This Automated Open Access Analytics Project combines important new technology research and the prospect of improved access to justice.

Researchers for this project are working with OpenLaw NZ to use its platform to develop software that can be used by anyone to analyse large volumes of judicial decisions.

Lead researcher Tom Barraclough says, “The core goal is to develop automated tools that greatly reduce the time and expertise necessary to conduct legal research, both academic and practical."

"Insights that would once have required a team of legal researchers working many hours will be attainable by lay people in a fraction of the time.”

"The law is a rich dataset. If made publicly available in machine-readable forms, it could transform legal services, research potential, and access to justice."

This project is funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation.

The Law Foundation has filled a rapidly-growing law and policy gap by backing research into the legal and public policy impacts of emerging new technologies through its Information Law and Policy Project (ILAPP) fund.

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* About TeLENZ *

TeLENZ is the Law Foundation-funded ‘Technology in Legal Education for New Zealand’ Project. TeLENZ is a nationwide collaborative initiative that facilitates the further integration of Information Technology-related content into core legal undergraduate education.

The TeLENZ Project involves all New Zealand law faculties/schools and is led by Associate Professor Wayne Rumbles (Jun 2015 - Feb 2020 Dean of Law, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato): visit TeLENZ here.