An enterprising Stanford student thinks he can get you out of a parking ticket without the cost of a lawyer.
So how does it work? Users engage with chat screen where the “robot lawyer” asks questions such as, “Were you the one driving?” and, “Was it hard to understand the parking signs?” After the Q&A, the bot generates an appeal letter which the user sends to the court. The service comes at no cost.
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Browder’s bot and Fixed are among several legal bots popping up in the market as of late. Others include Acadmx’s bot, which formats legal briefs, and Lex Machina, which data-mines judges’ records.
Next, Browder aims to program a bot to handle increasingly complex legal issues, such as asylum for Syrian refugees. He expects that bot to launch by summer, again at no cost to users.
