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AALAP - AI Legal Assistant

Judiciary Country or Region India
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Partnership on AI: AI Tools for Local Newsrooms Database International Media Support (2021) 'The next wave of disruption: Emerging market media use of artificial intelligence and machine learning'. Available at: https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AI-ML-in-Emerging-Markets-vFinal4.pdf (Accessed March 2025).
AALAP is a specialized AI tool designed to assist with legal tasks in India. It has been trained to handle specific legal functions, like answering questions or explaining legal concepts, using a large dataset focused on Indian law. Aalap is based on a powerful AI model called Mistral 7B, which has been fine-tuned to improve its performance in the legal field. While it's not a general-purpose legal assistant, it works well for the tasks it has been trained to handle, such as explaining legal terms and solving specific problems in Indian law.
Access to Justice and Legal Aid

Virtual Legal Assistants: AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants provide legal information and guidance to the public, improving access to legal services and aiding self-represented litigants. Document Automation for Legal Aid: These tools help generate legal documents for individuals who cannot afford legal representation, ensuring broader access to justice.

Legal Research and Information Retrieval

AI-Powered Legal Research Tools: These tools assist in quickly retrieving relevant legal information, case law, and statutes, making legal research more efficient and comprehensive. Document Analysis: AI systems analyze legal documents to extract pertinent information, helping legal professionals understand complex texts and precedents.

SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
#analyze Aalap is designed to process and analyze legal data, making it ideal for tasks like legal research, case outcome predictions, and decision support. It can interpret and retrieve relevant legal information from vast datasets, aiding legal professionals in making informed decisions. Its ability to analyze and interpret legal documents enhances efficiency in the legal sector.
#assist Aalap functions as a virtual assistant for legal professionals, providing support in various tasks like legal research, information retrieval, and generating explanations for legal concepts. It assists users by making legal information more accessible and actionable. It can support legal professionals in performing tasks more efficiently, reducing time spent on research.
#build Aalap allows developers and organizations to integrate its legal task capabilities into their own platforms. You can customize and scale its features to create tailored legal solutions that meet specific needs. The flexibility of Aalap makes it ideal for developers looking to build tools for legal research, analysis, and decision-making.
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Deployment Type
Cloud-Based AI Service & API
Community Moderation
Does not require community manager
Difficulty Level
Requires developer
License
Open-source
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