The ASAIL workshop series and interest group serves as a platform for researchers and practitioners working on AI for semantic processing of legal information. Its goals include:
Organising regular peer-reviewed workshop events for presentation and discussion of research and practical implementations of approaches to the evaluation and processing of legal information across different formats (such as, but not limited to: text, images, and sound).
Facilitating communication and collaboration among academic researchers as well as practitioners from industry, government, and the public sector, and other interested individuals and organisations
Providing an entry point into the research field and community
ASAIL is affiliated with the International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL). The first workshop was held at the 2015 ICAIL international conference followed by successors at each subsequent ICAIL conference (and the Jurix 2020 international conference).
Francesca Lagioia, European University Institute and University of Bologna, Italy
Jack Mumford, University of Liverpool, UK (chair)
Hannes Westermann, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Kevin D. Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Katie Atkinson, University of Liverpool, UK
Enrico Francesconi, Italian National Research Council (IGSG-CNR) and European Parliament, Italy
Matthias Grabmair, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Jaromír Šavelka, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Vern R. Walker, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, USA
Adam Wyner, Swansea University, UK
Tommaso Agnoloni, Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques, Italy
David Bareham, University of Liverpool, UK
Floris Bex, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Andrea Galassi, University of Bologna, Italy
Mi-Young Kim, University of Alberta, USA
Rūta Liepina, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia
Przemyslaw Palka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Giuseppe Pisano, University of Bologna, Italy
Federico Ruggeri, University of Bologna, Italy
Marijn Schraagen, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Hsuan-Lei Shao, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Emilio Sulis, University of Turin, Italy
Sabine Wehnert, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Li Zhang, University of Pittsburgh, USA
2026 May 1 - We received 15 papers suitable for peer review. We are now opening a Call for Presentations - abstract submission deadline is 2026/05/11 (AoE).
2026 April 16 - The ASAIL 2026 deadline has been extended to 2026/04/26 (AoE).
2026 March 17 - ASAIL 2026 will take place in conjunction with ICAIL 2026 on Friday 12th June in Singapore. See the Call for Papers for more information - submission deadline is 2026/04/19 (AoE).
2026 February 27 - The ASAIL 2025 Proceedings are now available! Many thanks and congratulations to all authors for making the workshop a success.