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Ep 242: The Inside Story of the Caselaw Access Project, with Three of the People Who Made It Happen

Mar 25, 2024
50:56
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A detailed discussion on the Caselaw Access Project, a collaborative effort between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law, to digitize and provide free access to all US court decisions. The challenges, negotiations, and significance of the project, including the recent lifting of all restrictions on the data. Insights on the digitization process, historical trends in case law language, and the future impact on legal research and generative AI technology.
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Quick takeaways

  • Partnership between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law enabled free access to US court decisions.
  • Harvard Library's collaboration and innovative digitization process marked a major achievement in the project.

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The Collaboration between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law

Harvard Law School and a legal research startup, Ravel Law, partnered on the Case Law Access Project to provide free access to all US court decisions. The project scanned 40 million pages to create a collection of six and a half million cases. Despite coming from different perspectives, they aligned interests to achieve a deal that served both parties.

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