Challenges and Considerations in Annotating Legal Data: A Comprehensive Overview
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17503v1
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 21:56:28 GMT
- Title: Challenges and Considerations in Annotating Legal Data: A Comprehensive Overview
- Authors: Harshil Darji, Jelena Mitrović, Michael Granitzer,
- Abstract summary: This paper aims to offer a foundational understanding and guidance for researchers and professionals engaged in legal data annotation projects.
Legal documents often have complex structures, footnotes, references, and unique terminology.
We provide links to our created and fine-tuned datasets and language models.
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- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: The process of annotating data within the legal sector is filled with distinct challenges that differ from other fields, primarily due to the inherent complexities of legal language and documentation. The initial task usually involves selecting an appropriate raw dataset that captures the intricate aspects of legal texts. Following this, extracting text becomes a complicated task, as legal documents often have complex structures, footnotes, references, and unique terminology. The importance of data cleaning is magnified in this context, ensuring that redundant information is eliminated while maintaining crucial legal details and context. Creating comprehensive yet straightforward annotation guidelines is imperative, as these guidelines serve as the road map for maintaining uniformity and addressing the subtle nuances of legal terminology. Another critical aspect is the involvement of legal professionals in the annotation process. Their expertise is valuable in ensuring that the data not only remains contextually accurate but also adheres to prevailing legal standards and interpretations. This paper provides an expanded view of these challenges and aims to offer a foundational understanding and guidance for researchers and professionals engaged in legal data annotation projects. In addition, we provide links to our created and fine-tuned datasets and language models. These resources are outcomes of our discussed projects and solutions to challenges faced while working on them.
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