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Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 7: Machine Learning Endgame

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Nov 07Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

So far, we’ve thrown a lot of abstract words at you. We’ve supplied a couple of small examples here and there. Today is the day we bring it all together. This Intro series has defined and explored a lot of ideas related to machine learning....

Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 6: The Random Forest Method

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Oct 31Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

Last week, we debunked the mythical Cult of the Expert in favor of a more complete and unbiased analysis of data. We also briefly mentioned the role that services like our own LexSemble play in developing different analytical methods. We have spoken at...

Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 5: Decision-Making Made Easier

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Oct 24Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

We have now covered the basic precepts of Machine Learning. In order to really understand the process, however, we need to delve deeper. We’ve addressed how machine learning works, but not yet why it’s important to decision-making. Human elements...

Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 4: Growing Our (Decision) Tree

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Oct 17Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

We’ve gone over the basics of data collection, picking out what data to use for a training set, and how to begin the machine learning process. There are further steps to take, though. In order to refine our model, we need to look closely at the...

Introduction To Legal Analytics, Part 3: Machine Learning

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Oct 10Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

Machine Learning is defined as a form of artificial intelligence in which a computer has the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed. This process is used to develop statistical models, and in order to build these models we must first collect...

Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 2: The Black Swan Problem

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Sep 13Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

Before the advent of legal analytics, causal inference was the best and most powerful tool for researchers. Our job is to separate causal inference from analytics in order to reach a deeper understanding of our data. We talked about this in last week’s...

Introduction to Legal Analytics, Part 1

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Sep 06Categories: Data, Introduction to Legal Analytics

Legal analytics is changing not only the legal profession, but its relationship to other areas of the market as well. Legal analytics affects us all, because it is changing how individuals and companies use data to increase the efficiency of the decision-making...