Can AI Really ‘Interpret’ the Law? Rethinking Large Language Models as Probabilistic Evaluators, Not Robot Judges – University of Bristol Law School Blog

‘One of the best things about doing legal research is, I suspect, the investigator-like thrill involved in the task at hand. When trying to identify the laws demanded by a research question, lawyers can often feel like undercover journalists chasing some big case, pursuing each probable lead and cutting all loose ends. They meticulously discriminate between good and bad sources, as well as between those that are squarely relevant to their question and those that are relevant only indirectly. They write down interim ideas and keep logs of steps taken and corners of the law already swept. In their heads, they play with words as they emerge from the sources and blend them into possible interpretations of the law.’

Link: https://legalresearch.blogs.bris.ac.uk/2025/12/can-ai-really-interpret-the-law-rethinking-large-language-models-as-probabilistic-evaluators-not-robot-judges/