As the year comes to a close, now is the time for a post-mortem of a prosperous year at Lexum and for digital legal information services in general. Decisia has seen two updates this year. The first one, version 7.0, is a complete upgrade of the administrative interface with a new “info” tab, unique admin […] Read more
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Lexum at the 2023 Law via the Internet Conference, Vienna, Austria
As mentioned in a previous post, the Law via the Internet Conference has returned with renewed energy after a three-year hiatus. We could not ignore this splendid opportunity to meet again with our colleagues from around the world. The conference was hosted in collaboration with the Centre for Computers and Law of the Faculty of […] Read more
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Collaboration Between Lexum and AfricanLII Brings South African Law Reports Online
As a signatory of the Montreal Declaration on Free Access to Law and a member of the Free Access to Law Movement, Lexum has built strong connections with other Legal Information Institutes worldwide. One of these partners is AfricanLII, and the scope of their work is reason enough to take a few moments to delve into. AfricanLII convenes a […] Read more
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AI-Powered Summaries for Saskatchewan Case Law Launched in Beta Mode on CanLII
Lexum is pleased to announce a transformative development that has the potential to revolutionize your use of CanLII. Thanks to the support of the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan, we recently introduced a limited volume of AI-powered case law summaries on CanLII for recent decisions from Saskatchewan. Leveraging the experience gained with the CatLII pilot project, […] Read more
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Unlocking the Potential of PDF to HTML with Qweri
Qweri is used to convert large and complex text documents (hundreds or thousands of pages long) from a wide variety of input file formats (MS Word, HTML, XML, DITA, or various versions of PDF, including ISO formats such as PDF-A) into a dynamic HTML5 web environment fully integrated into your website. However, Qweri is not […] Read more
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Automatic Classification Part 2: Use Cases
In our last article on Automatic Classification, we emphasized the science behind the scene. This time, we would like to focus on what you will get from it. Here are a couple of practical use cases to experiment with. Monitoring Recent Cases in a Niche Field For instance, let’s say you are interested in cannabis […] Read more
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Lexum to Attend the 2023 ODR Forum in Montreal
Lexum will have the pleasure to attend this year’s Online Dispute Resolution Forum, which will take place in a familiar location: the Cyberjustice Laboratory of the Université de Montréal. On October 11th and 12th, 2023, the 23rd International ODR Forum will gather over 250 innovators, changemakers and thought leaders from various sectors, such as business, […] Read more
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The Law via the Internet Conference is Back!
Lexum has always been deeply involved in promoting free access to legal information. As such, we also have strong ties with the FALM movement. In the context of the pandemic, the Law via the Internet in-person conference had to be cancelled. For the first time since 2020, a LVI conference will be held from November […] Read more
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LexKey: A Public Language Model Keyword Generator for Legal Documents
As a sequel to our recent post on Automatic Classification, we would like to introduce you to the science behind the show. The following article is adapted from the one presented by Benjamin Cérat, Software programmer at Lexum, as a workshop at ICAIL 2023. The 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law took place […] Read more
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Automatic Classification on CanLII Part 1: Functionalities
Automatic Classification is a new advanced artificial intelligence feature developed by Lexum for the CanLII website. The Automatic Classification feature leverages artificial intelligence algorithms and natural language processing techniques to categorize legal documents by subject automatically. For this project, Lexum used its own language model. Automatic Classification enhances the search experience... Read more