Addressing law graduates, SC justice Mario Lopez emphasized that AI is a mere tool for human utilization and not intended to replace humans, especially in the legal profession.
The Supreme Court (SC) officially launched on Monday, July 3, two new features on the Supreme Court E-Library: The Philippine Reports E-Books and individual case citation.
Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo said natural language processing — the same technology behind ChatGPT — will provide more accurate and reliable results for legal research.
The benchbook contains information on laws, rules, jurisprudence, and topics concerning the courts which will aid the members of the bench in their research when crafting their rulings and in carrying out their tasks.
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said it is looking at replicating the digitalized and regionalized 2022 Bar examinations, which concluded on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Supreme Court chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo noted that online legal advice and dispute resolution, much like those provided by consumer-based Internet companies, have apparently reduced legal services to a mere commodity in the virtual marketplace.
Supreme Court (SC) chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo revealed on Friday, Sept. 9, that the high tribunal is currently working on the rules that will allow the conduct of all court proceedings through videoconferencing even after the end of the pandemic.
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed for lack of merit the petition for certiorari of former Optical Media Board (OMB) chair Ronald “Ronnie” Ricketts seeking the dismissal of graft charges against him in connection with his alleged failure to institute charges against those arrested for possession of pirated digital video discs (DVDs) and video compact discs (VCDs) during a raid in 2010.
SC chief justice Alexander G. Gesmundo said the court is aiming to capitalize artificial intelligence (AI) to improve court operations, such as the use of technology in preparing transcripts of stenographic notes and in digitalizing judgments rendered.
The SC also approved the new procedural rules for first-level courts that allows notices to be served through mobile phone calls, SMS, or instant messaging software applications. Aside from Microsoft Teams, the rules also now allow the use of alternative platforms or instant messaging applications with video call features, under certain conditions.
