Machine learning and artificial intelligence have drawn enormous excitement and development in the legal sector throughout the year, and applications have tended to revolve around e-discoverycontract analysis and data analytics.

In a blog post published last week, legal research firm Judicata announced it would bring its machine-learning analysis to bear around legal brief assessment. Its new tool, Clerk, analyzes briefs against data drawn from the company’s legal research database to assess the strength of its arguments, drafting and context.