Plain Language, Legal Design And Computational Language Presented by: Mr. Novaes Date: June 2023 Legal Design And Plain Language - Correlation: sides of the same coin - Legal Design: design applied to Law to make it clearer and more accessible - Plain Language: improve the clarity of the language used in legal information by eliminating the use of complicated legal terms and long, confusing sentences Legal Design - Adapted from Stefania Passera - INFO DESIGN • Design documents, visualizations and explanations which simplify access to legal information - PRODUCT DESIGN • Design tools which help users to complete tasks related to Law in a better way or with less effort - SERVICE DESIGN • - ORGANIZATION DESIGN • - Design better experiences for people in legal processes Design legal practices which help user-centered attorneys to work better SYSTEM DESIGN • Design systems, including legal ones, and the legal profession, to work better, serve people and create value Common Goal - Legal Design: improve legal user experience by applying design principles and techniques - Plain Language: make communication more understandable for everyone, regardless of educational background - Complementarity: different spheres with the same objective Plain Language - "A communication is in plain language when the text, structure, and design are so clear that the target audience can easily find what they are looking for, understand what they have found, and use that information." (PLAIN) - Benefits: • Empower • Combat hypo sufficiency • Increase understanding and clarity • Reduce text length - Brazil: Public Government, including Judiciary - National Plain Language Policy in public bodies (substitute of the rapporteur to Bill of Law no. 6.256/19) is under analysis in the Congress - ISO Plain Language Standard to be published later this year participation of international plain language associations and also the International Institute for Information Design (IIID) Legal Design, Plain Language And AI - Computational Language - Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Innovative solutions that democratize access to justice and promote transparency in the legal system - User-friendly and intuitive digital interfaces combined with visually presented legal content and plain language: better informed decisions - Intelligent systems based on computer language can assist in the research and analysis of legal documents, speeding up processes of drafting and reviewing documents CASE STUDIES - Finland: redesigning notifications about decisions on the granting (or not) of pension benefits (private pensions) - Brazil: judicial discussion of the distribution of surplus by a closed private pension entity ("pension fund") - Finland: Communicating important legal information in a visually clear, accessible, empathetic, and easy-to-understand manner, whilst also highlighting the firm's brand identity - Brazil: An infographic was used in the corresponding lawsuit, allowing a better understanding of the controversial issue by the judge - Legal Design and Al: "translate" judicial decisions with illustrated summaries and plain language - Simplificar 5.0 Legal Design e Inteligência Artificial (Simplify 5.0 Legal Design and Artificial Intelligence ampliando o acesso à justiça extending access to justice): created by a judge from Anápolis (GO), increased the satisfaction index of lay users, who previously had difficulties understanding the legal language - Creation of a machine learning algorithm to assist in the classification, in the making of the illustrated summaries, and in the sending to the parties by message application - This work resulted in positive feedback from parties and lawyers, a reduction in the average time length from 233 to 177 days, and a reduction in the appeal rate from 3.1% to 1.7% (-45.16%) - Interdisciplinary team: legal designers, software architect, UX/UI designer and data analysis and statistics professionals