tokyo
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
Professor, National Institute of Informatics
Linda Shuku
Researcher, University of Cambridge
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
Hideyuki Morito
Professor, Keio University
Ludwig Bull
CEO, CourtCorrect
Visiting Scholar, Hitotsubashi University
Yuya Ishihara
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University / Xpear Consulting Inc.Senior Manager
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Helena Xie
Researcher, University of Cambridge
Chikako Kanki
Professor, University of Tokyo
Hiroaki Yamada
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mihoko Sumida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
Mans Magnusson
Associate Professor, Uppsala University
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
Professor, Keio University
Kakiuchi Shusuke
Professor, University of Tokyo
Felix Steffek
Professor, University of Cambridge
Murata Wataru
ex-Judge / Chuo University
Mihoko Sumida
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Yuya Ishihara
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University / Xpear Consulting Inc.Senior Manager
Kazuhiko Yamamoto
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Simon Deakin
Professor, University of Cambridge
Information on the Dec. 20 pre-event “Future of AI & Law Research” can be found here.