Steve Townsend on AI, the court record, and access to justice
A subject-matter-expert perspective on what AI means for courts, grounded in Steve Townsend's decades of experience with the official record and his focus on access to justice.
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A subject-matter-expert perspective on what AI means for courts, grounded in Steve Townsend's decades of experience with the official record and his focus on access to justice.
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Texas's high court weighs whether an AI-generated deposition transcript can be used as evidence, the judiciary of England and Wales sets five principles for judicial use of AI, and an Arizona appeals court orders a new sentencing over an AI-generated victim video.
When a transcript costs too much or takes too long, the court record is out of reach. TRX co-founder Steve Townsend takes that problem to the 2026 ABA Forum on Building Access to Justice for All in Indianapolis.
TRX co-founder Steve Townsend speaks on AI and the court record at the 2026 AI & Courts Conference, October 13 at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg.
A UK justice minister says courts cannot be left in the analogue age, the federal judiciary reports progress on AI policy and case management, and California's legal aid community turns to guaranteeing every litigant the right to a record.
A first-year reflection from TheRecordXchange CEO Eric Parsons on access to justice, the responsibility of holding the official record, and the people already doing this work.
Case Called, new in Asgard, turns a full day of courtroom recordings into an organized list of every case heard, ready to play and save in one click, so your team goes straight to the case it needs.
California's Supreme Court unanimously ruled that when no court reporter is available, trial courts must create an official verbatim record by electronic recording for civil litigants who cannot afford one, a narrow exception to the state's longtime ban. This edition gathers the opinion and the coverage explaining what it changes for the court record.
Access to justice usually centers on representation and court fees. The court record rarely comes up, but for anyone trying to appeal, the cost and delay of obtaining a certified transcript can decide the case before its merits are ever heard.
Asgard now supports single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta, VoiceCopy+ brings an enhanced, click-to-navigate transcript with linked PDF export, and Request Central adds order filters.
An Indiana appellate court flags apparent AI errors in a court reporter's transcript, Arizona rules that citing fake AI cases is sanctionable regardless of intent, and an Ohio suit tests whether AI transcripts are discoverable like email. The thread this edition: courts are putting the accountability on the person using the tool, not the tool itself.
A great week in Jacksonville with court staff from across the country. Thank you to everyone who stopped by.
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