Partners

UNIBO will participate through two of its departments: CIRSFID-AlMA AI (Centre for Research in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Law and in Computer Science and Law, part of Alma Mater Research Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) and DISI (Department of IT and Engineering) with a focus on AI research. CIRSFID-ALMA AI and DISI have an outstanding track record with EU-funded projects, a strong expertise in innovation and technological transfer, and experience in coordinating European projects. In addition to the coordinating role, CIRSFID-ALMA AI will participate in the analysis and annotation of the Italian datasets (WP2); DISI will lead the work on machine learning techniques for natural language processing and outcome prediction in WP3. Both will support EUI in organising the Italian tool tests (WP5).

Apis Europe (APIS) is a private joint-stock company specialising in the development, implementation and maintenance of legal information systems related to Bulgarian and EU law (APIS Law, EuroCases, etc), with a strong experience in European projects. APIS will lead the building of the ADELE pilot tool (WP4). In WP2, it will coordinate WP2 activities and argument mining (in WP3) with regard to the two Bulgarian datasets. In WP5, APIS will support SUB in organising the tool tests in Bulgaria.

The European University Institute-Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (EUI) is a leading European institution for legal research. It will provide its expertise in the Legal Tech fields of the project, as well as its experience in collaboration and exchange between legal practitioners and the academic community, through the involvement of the Centre for Judicial Cooperation and a network of experts, including Prof. and Judge Amedeo Santosuosso. EUI will participate in the legal analysis and annotation of Italian datasets (WP2), it will lead WP5 and will be in charge of the organization of the Italian tool tests.

The Department of Computer Science of the University of Turin (UNITO) has participated in several EU-funded research projects in Legal Informatics. It will bring its expertise in legal informatics, machine learning and natural language processing to the project. In WP2 activities on the Italian corpus, UNITO will lead the work on network analysis, participate in annotation and collaborate in the development of the ontology framework under the leadership of UNILU.

ICR (Individual and Collective Reasoning) is a research group in the Computer Science Department of the University of Luxembourg (UNILU). ICR’s research focuses on computational logic and argumentation in the fields of law and formal sciences, with special reference to AI applications. It has strong experience in European projects. ICR will lead WP2 together with UNITO and in cooperation with APIS; it will take part in the corpus annotation and will be in charge of the lightweight ontology framework for the Italian corpus.

The Union of Bulgarian Jurists (SAJUZ) is the largest non-profit association of legal practitioners in Bulgaria. Building on its long experience in conducting training seminars for legal professionals, SUB will be responsible for the testing and dissemination activities in Bulgaria in WP5. In WP2, it will support the annotation and validation of the Bulgarian datasets.

LIBRe Foundation (LIBRE) is the only Bulgarian non-governmental organisation (NGO) specializing in e-Justice: it provides consultancy and training of judicial professionals on e-Justice and technology-related legal issues. It will participate in the collection, analysis and annotation of the Bulgarian corpus in WP2, and will support SUB in the organization of Bulgarian testing activities.