Discovery is the formal legal process in which opposing parties exchange information about the witnesses and evidence they expect to present at trial. Lawsuits may generate thousands of documents and make discovery last months or years. section 6.3
E-discovery software has long helped index these documents and locate relevant information, usually through searches for specific terms. Large language models (LLMs) could extend this workflow by summarizing documents and identifying materials that support a particular legal argument. section 6.3
Discovery-related work can include:
- Exchanging witness and evidence information between lawsuit parties. section 6.3
- Indexing large document collections and searching them for relevant terms. section 6.3
- Generating brief document summaries or locating evidence connected to a specific argument. section 6.3
