Document Type
Article
Abstract
The United States of America is at a crossroads. The foundational promises of the American dream—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—have been thrust into public pessimism as the nation’s most economically vulnerable populations find themselves outsiders in their own communities, unable to access the legal tools and services required to resolve even the most rudimentary of legal disputes. In the wake of groundbreaking studies by the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System and the American Bar Association’s Commission on the Future of Legal Services, the need for alternative legal service providers is more prevalent than ever. The recent advent of legal technology tools powered by generative artificial intelligence has the potential to provide low-cost legal services for those who need it the most. This Article explores a litany of actors in the civil legal services marketplace that are harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence to help bridge the gap for the most vulnerable. In addition, this Article contributes to a new area of legal scholarship advocating for a nationwide “Regulatory Sandbox,” allowing for lawyers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and innovators to boldly envision a world where alternative legal services can empower our nation’s most vulnerable populations to gain broader access to the legal system and, ultimately, solutions to their legal ailments. Policymakers, stakeholders, and readers alike can view this Article not as a legal treatise, but as an informative and easily digestible call to action that seeks to solve the access to justice gap in the United States.
Recommended Citation
Samuel H. Brown VII,
Bridging the Gap to Every American: How a National Regulatory Sandbox Can Prompt Radical Collaboration to Adopt Legal Artificial Intelligence Tools,
40
Ga. St. U. L. Rev.
889
(2024).
Available at:
https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol40/iss4/8