If you are a 1L law student at Queen’s University, the Conflict Analytics Lab is excited to announce that applications for our 2024/2025 1L Certificate Program are now open. Please read further for information about the program and the application process.
Application Due Date: September 20, 2024 at 4:00 pm. Candidates will be selected on a rolling basis.
Description:
The Conflict Analytics Lab is a cutting-edge research consortium applying AI and data science to the dispute resolution process. The 1L Certificate is a project-focused practical experience that provides students with an opportunity to collaborate with computer scientists, lawyers, and high-level stakeholders to build legal technology. This program is offered in association with the Smith School of Business, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Ingenuity Lab.
This certificate gives students a distinctive opportunity to gain practical experience in project management, legal research, and the application of AI to ongoing legal issues. Students will also attend weekly group meetings with the Lab’s Directors and Program Managers, as well as guest lectures and discussions with leading individuals in the field, to obtain comprehensive student support.
In the upcoming academic year, the Lab will be working on projects including but not limited to:
- OpenJustice – Generative AI for Law
- Working with partner organizations, including legal information database companies and full-service law firms, to train OpenJustice (https://openjustice.ai/), a GenAI prototype designed by the Lab built on advanced language models for law, drawing from legal sources to perform legal research and document generation.
- Misinformation and Hate Speech Assessment
- Deel Classification Algorithm and Policy Research on:
- Taxation (Legal risk of permanent establishment; stock options and tax system for independent contractors);
- Remote Worker Rights (Global pensions, stock options, IP, leasing of EOR); and
- Labour and Employment Law (Determination of worker status; series of predictive employment tools to assess violations of worker rights, including minimum pay, overtime pay, and vacation pay)
- Dispute Settlement (An intelligent negotiation system)
- Information Privacy (A look into assessing compliance in data privacy)
Students have the chance to gain hands-on experience with answering questions that arise at the intersection of AI and legal research. To see more of CAL’s work in promoting access-to-justice via free AI-powered legal advice to the public, please visit: https://myopencourt.org. To see CAL’s generative AI for law, OpenJustice, please visit: https://openjustice.ai (You will need to register an account with your QueensU email to use the AI engine).
The duration of the 1L Certificate Program lasts for the full academic year.
Application:
Applicants are required to submit the following materials:
- Cover letter: This should indicate your interest in legal tech, why you believe you are a good fit for the clinic, and whether you want to take the course in the fall, winter, or both semesters;
- Current CV; and
- Undergraduate Transcript.
Please submit your application materials through the following Microsoft Forms survey using your Queen’s email: https://forms.office.com/r/nLtT51PFYd
Please reach out to David Liang (david.liang@queensu.ca) if you have any questions. Application review has already begun and will continue on a rolling basis until September 20, 2024, at 4:00pm. Applicants are highly encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible, as we will begin accepting applicants immediately and continue on a rolling basis.