Digital justice

DIGITAL JUSTICE RESEARCH GROUP

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS “LEGAL TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT” CONFERENCE 23-24 JUNE 2022., BUDAPEST 

GOALS OF THE RESEARCH GROUP

The research group’s main fields of research

THE CURRENT SITUATION OF LEGALTECH IN HUNGARY

What technologies are currently available and how are they used in the courts and the legal sphere? What is the attitude towards these? What could be improved in the light of foreign experiences?

CLIENT INFORMATION 

What are the current client information interfaces? How do they function? What are the best practices? How could these be implemented in Hungary?

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE COURTS

What kind of technical solutions available to litigants and how do they function? What are the experiences? What best practices and solutions are there to support the work of lawyers in the courts?

IT SUPPORT OF JUDICIAL PROCESSES

Legal research, document management, document automation, teamwork support, use of external databases, and other tools that facilitate judicial work. What systems are there in Hungary, what are the experiences related to these? What systems are there in the world that could be taken over?

IT SUPPORT FOR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

What non-litigation (eg. registration) proceedings are currently supported in the courts and what experience is there? What could be improved? Where else could IT support be introduced that could lead to efficiency gains? What are the best foreign practices?

DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS

Document assembly systems are one of the most promising automation tools  in legaltech. How do they work, what are the possibilities for small offices, and small languages? 

ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PLATFORMS

What foreign ODR systems are already in place? What can these be used for? What kind of disputes can be solved here? How do these work? Where could this be introduced in Hungary?

THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEGAL WORK

The use of AI in individual judicial proceedings - the assessment and evaluation of various foreign AI applications. Document analysis systems, recommendation, decision support systems. What are they used for? What ethical issues do they raise? What could be used in Hungary?

ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS

What new systems are there in the world that help to find legal sources? What is the role of general Internet search engines? What about free internet resources?

TRANSFORMATION OF CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

What are the legal conditions for the above state-of-the-art solutions to be introduced in the courts in civil and related proceedings? 

TRANSFORMATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

What changes are needed in criminal procedure to introduce state-of-the-art solutions? 

TRANSFORMATION OF NON – LITIGIOUS PROCEEDINGS

What legislative changes are needed to support the introduction of state-of-the art technologies in non-litigious (e.g. registration) procedures?

MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH GROUP

ZSOLT ZŐDI (1967) - PHD, HABIL, LAWYER,
Senior research fellow, University of Public Service

ANDRÁS OSZTOVITS (1976) - PHD. HABIL, LAWYER
Judge, Supreme Court (Curia) of Hungary, professor, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest

CSABA LÁSZLÓ ORMAI (1973) - LAWYER-ECONOMIST
Legal informatics expert

JÁNOS PÁL VADÁSZ (1956) – PHD
Senior research fellow, University of Public Service, CEO, Montana Ltd. 

DÓRA PÁLFI (1992) - LL.M, LAWYER
Court secretary, National Office for the Judiciary, PhD student Károli Gáspár University

TAMÁS PARTI (1967) - LEGAL EXPERT OF DATA SCIENCE
Sub-Institute of the Hungarian National Chamber of Notaries, General Vice-President of the Hungarian National Chamber of Notaries

PÉTER HOMOKI (1976) – LAWYER
Attorney, legal informatics expert

ANDOR GÁL (1990) LAWYER, PHD
Court secretary, Appellate Court Szeged, assistant professor University of Szeged

RÓBERT MUZSALYI, LAWYER, PHD 
Court secretary, Supreme Court (Curia), assistant professor, Károli Gáspár University 

BOLDIZSÁR SZENTGÁLI-TÓTH (1991) – LAWYER, PHD, LL.M
Research Fellow, Centre for Social Sciences, Legal Studies Institute

SZABOLCS KÉKEDI (1994) LAWYER, 
judge, leader of the Department for Management of Administration, National Office for the Judiciary

LAURA OLGA KISS – LAWYER
Court trainee, Metropolitan Court, PhD student, University of Public Service

KINGA KÁLMÁN – LAW STUDENT
Research assistant, Centre for Social Sciences, Legal Studies Institute

EXTERNAL LINKS

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The group has an own section on Hungary’s biggest legal portal Arsboni (Hungarian)