Pablo Arredondo, the Casetext cofounder who helped construct a few of the earliest and most influential purposes of AI in authorized apply, is joining Clio as senior vice chairman, judiciary, the place he’ll lead the corporate’s technique for extending its expertise into the courts. On this episode of LawNext, recorded simply forward of the announcement, Arredondo tells me why he’s turning his consideration to the judiciary — and why he believes the problem begins with the sheer torrent of fabric flooding into the courts. “On Monday, someplace on the order of three billion tokens are going to hit courtroom dockets,” he says.
Arredondo cofounded Casetext in 2013 and helped develop CARA, the primary temporary analyzer, and CoCounsel, the product that introduced generative AI into on a regular basis authorized workflows. After Thomson Reuters acquired Casetext for $650 million in 2023, he joined that firm, leaving on the finish of final 12 months. On this dialog, he traces how his curiosity shifted towards the courts — from watching judges organically undertake Casetext’s Parallel Search to a latest challenge at Cornell’s Authorized Data Institute utilizing LLMs to annotate the U.S. Code of Conduct for Judges with centuries of judicial ethics considering from rabbinic, Islamic and Roman Catholic traditions.
Arredondo additionally explains why courts want “judiciary grade” expertise moderately than instruments constructed for attorneys, how AI is driving a surge in professional se filings, whether or not AI may ever substitute judges (his quick reply: “completely not”), and the place he plans to begin when he formally begins the position Aug. 31. That is Arredondo’s second look on LawNext this 12 months, following a February conversation at his home in Tiburon, Calif., about his profession and what would come subsequent. Now we all know.
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