Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On Legal Profession

John McCarthy, known as the father of Artificial intelligence, coined this term in 1956, it is defined as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines". It is the way of making a computer or software think either as intelligently as humans think or even better than them. The grounds on the basis of which these smart softwares are developed are by analysing or studying how the human brains work, learn, decide and perform efficiently. Basically Artificial intelligence aims to create two things, firstly, adroit software systems that can absorb all the special human skills and can work more effectively and secondly, to implement all the special and unique human skills in machines. Focusing on the legal profession, there is hardly any sector in our economy which can work without legal assistance. The conflicting interests in the society can only be harmonized through legal assistance.

The impact of artificial intelligenceand robotics on employment opportunities have always been a topic of speculation. It's crucial to assess the impact of AI on different professions in order to formulate better policies for future. Artificial intelligence on one hand would create some great opportunities for the skilled and professional workers as only such people can be trained to handle the machines in the best way. And also, AI would be a good aid to the business firms as all the functions of the firm would be automated and as a result of which there will be no red tapism. Even in law firm, software systems or Robots are better assistants as they can more efficiently analyse the documents and can review them at a much faster rate . These expert systems perform in a timely and comprehensive manner. They also provide real time assistance to the clients and counsel them on whether they should sign certain contracts or not and also help them in negotiating better terms. Accurate facts and figures are provided by these systems which offers a great support to the law firms. Many positions are replaced by these softwares as the robots and computers are capable of doing many jobs more efficiently, that are currently done by humans.

ROSS INTELLIGENCE is an epitome of such expert software systems. It is a legal research software powered by artificial intelligence by U.S law. It provides an outstanding understanding of specific legal issues and a high value advice to the clients. It can also provide you with precise collection of case laws. Companies like Kira systems, eBrevia are using the AI technology to review contracts. No doubt, such a technology will bring about a digital revolution in India and would act as an agent for theadvancement of the economy but the predicted vast unemployment due to replacement of human workforce by machines may become an obstacle on the path of such advancement.