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I mean, maybe the LLM could at least file documents on time and at least attempt to do what it, on record, promises it will because that seems to be the biggest problem with all the lawyers here in Belgium ๐
My girlfriend's case was fucked because the lawyer, with around 7 reminders and my girlfriend pre-writing the whole document, still didn't file the document on time and also not "officially signed", thus shifting the entire burden of proof from her former employer to her. Then lying about it for a year. Now we know why she pushed for a very very bad settlement so hard. (Like, the company could burn your house down and murder your children and you still would be sued into bankruptcy if you said anything bad against them, with about 10% of the legally required compensation, type bad)
Then a different law firm hired to clean up her mess is doing their best in that case, but also got hired to fight the bullshit invoices from the other lawyer's "work" (she billed about 5x the hours she possibly could have done). And just never filed against the other lawyer so now that is very very late after 3 reminders (they literally have to send one email) and we might have to pay thousands of euros out of pocket.
Sorry, end rant, but at this point using an LLM would have been more useful than either of the law firms. Plus we had to compile all of the documents and pretty much write the entire thing (and the lawyers just slap their names on it) anyway ๐
That sucks man, I'm sorry to hear about that. Sounds like everyone's malpractice insurer should be paying out big time (missing a deadline like that is practically always negligence).
Another reason to prefer a lawyer though...nobody to sue when the LLM misses a deadline! That said, I don't doubt an LLM can be helpful to a self-represented party if the court has really good documentation. The LLM could probably explain clearly how to get documents filed and the like. Of course...if the court has really good documentation, a human being could also just read it and get it done.