Plymouth State Pair Aim to Transform the Practice of Law with Groundbreaking Data Analytics
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A pair of Plymouth State University professors are revolutionizing the practice of law by introducing the use of data analytics. Chantalle Forgues, J.D., MBA, associate professor of business law, and Daniel Lee, Ph.D., professor of economics, can identify variables that predict litigation risk and outcomes, potentially helping firms make better hires and operating decisions, avoid lawsuits, and take other cost-saving measures. Forgues and Lee’s approach, more advanced than the summary statistics available from several commercial legal analytics products, may also have other far-reaching potential, including identifying ways to reduce the excessive use of force by police departments and creating criteria for less arbitrary criminal sentencing decisions.
“Data analytics will eventually transform the legal industry. It will help companies improve their operations by preempting a certain number of lawsuits and making litigation more effective, streamlining the process with fewer motions and more informed negotiations,” Forgues said. “We anticipate many large companies and law firms will turn to analytics in the future, taking a more data-driven approach to practicing law.”
Since publishing initial research in Bloomberg Law and the New Hampshire Bar News, Forgues and Lee presented their research and methodology at The Future of Law symposium earlier this fall, teaching other legal practitioners to take an analytical approach to law.
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