The Cyberjustice Lab is pleased to announce the release of its new book "A Tale of Cyberjustice: A Modern Approach to Technology in the Canadian Justice System". This book traces the life cycle of the Towards Cyberjustice project, from its creation to its completion and continuation with the launch of the Autonomy Through Cyberjustice Technologies (ACT) project. This book is […] Read more
The Cyberjustice Laboratory is pleased to present you the largest international research project that aims to increase access to justice through artificial intelligence: the ACT research partnership, the empowerment of justice stakeholders through cyberjustice and artificial intelligence. Led by Professor Karim Benyekhlef, Director of the Laboratory, the ACT project is: A multidisciplinary and international partnership […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Communiqué de presse Montréal, 1er avril 2020. Médicys – centre de médiation et de règlement à l’amiable des huissiers de justice en France lance avec le Laboratoire de cyberjustice la plateforme urgence-mediation.fr qui sera dédiée à la résolution de litiges survenus durant la période de confinement. […] Read more
The Joint Technology Committee (JTC) published a bulletin on January 28, 2020, containing various case studies on online dispute resolution (ODR). The committee notes that dozens, if not hundreds, of jurisdictions have implemented online dispute resolution mechanisms. Through seven case studies, it looks at the different possibilities available to courts to apply dispute resolution technology: […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Écrit par Karima Smouk, candidate au doctorat et coordonnatrice de la Chaire LexUM en information juridique. À l’heure où la société entière est confrontée à une situation exceptionnelle qui la place dans un coma fonctionnel global, le temps semble parfaitement opportun à une évaluation des grands pans d’un système mal au point. C’est en […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Écrit par Cassandra Larocque-Rigney, auxiliaire de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Hiver 2020. En septembre dernier, la Commission européenne a présenté son rapport sur l’application (le « Rapport ») de la Directive relative au règlement extrajudiciaire des litiges de consommation (la « Directive ») et du Règlement relatif au […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Ecrit par Simon Du Perron, auxiliaire de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Hiver 2020. Le 13 février 2020, la sénatrice américaine Kirsten Gillibrand, une démocrate de l’État de New York, a introduit un projet de loi visant la création du Data Protection Agency, une agence fédérale de […] Read more
In view of the situation regarding the coronavirus and the measures taken by government and university authorities, the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the LexUM Chair regretfully cancel all future public lectures and activities until further notice. Nevertheless, we intend on postponing most of them, to the extent possible, to a later date. We will keep you […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre du Cycle approfondi d’études judiciaires (CADEJ) « Justice et numérique » offert par l’École nationale de la magistrature (France) aux magistrats en exercice, Karim Benyekhlef a présenté une communication intitulée « Du bon usage des algorithmes dans la justice. Vers l’ODRAI ou le règlement en ligne […] Read more
03/30/2020 • 14h
Hôtel Le Marois, 9-11 Avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 75008 Paris, France
Symposium in french only. Read more
03/27/2020 • 12h
Salle 309, Stone Castle 2910 Édouard-Montpetit
Presentation in french only. The Ethics Research Centre and the Cyberjustice Laboratory are pleased to welcome Alexei Grinbaum—ACT researcher—who will give a presentation entitled “les robots et le mal” which focus on the relationship between humans and digital technologies. Des robots domestiques se font délateurs, des agents conversationnels injurient leurs interlocuteurs. Pire encore : des […] Read more
03/25/2020 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Conférence en anglais seulement Text and language are the core tools of the legal profession. Analyzing and understanding the information contained in textual documents, such as statutes, case law, contracts and doctrine, is one of the most important skill for any person in the legal field. […] Read more
03/25/2020 • 13:00
Chancellor Day Hall NCDH 316, 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA
Join us for an AI and the Law talk with Dr Christopher Markou, who will consider the consequences of using machine learning to replicate core functions of legal systems. Abstract The use of machine learning (ML) to replicate aspects of legal decision making is already well advanced, with various ‘Legal Tech’ applications being used to model […] Read more
03/18/2020 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre de son cycle de conférences 2019-2020 « Démocratie, algorithme et information » qui vous propose de porter un regard critique et multi-disciplinaire sur les enjeux d’une société algorithmique dans laquelle se mêlent une confusion informationnelle et un recours grandissant aux outils algorithmiques pour effectuer diverses […] Read more
03/10/2020 • 16h30
Salon François-Chevrette, Pavillon Maximilien-Caron, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Le Laboratoire de cyberjustice et la Chaire LexUM en information juridique sont heureux de recevoir le professeur Pierre Trudel (Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal) qui nous parlera du Rapport final du Groupe d’examen du cadre législatif en matière de radiodiffusion et de télécommunications publié en […] Read more
03/04/2020 • 16h30
Salon François-Chevrette, Pavillon Maximilien-Caron, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre du cycle de conférences Jeunes chercheurs, la Chaire LexUM en information juridique accueille Hannes Westermann, candidat au doctorat à l’Université de Montréal, qui présentera une conférence qui s’intitule « Increasing access to justice by using artificial intelligence to interpret case law » (En anglais). Read more
02/26/2020 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant
This content is not available in the selected language. Conférence en anglais seulement Text and language are the core tools of the legal profession. Analyzing and understanding the information contained in textual documents, such as statutes, case law, contracts and doctrine, is one of the most important skill for any person in the legal field. […] Read more
02/19/2020 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre de son cycle de conférences 2019-2020 « Démocratie, algorithme et information » qui vous propose de porter un regard critique et multi-disciplinaire sur les enjeux d’une société algorithmique dans laquelle se mêlent une confusion informationnelle et un recours grandissant aux outils algorithmiques pour effectuer diverses […] Read more
02/18/2020 • 16h30
Salon François-Chevrette, Pavillon Maximilien-Caron Université de Montréal
As part of the « Conférences Jeunes chercheurs », the LexUM Chair in Legal Information welcomes Sarit Mizrahi, PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa, who will present a lecture entitled "Faux-riginality in an Age of Mass Production: Why Copyright Should Not Protect Machine-Generated Content". Speaker Sarit K. Mizrahi is pursuing her Ph.D. […] Read more
Pierre Legros, a former trainee at the Cyberjustice Laboratory, highlights in an article published on Village de la justice, the importance of a better access to justice through the development of online dispute resolution platforms. Available in french only «Partant du principe qu’une plateforme d’ODR serait accessible en tout temps et en tout lieu, elle […] Read more
Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is frequently referenced both in the news and in commercial advertisements. It often appears that nearly everything is or soon will be a product of AI. In fact, however, other than natural language processing, true AI is still in its early stages and far less common than advertising would suggest. This […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer l’arrivée de monsieur Mark Likhten, avocat, au Laboratoire de cyberjustice à l’Université de Montréal. Il s’est joint à l’équipe, sous la responsabilité du professeur Karim Benyekhlef, directeur du Laboratoire, le jeudi 23 janvier 2020. À la suite de l’obtention de son baccalauréat à l’Université de Montréal et après avoir effectué […] Read more
02/05/2020 • 13:00 02/05/2020 • 14:30
Pavillon Chancellor-Day NCDH 102 (salle de classe Meighan)
As part of the AI and the Law Series cycle, Mcgill University is hosting Mr. Przemysław Pałka, who will discuss the possibility of automating the legal assessment of online consumer contracts in terms of service and privacy policies that a person encounters online thanks to the CLAUDETTE Project. For more information, click here. […] Read more
The Spring 2021 thematic issue will be edited by Rémi Boivin, a professor at the School of Criminology (Université de Montréal) and Annie Gendron, a researcher at the École Nationale de Police du Québec (the provincial police academy). This thematic issue aims to shift this debate from its current emphasis on police work, to a […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Ecrit par Simon Du Perron, auxiliaire de recherche au Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Hiver 2020 2019 fut sans conteste l’année où la question de la protection des données s’est véritablement incrustée dans le débat public. En juin, le Québec a connu la plus importante fuite de données de son histoire, touchant tous […] Read more
01/30/2020 • 8h30 17h30
L'Espace CDPQ, 3, Place Ville Marie, Niveau L, Bureau 12350, Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Présentation Générées tout au long du processus judiciaire, les données judiciaires sont la base à partir de laquelle l’information judiciaire se construit. L’information judiciaire serait donc une association de données, qui, liées les unes aux autres, sont créatrices de sens. Toutefois, vu leur caractère parfois sensible, […] Read more
As part of the "Justice and Algorithms" week, the radio program LexLab made an inventory of AI innovations in Canada and particularly in Quebec. This episode brought together around a table, Pr Karim Benyekhlef - director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - Pr Gregory Lewkowicz - ACT researcher - as well as Pr Marina Teller to discuss […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Nearly a decade after co-founding Cyberjustice Laboratory, a hub that analyzes the impact of technologies on justice while developing concrete technological tools that are adapted to the reality of justice systems, Karim Benyekhlef and Fabien Gélinas have set their sights on artificial intelligence (AI). Autonomy through […] Read more
The Cyberjustice Laboratory is pleased to present you the largest international research project that aims to increase access to justice through artificial intelligence: the ACT research partnership, the empowerment of justice stakeholders through cyberjustice and artificial intelligence. Led by Professor Karim Benyekhlef, Director of the Laboratory, the ACT project is: A multidisciplinary and international partnership […] Read more
Hannes Westermann, member of the Cyberjustice Laboratory, coauthored with Karim Benyekhlef - director of the Laboratory - Jaromir Savelka, Vern R. Walker and Kevin D. Ashley a article intituled "Computer-Assisted Creation of Boolean Search Rules for Text Classification in the Legal Domain" which received the "Best Student Paper Award" mention at Jurix 2019. This is […] Read more
French only Consumer mediation in Quebec first developed in the Small Claims Division of the Court of Quebec, where a pilot project of mandatory mediation for consumer contracts was completed in May 2018. In November 2016, the Office de la protection du consommateur du Québec, in collaboration with the Cyberjustice Laboratory of the University of […] Read more
Call for Abstracts Deadline February 1, 2020 Conveners & Editors David Restrepo Amariles Pedro Rubim Borges Fortes HEC Paris, the Law and Society Review, and the Law and Society Association— CRN Law and Development (CRN 52), are issuing a call for original research papers to be presented at the Symposium Algorithmic Law and Society, and to […] Read more
Press release Assessment of the Consumer Protection Office's online mediation project after 3 years of implementation Quebec City, December 2, 2019 Minister of Justice Sonia LeBel today marked the 3rd anniversary of the "Online Dispute Resolution Platform" (PARLe), an innovative web-based tool that provides courts with an alternative solution to solve consumer problems. Developed by […] Read more
The Research Centre in Information, Law and Society (CRIDS) of the Faculty of Law in the University of Namur has just released his monograph "The judge and the algorithm: judges increased or justice diminished? "In this book, Prof. Karim Benykhlef, Jie Zhu and Valentin Callipel, of the Cyberjustice Laboratory, wrote an article on the theme of "Human Responsibility in […] Read more
Prof. Karim Benyekhlef, Cyberjustice Laboratory’s director and the 2019-2020 holder of the Alexandre Koyré Chair of Excellence, is featured in the weekly magazine "Les Petites Affiches" as part of his presence at the "Justice and Algorithms" week. For this occasion he, among other things, delivered an inaugural lesson titled "A Short History of the Internet: […] Read more
Prof. Karim Benyekhlef, Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the 2019-2020 Chairholder of the Koyré Chair of Excellence, is currently at the Université Côté d'Azur as part of the "Justice and Algorithms" week organized by the 3IA Côte d'Azur Chair of Excellence. Program of the 1st day The day began with the recording of a […] Read more
Tuesday November 12 was held the first meeting of the new advisory committee on cyberjustice of the Government of Quebec. Pr Nicolas Vermeys — assistant director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory — has been nominated by the Minister Responsible of Government Digital Transformation to be part of this new advisory council and to address the various […] Read more
12/03/2019 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Conférence en anglais seulement Text and language are the core tools of the legal profession. Analyzing and understanding the information contained in textual documents, such as statutes, case law, contracts and doctrine, is one of the most important skill for any person in the legal field. […] Read more
11/22/2019 • 11:30
Faculté de droit - Université de Montréal
On Friday, November 22, 2019 will be held a workshop co-organized by the ATC project and Pr Pierre-Luc Déziel - ATC researcher - on the results of the survey about the Impact of new technologies on the training of jurists in Quebec. The Quebec Ministry of Justice (MJQ) has commissioned a team of researchers […] Read more
ICANN is the company that governs the assignment of generic top-level extensions of the Internet. From November 2nd to 7th, the 66th edition of ICANN in Montreal, co-organized by the Cyberjustice Laboratory and in partnership with Rendez-vousMontréal66, was held at the Palais des Congrès. This forum brings together various local and international speakers […] Read more
11/13/2019 • 17:00 18:30
Université McGill
Joignez-vous à nous pour un entretien sur l'intelligence artificielle et le droit avec Hannes Westermann, qui examinera l'application de l'intelligence artificielle dans le secteur juridique. Read more
From October 29 to 30, was held the 2019 ODR International Forum hosted by the National Center for Technology and Conflict Resolution in Williamsburg, Virginia. This forum brings together several researchers, each year, who work on issues related to online dispute resolution. For this occasion, a team of researchers from the Cyberjustice Laboratory and the […] Read more
On Monday, October 28, 2019, the Cyberjustice Laboratory had the honor of hosting the Steering Committee on Efficiency and Access to Justice, composed of six Deputy Ministers of Federal and Provincial Justice, three Council representatives Canadian Judicial Council, three representatives of the Canadian Council of Chief Judges, a representative of the Canadian Bar Association, a […] Read more
Cyberjustice Laboratory’s director, Karim Benyekhlef, is now the holder of the Alexandre Koyré Chair of Excellence for the year 2019 – 2020, a multidisciplinary chair, located at the University Côte d'Azur, in the field of artificial intelligence and law. Starting November 18th, Professor Benyekhlef will deliver an inaugural lecture entitled "A Short History of the […] Read more
By Hannes Westermann In September, I had the pleasure of attending two conferences in Boston and New York, namely the 2019 Harvard Legal Tech Symposium and the 2019 Legal Hackers International Summit. I met both old and new friends from the legal tech community and learnt a lot during the presentations and workshops. […] Read more
11/21/2019 11/22/2019
Hilton Toronto
Comment l’intelligence artificielle et les nouvelles technologies changent-elles les modes de prestation des services juridiques ? Afin d’avoir une opinion éclairée sur cette question et bien d’autres, joignez-vous aux conférences spéciales organisées le 21 et 22 novembre par le Barreau de l’Ontario. Read more
By Charlotte Simard-Zakaïb as part of the Summer School of the Cyberjustice Laboratory in 2019. One in two Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, while one in four Canadians will die from it. Early detection of cancer will make it easier to treat and cure, but for most types of cancer, […] Read more
By Javier E. Valbuena as part of the Summer School of the Cyberjustice Laboratory in 2019. In June 2019, Facebook announced the launch of a new digital currency called "Libra" that would allow users to conduct all their financial transactions from a smartphone. Unlike we may think, Libra is not a true copy of […] Read more
Join us for a special preview event to the upcoming 66th public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, cohosted by the Cyberjustice Laboratory and Rendez-vousMontreal66. Preview Event Details When: October 7, 2019 at 17:00 – 19:30 Where: Law Faculty of McGill University, 3644 Peel Street, Room NCDH 102 Format: Interactive panel discussion, followed by […] Read more
10/23/2019 • 16h30
Laboratoire de cyberjustice (B-2215), Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal
This content is not available in the selected language. Dans le cadre de son cycle de conférences 2019-2020 « Démocratie, algorithme et information » qui vous propose de porter un regard critique et multi-disciplinaire sur les enjeux d’une société algorithmique dans laquelle se mêlent une confusion informationnelle et un recours grandissant aux outils algorithmiques pour effectuer diverses tâches, la […] Read more
By Florence So Currently, there exists only two emerging AI superpowers: United States and China. As Kai-Fu Lee points out in his latest book, the recipe for AI success requires four ingredients: AI expertise, government support, data, and entrepreneurial ecosystem. In his opinion, the fundamental cultural differences between the West and the East inform how […] Read more
Two weeks ago, Hannes Westermann from the Cyberjustice Laboratory was invited to present at the event “Artificial Intelligence and Humanity: Annihilation or Integration?” as part of the A. Jean de Grandpré Distinguished Speaker Series and the Food for Thought Public Lecture Series. He talked about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on humanity and the […] Read more
The entry into force, on May 25, 2018 throughout the European Union of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established a new legal framework for the protection of personal data and led the experts of the College Law and Justice in charge of terminology with the French Language Enrichment Commission to define new concepts in […] Read more
To answer it at the microphone of France Culture, the author of "Digital Justice", Antoine Garapon, receives Benoit Frydman, professor at the Perelman Center of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, which is a partner of the Cyberjustice Laboratory as part of the "Algorithmic Law" project (in french) https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/matieres-a-penser/lapres-1989-une-victoire-a-la-pyrrhus-du-droit-45-une-regle-de-droit-remplacee-par-des-normes Read more
Vous n'étiez pas présent pour ICAIL 2019 ? Ne vous inquiétez pas tout ce qui est à savoir se trouve ici ! Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. La réunion annuelle AJC s’est déroulée au Laboratoire de cyberjustice du 12 au 14 Juin 2019. Celle-ci a su rassembler nos chercheurs provenant du monde entier, réussissant ainsi à instaurer une atmosphère idéale pour tout dialogue et débat. Voici donc une compilation de ses moments les […] Read more
