Professor Sourdin shared valuable insights drawn from her extensive work in justice reform, dispute resolution, legal technology, and artificial intelligence, offering a highly informed perspective on the evolving role of AI within expert evidence and modern litigation.
With decades of experience across research, judicial education, policy reform, and technology-driven justice initiatives, Professor Sourdin explored how courts, practitioners, and experts are navigating the opportunities, risks, ethical considerations, and practical implications associated with the growing use of AI in legal and expert witness processes.
• Different approaches to AI disclosure and regulation across Australian courts
• Risks associated with generative AI, including inaccuracies, hallucinations and misgrounded information
• When and how experts should disclose their use of AI in research, analysis and report preparation
• Maintaining expert independence, professional judgment and compliance with existing obligations
• Demonstrating the reliability, validation and responsible use of AI-assisted evidence
• How AI may reshape expert workflows, training, efficiency and routine administrative tasks
