Hubei High Court and Huazhong University of Science and Technology launch a theme book sharing event on "metaverse for legal professionals"

Journalist Yuan Chao from Jimu News

Correspondents Xu Xinyi, Mei Gui, Zhu Xiangdong, and Tian Xiangfei

Using books as a medium, focusing on the forefront of the integration of artificial intelligence and judiciary. On December 14, the Youth Work Committee of the High People’s Court of Hubei Province and the Law School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology jointly held a themed book sharing event on the ‘metaverse of legal professionals,’ in order to guide judges and legal scholars to deeply reflect on and discuss judicial innovation in the era of artificial intelligence. At the event,

During the sharing and interview session, legal scholars from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and judicial officers from Hubei Court, who graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, jointly discussed in groups of 2 guests each, under the theme of ‘Metaverse for Legal Professionals’, dividing into 4 ‘artificial intelligence’ related topics, using books as references to explore the innovative path of empowering justice with artificial intelligence, discussing how to better protect intellectual property and digital rights in the era of intelligence, and jointly depicting a brilliant blueprint for the future rule of law.

Liu Jia, an engineer at the Experimental Center of the Law School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, believes that the modernization of judicial work depends on the modernization of national governance, grassroots governance, and judicial governance. Artificial intelligence, especially generative artificial intelligence, plays an important role in judicial work, such as assisting in filing cases, promoting mediation, etc., improving the vividness of case materials, assisting in mediation, and demonstrating its potential in the governance of litigation sources and the modernization of judiciary.

Guo Rui, a first-level director of the Information Management Department of the Hubei Higher People’s Court, said, ‘Fully utilizing and leveraging the advantages of artificial intelligence technology to improve judicial efficiency and better promote social fairness and justice is the requirement of the times for judicial work. In the face of the rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology, we should not only actively explore and practice its application scenarios in the field of judicial judgment, but also avoid the risks it may bring. I believe that with the development of technology, it will greatly change the form of judicial judgment and promote judicial judgment to safeguard social fairness and justice with higher efficiency.’ Guo Rui

You Zheng, President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, introduced that in order to promote the construction of the rule of law in Hubei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in August 2020. Since the signing of the agreement, the two sides have made a series of achievements in the fields of rule of law, informatization, talent training, academic exchanges, and integrated development. It has jointly established a number of bases such as the Hubei Judicial Big Data Research Center and the Hubei Trial Management Center to jointly build and share smart courts. co-sponsored three international seminars on the theme of “Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Big Data”; The School of Law and the Hubei Judicial Big Data Research Center jointly founded the Digital Law Review, which is collected in the library of Harvard University.

You Zheng said, ‘I hope that through repeated collisions of ideas, innovative vitality can be stimulated, and the advantages of information technology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, legal academic advantages, and the deep integration of judicial practice and legal theory in Hubei Province can be fully utilized, striving to contribute legal forces to further comprehensively deepen reform and promote Chinese-style modernization.’ Zhou Qianwen, a doctoral student in the 2024 class of the School of Law of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, asked a question.

The principal of the Hubei High People’s Court stated that this reading activity focused on in-depth discussions on the topic of ‘artificial intelligence and the future of justice’. The participants from both sides had thought-provoking exchanges in the fields of technology, jurisprudence, and judicial practice, which were pleasantly surprising. It is hoped that both sides will jointly study and analyze the trends in social and economic development, the direction of social civilization progress, promote the modernization of social governance, and promote high-quality development of the national economy and society. In the future, further strengthening cooperation between the court and the university will be done to jointly cultivate legal professionals with specialized legal knowledge, humanistic sentiments, social responsibilities, and future vision.

(Source: Jimo News)

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