CanLII Expands AI Summarization Projects

CanLII, the Canadian Legal Information Institute, has been offering case summaries generated through artificial intelligence for some time, starting with decisions from Saskatchewan. 

According to a recent blog post, CanLII will expand AI-created summaries to all Alberta, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island: 

"In total, these projects will involve the summarization of 4,000 cases and 1,100 statutes and regulations from PEI, 28,000 cases and 3,000 statutes and regulations from Manitoba, and 120,000 cases and 3,000 statutes and regulations from Alberta. Furthermore, as part of a special project extension, the next three years’ worth of new Manitoba primary law documents will also be summarized."

CanLII is a portal funded by Canada’s provincial and territorial law societies to make legal information content (court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations, and commentary) available to Canadians free of charge.