CodeX Prize
The CodeX Prize is an annual award given to an individual or individuals for a noteworthy contribution to Computational Law – an idea, article, book, computer application, computer tool, organization, etc. that has had significant and enduring positive impact on the field. Recipients are announced at the CodeX FutureLaw conference (www.codexfuturelaw.com).
CodeX Prize 2024
CodeX Prize 2024 Recipients:
- Anne Gardner: Gardner’s influential 1987 book, An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Legal Reasoning, explored fundamental AI and law concepts like “open texture” and computable legal rules.
- L. Thorne McCarty: His seminal 1977 Harvard Law Review article, Taxman, pioneered formalizing tax law into computer-processable form, among the first worldwide to do so.
CodeX Prize 2023
CodeX Prize 2023 Recipients:
This year’s CodeX Prize was awarded jointly to three academic researchers from three different countries who have collaborated for decades on legal argumentation theory. Their areas of research broadly impact on how artificial intelligence can be leveraged in the formulation of sophisticated legal arguments.
CodeX Prize 2022
CodeX Prize 2022 Recipients:
- Edwina Rissland
- Kevin Ashley
- This year’s CodeX Prize was awarded to Edwina Rissland, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Kevin Ashley, University of Pittsburgh, in acknowledgment for their work on case-based reasoning in automated legal analysis and, in particular, the development of the HYPO system, while Ashley was at the University of Massachusetts, for precedent-based legal reasoning.
