AI and the Legal System: Bias, transparency and ethics
From Cross-Examined by The Law Institute of Victoria
March 16, 2026 · 24 min · Season 1 · Episode 3
About this episode
This episode examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice and the broader justice system.
This episode examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practice and the broader justice system. University of Melbourne Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson explores both the promise and the pitfalls – highlighting how AI can boost efficiency gains while raising critical questions about governance, transparency and the need for sustained human oversight. Drawing on real-word failures, she explains how opaque systems can embed bias and produce hallucinations that undermine legal ethics. The conversation also considers how regulation, professional responsibility and improved AI design can ethically enhance the legal system. Guest: Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Consumer Protection and Technology Law at the University of Melbourne and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law Co-founding Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/jeannie-paterson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannie-marie-paterson-225b4a33 Host: Karen Finch, Head of Legal Policy and Innovation, Law Institute of Victoria kfinch@liv.asn.au | www.linkedin.com/in/karen-finch Episode Overview This episode explores how artificial…
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Host: Karen Finch
Guest: Jeannie Marie Paterson
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- legal practice
- justice system
- ethics
- transparency
- governance
Keywords
- AI
- legal ethics
- bias
- transparency
- human oversight
- regulation
- efficiency
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Organizations: University of Melbourne, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics, Law Institute of Victoria
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