This paper introduces BLaIR, a series of pretrained sentence embedding models
specialized for recommendation scenarios. BLaIR is trained to learn correlations between …

Legal case retrieval is a special IR task aiming to retrieve supporting cases for a given query
case. Existing works have shown that conversational search paradigm can improve users' …

An extensive label system is pivotal to facilitate judicial fairness and social justice. Prior
empirical research and our interview with legal professionals underscore the importance of …

We propose LawLLM, an LLM-powered intelligent legal system featuring on (1) Versatile
Services: LawLLM provides a versatile diverse range of services through its multi-task …

Similar case retrieval (SCR) is a representative legal AI application that plays a pivotal role
in promoting judicial fairness. However, existing SCR datasets only focus on the fact …

As a pivotal task in natural language processing, element extraction has gained significance
in the legal domain. Extracting legal elements from judicial documents helps enhance …

We introduce MESAQA, a novel dataset focusing on multi-span contextual understanding
question answering (QA). Unlike traditional single-span QA systems, questions in our …

In legal reasoning, part of determining whether evidence should be admissible in court
requires assessing its relevance to the case, often formalized as its probative value---the …