Overview
The third edition of AIDA2J brings together researchers, legal technologists, practitioners, and public institutions to examine AI tools, datasets, and methodologies for legal aid, access to justice, court and out-of-court dispute resolution, and legal data access.
Large language models and related technologies are changing how legal information and services are produced and accessed. Their use raises questions about how systems should be designed, evaluated, and integrated into legal and institutional settings.
The workshop connects technical development with legal, empirical, and societal perspectives. Particular attention is given to the legal data on which AI systems rely and their interaction with people and institutions: whether systems are useful, usable, fair, explainable, and appropriate in a justice setting.
AIDA2J welcomes scholars in law, information technology, and legal informatics, alongside practitioners from law firms, in-house legal departments, dispute resolution bodies, and public administrations.
Key facts
Conference
Workshop date
8 December 2026
Location
Toulouse, France
Format
Hybrid: in-person and remote participation
Duration
Full day, with flexibility depending on submissions
Contributions
Long papers, short papers, and demo proposals
Scope
Objectives
The workshop advances interdisciplinary research on AI tools and datasets, including LLMs, machine learning, rule-based systems, and hybrid approaches, across five connected areas:
Access to justice and legal aid
Supporting people facing legal problems, including unrepresented and vulnerable individuals.
Dispute resolution
AI support for court proceedings and out-of-court negotiation, mediation, and arbitration.
Governance and compatibility
Fairness, explainability, usability, and alignment with legal and institutional requirements.
Legal data access
Availability, quality, standards, and the relationship between legal datasets and AI systems.
Evaluation and implementation
Connecting technical performance with empirical evidence, user needs, and the practical requirements of justice systems.
Research themes
Topics of interest
AI for access to justice and legal aid
- Plain-language legal assistance using LLMs and conversational agents
- Legal triage, referral, and support for unrepresented individuals
- Document automation and procedural guidance
- Transparent, source-grounded explanations of legal information
- Accessibility across linguistic, cognitive, and digital barriers
AI for dispute resolution
- AI-supported negotiation, mediation, and arbitration
- Online and hybrid dispute resolution systems
- Court-connected and court-adjacent procedural support
- Transparency, informed participation, and interaction with legal institutions
Governance, fairness, and usability
- Explainability, accountability, and bias mitigation in justice-oriented AI
- Human–AI interaction and usability in legal and institutional settings
- Regulatory compliance and compatibility with justice systems
- Legal and societal implications of deploying AI in justice
Evaluation and legal data access
- Empirical and user-centred evaluation of legal AI
- Benchmarking, validation, and real-world implementation
- Availability, quality, standards, and structured formats for legal data
- Dataset design and traceability in retrieval-augmented generation systems
- Relationships between data infrastructures, system behaviour, and access to justice
Workshop format
The workshop is planned as a full-day hybrid event, allowing both in-person and remote participation.
- Each accepted paper is presented by one of its authors in a 10-minute presentation.
- Papers are organised into thematic panels.
- Each panel concludes with a 15-minute audience Q&A.
The duration may be adjusted depending on the submissions received. The detailed programme, venue information, and remote participation arrangements will be announced here.
Submission categories
Long papers
Min 8 Max 10 pages
Short papers
Min 3 Max 5 pages
Submission guidelines
We invite contributions addressing the workshop themes in the form of long papers, short papers, and demo proposals. Please observe the page limits listed above and the submission timeline.
Submission instructions to follow. The workshop submission portal, formatting template, page-counting rules, and peer-review arrangements will be announced here. For enquiries, please contact the organisers.
Guidance for new authors
Researchers and practitioners new to the AI and Law community may find Quinten Steenhuis’s practical guide useful when preparing a contribution.
How to write an academic paper in AI and Law
This general resource complements the workshop’s submission instructions.
Timeline
Important dates
Submission deadline
16 November 2026
Review deadline
24 November 2026
Notification of acceptance
26 November 2026
Camera-ready deadline
2 December 2026
Workshop
8 December 2026
A possible extension of the submission deadline to 23 October 2026 is envisaged but has not been confirmed. Please use 16 October unless an extension is announced. The submission cut-off time and time zone will be specified in the final instructions.
Selected publication. A selection of accepted papers will be invited for publication in a special issue of the Justice Technology Review, subject to the journal’s editorial and peer-review process.
People
Committees
Organising committee
Andrea Filippo Ferraris
University of Bologna; University of Turin; Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Florian Idelberger
FIZ-Karlsruhe, Leibniz Institute of Information Infrastructure
Marianna Molinari
University of Bologna; University of Turin; Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Programme committee — provisional
The following provisional list is subject to confirmation. The final committee will be announced here.
- Ilaria Angela Amantea — University of Turin
- Gioia Arnone — University of Palermo
- Davide Audrito — University of Bologna; University of Turin; UAB
- Guido Boella — University of Turin
- Guido Governatori — Central Queensland University
- Davide Liga — University of Luxembourg
- Monica Palmirani — University of Bologna
Workshop series
Previous editions
AIDA2J at JURIX 2025
9 December 2025 · Turin, Italy
The first edition received 26 submissions and featured 19 peer-reviewed papers, thematic panels, and an interactive session on global legal data availability.
AIDA2J at ICAIL 2026
8 June 2026 · Singapore
The second edition received 30 submissions and featured 14 peer-reviewed papers across four thematic sessions on legal information, reasoning, remedies, and dispute resolution.
The AIDA2J series builds on the earlier AI for Access to Justice (AI4A2J) workshops.
Contact
For enquiries about submissions or participation, contact Andrea Filippo Ferraris or Marianna Molinari .