It was a privilege to present on Access to Justice via Tech to a distinguished delegation from Thailand’s legal community during their visit to Cornell Tech. Judge Napakamol Havanond Sawangchaeng (Cornell LL.M. ’16) also presented on Technology, Courts, and Access to Justice: Thailand’s Journey Toward a More Inclusive Judicial System. It was a wonderful exchange of ideas.

Other members of the delegation included The Honorable Chief Justice Adisak Tantiwong, President of the Supreme Court of Thailand and President of the Thai Bar, and Professor Dr. Kittipong Kittayarak (Cornell LL.M. ’83), Chairman of the Board of the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), along with colleagues from the Thai Supreme Court, the Thai Bar, and TIJ.

As Matt D’Amore, our convener, noted in his earlier post, the visit to Cornell Tech capped a broader trip to Cornell centered on remembering the life and legacy of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha (Cornell LL.M. ’02, J.S.D. ’05), whose years here helped anchor a lasting relationship between our two countries’ legal communities.

I found our discussion of how legal AI tools can help people access courts and shrink the justice gap on both sides of the Pacific particularly interesting. We also learned about TIJ’s “people-centered justice” framework, which puts technology in the service of accessible justice.

Cornell colleagues Greg Morrisett, Frank Pasquale, James Grimmelmann, Sateesh Nori, Jane Swanson, İrem Tümer, Maximilian Paterson, and Nate Schorr all helped make it a particularly fruitful exchange.