eLegalls-as-a-Service: Towards Developing Cloud-based Legal Tech System to Aid Lawyering in the Digital Age

Abstract

Legal Tech Jurisprudence is not as developed as it was hoped for, compared with other fields of study. As a result, legal tech has not advanced globally as would have been preferred and remains primal in nature. The situation is more disappointing when it comes to developing or underdeveloped countries. While tech is critical in countries like India, which is going through digital transition currently, the justice system is still functioning in centenarian ways. For some reason, the system has not yet begun to fully harness the potential of modern IT technologies, which may consist of AI, ML, DL, NLP, etc. but not limited to these technologies. A lawyer, who is an integral part of the justice system, still continues to handle most tasks manually or with the help of an assistant, which often becomes challenging and cumbersome while dealing with complex legal issues that involve humongous contracts, for example. It is problems like these that can be very well handled with the help of technologies, being dubbed as legal informatics (LI), to help elevate the quality and quantity of lawyering and the core of jurisprudence. To try and resolve this problem and find an amicable solution to an extent, we have designed and developed an LI-enabled and proposedly cloud-based innovative computational system, called eLegalls and to be delivered as eLegalls-as-as-Service, and this paper illuminates and elaborates its potential in providing the hassle-free lawyering in digital age.