AIn’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How Legal Research Programs Can Provide the Needed Safety Rails for Pro Se Litigants Using AI in Litigation

An estimated 92% of legal needs go unmet in America, leaving a growing number of pro se litigants to “manage their own cause.” Between 2000 and 2019, 27% of all civil cases filed in U.S. District Courts, totaling 1,501,079 cases, had at least one party without attorney representation. The legal prof