The Laboratory will launch a series of activities in May that will gather the opinions and experiences of legal experts from around the world on the recent events. From ethical issues to crisis management, including analyses of the achievements and failures of technologies in the legal field, the Laboratory will present varied and relevant content […] Read more
The Cyberjustice Lab is pleased to announce the release of its new book "A Tale of Cyberjustice: A Modern Approach to Technology in the Canadian Justice System". This book traces the life cycle of the Towards Cyberjustice project, from its creation to its completion and continuation with the launch of the Autonomy Through Cyberjustice Technologies (ACT) project. This book is an […] Read more
The Cyberjustice Laboratory is pleased to present you the largest international research project that aims to increase access to justice through artificial intelligence: Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technologies, the ACT research partnership : Led by Professor Karim Benyekhlef, Director of the Laboratory, the ACT project is: A multidisciplinary and international partnership 50 researchers 46 partners 2.5 […] Read more
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Call for papers for the Fourteenth International Workshop on Juris-informatics associated with JSAI International Symposia on AI 2020 (IsAI-2020) to be held from the 15th to 17th of November, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Due to COVID-19 this event may be remotely. Juris-informatics is a new research area which studies legal issues from the perspective of […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Écrit par Hélène Gavrilovic, auxiliaire de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Été 2020. Le 4 mars 2020, l’organisation Option consommateur[1] a publié un rapport de recherche[2] portant sur les mécanismes de règlement des différends proposés par les plateformes d’économie du partage. Le rapport est le fruit […] Read more
OBVIA - International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and the Digital Technology - has announced the funding of six new innovative research projects, including the project « Vers une approche synergique de la dématérialisation des dossiers judiciaires : La protection de la vie privée des justiciables comme vecteur d'accès à la justice » […] Read more
CScience IA - a platform dedicated to current research on Artificial intelligence in Quebec - proposes in this article an interview with Nicolas Vermeys - assistant director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - who discusses the impact of virtual evidence in the justice system. Dans une étude réalisée en 2019, Nicolas Vermeys y constate la prolifération […] Read more
CScience IA - a platform dedicated to current research on Artificial intelligence in Quebec - higlighted the work of the Cyberjustice Laboratory. The article promoted the success of the PARLe platform and the project JusticeBot with comments from Valentin Callipel - head of mission at the Laboratory and ACT researcher. PARLe a traité plus […] Read more
Call for participation for the 7th Competition on Legal Information Extraction and Entailment (COLIEE-2020), to be held on 16 and 17 November 2020 in Yokohama, Japan. This event will include tasks on both statute law and case law. Four tasks are included in the 2020 competition: Tasks 1 and 2 are about case law, and […] Read more
The International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital - OBVIA - offers a guide to better understand the functioning of the different applications of COVID-19 exposure reporting. Les applications de notifications d’exposition à la COVID-19 proposent des pistes de solutions intéressantes pour endiguer la pandémie avec laquelle nous sommes présentement aux prises. […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Écrit par Simon Du Perron, auxiliaire de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Été 2020. La ministre de la Justice Sonia Lebel a déposé vendredi le très attendu Projet de loi n°64, la Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels. En conférence […] Read more
In this article, the author looks at the success of the online dispute resolution by examining the capabilities of various platforms available in Quebec - including the PARLe platform. In 2016, the QCPO changed their paradigm and took a leap into the digital world. They hired the Cyberjustice Laboratory of the University of Montreal to […] Read more
This article by Kelsey R. Ruszkowski - ACT student - and Samuel J. Blanton - lawyer - examines the relational challenges behind the use of remote technology in the legal practice. Even before the spread of COVID-19, the use of technology has quickly become an integral part of our everyday lives and has shaped […] Read more
Nicolas Vermeys - Assistant Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - Maria-Fernanda Acevedo Lanas - Scientific Coordinator at the Cyberjustice Laboratory - explore in this publication the emergence and evolution of virtual courts in Canada by drawing on the work done by the Cyberjustice Laboratory and, in particular, the success of the Platform to Aid in […] Read more
Jean-François Roberge - ACT researcher - discuss in this publication the concept of sense of justice and it's importance in evaluating the quality of online dispute resolution, particularly through the experience of justice by the users of the online dispute resolution platform - PARLE - in consumer disputes. The sense of justice is a concept […] Read more
Benoit Dupont - ACT researcher - focus in this article published in The conversation on the use of personal data to fight against the COVID-19 pandemia. Available in french only. Afin de retrouver une liberté de mouvement temporairement suspendue et dans le but de protéger les populations contre une deuxième vague d’infection, on voit se mettre […] Read more
Heather Scheiwe Kulp and Amy J. Schmitz review the standards for the use of Online Dispute Resolution in courts by questioning users who have experimented the system. As online dispute resolution (ODR) systems become increasingly popular and prevalent, especially for court cases, those of us considering and setting standards for ODR find ourselves wondering what […] Read more
