Self-representation and AI-enabled “trial playbooks” with Sonja Ebron

In episode no. 66, I speak with Sonja Ebron, founder of Courtroom5. The discussion covers:

• Sonja’s personal experience as a litigant and how that relates to her work today;
• The types of matters Courtroom5 is best (and not!) suited to, who and how it assists;
• How the patterns in the law support AI, and how that fast-tracks self-represented litigants’ understanding of their matters;
• The factors for litigants to do best using Courtroom5;
• The tools Courtroom5 employs to alleviate emotional distress;
• The importance of support during litigation and how Courtroom5 provides that;
• What a “trial playbook” is;
• How Courtroom5 engages with courts and legal assistance organisations;
• Judges’ bias against self-represented litigants???
• The structure and composition of Courtroom5’s team;
• Why Courtroom5 constantly seeks customer feedback;
• Key factors that drive development of the product;
  The biggest change since Courtroom5 commenced in 2017;
• Who are the unexpected users of Courtroom5;
• What has given the company “the biggest boost”;
• How Courtroom5 address the challenges of keeping information up to date;
• What keeps the founders working on such an intractable problem; and
• Sonja’s definition of legal innovation.

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Links:

• Courtroom5
• Neota Logic's App Gallery
• Neota Logic
• Churchill Trust project

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