Work Plan
This section outlines the full structure and timeline of the LCAM project, detailing the activities planned under each work package and the responsibilities of partner institutions. The work plan ensures coordinated implementation of mathematical, legal, and technical tasks, supported by continuous evaluation, communication, and stakeholder engagement. All activities are scheduled across the project’s full duration from December 2024 to November 2026, with clear milestones and deliverables linked to each phase.
WP 1 – Project Management & Coordination
- Overall window:Dec 2024 → Nov 2026
- Key actions Mathematical Analysis (Dec 2024 – May 2025)
- 24 Dec 2024 — online kick-off; management plan approved
- Quarterly online project meetings: 25 Apr 2025 • 25 Oct 2025 • 26 Mar 2026 • 26 Nov 2026
- Interim and final face-to-face workshops in Sweden: Oct 2025 (month 18) and June (October) 2026
- Project website prepared at month 6 and kept continuously updated
- Comprehensive progress reports at months 12 and 24
- Lead / main responsibility: LNU (with TSNUK co-coordination)
WP 2 – Analysis & Research: Mathematical Aspects
- Overall window:Dec 2024 → May 2025
- Technical milestones
- 24 Dec 2024 – 25 Mar 2025: develop methodology and software for automatic collection and pre-processing of court decisions; establish secure database storage
- 25 Mar – 25 Jun 2025: create an unstructured data set; design categorisation methods; build user-friendly labelling interface
- 25 Mar – 25 Jun 2025: select and adapt a large-language model to predict category, duration and outcome indicators
- Joint responsibility: LNU and TSNUK
WP 3 – Analysis & Research: Legal Aspects
- Overall window:Dec 2024 → Jun 2025
- Legal milestones
- 24 Dec 2024 – 25 Mar 2025: define methodology for outcome prediction; select representative case subset; build taxonomy; identify key litigation factors
- 25 Mar – 25 Jun 2025: label up (check out) to 2 000 court decisions according to the new taxonomy
- Joint responsibility: LNU and TSNUK
WP 4 – Implementation & Updating of Results
- Overall window:Jul 2025 → Oct 2026
- Implementation milestones
- 25 Jul – 25 Nov 2025: evaluate initial models; refine and resubmit updated data sets
- 25 Nov 2025 – 26 Mar 2026: compile interim reports; present findings at dissemination events
- 26 Apr – 26 Oct 2026: finalise research results; draft and revise manuscripts; format for open-access publication; participate in post-publication discussion
- Joint responsibility: LNU and TSNUK
WP 5 – Strategic Dissemination & Continuous Improvement
- Overall window:Nov 2024 → Oct 2026
- Outreach milestones
- 24 Nov 2024 – 25 Mar 2025: develop promotion and dissemination plan; launch awareness campaign on AI in legal research
- 25 Nov 2025 – 26 Nov 2026: organise hybrid sessions and workshops, including LCAM’s dedicated panel at the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress, The Hague (5 – 9 Oct 2025)
- 26 Aug – 26 Nov 2026: release all developed software on a public GitLab instance and circulate best-practice documentation
- Joint responsibility: TSNUK (with support from LNU and associated stakeholders)
Summary
Across five tightly linked work packages, LCAM moves from kick-off and governance (WP 1) through data-driven mathematical and legal research (WP 2 & WP 3), into iterative model refinement and publication (WP 4), all while maintaining a rolling programme of communication and capacity-building activities (WP 5). This plan guarantees delivery of reproducible AI tools, open datasets and evidence-based policy insights by November 2026.
