Skip to main content

This page has been translated using TexTra by NICT. Please note that the translation may not be completely accurate.
If you find any mistranslations, we appreciate your feedback on the "Request form for improving the automatic translation ".

Law API Hackathon

Digital Agency law API Hackathon From November 20 (Fri) to November 17 (Fri), 2023

We held a Hackathon (Service law Trial Event) using the to promote service development using the API. API Prototype development from November 10 (Fri) to November 17 (Fri), 2023. For details of the winning works and the works of all 14 participating teams, please check the law API Hackathon Work Introduction .

1. Purpose of the Meeting

With the aim of developing industry, technology, and policy planning by utilizing law and other data, we are working to improve the "law API," which provides data on laws, government and ministerial ordinances. As part of this, we held a hackathon (service law trial event) using the development law API prototype to promote service development using the API.

2. Overview of the Meeting

The law API Hackathon was held from November 10 (Fri) to November 17 (Fri), 2023, and 56 people from 14 teams participated. The events on November 10 (Fri) and November 16 (Thu) were hybrid events, and the announcement and award ceremony on the final day, November 17 (Fri), was attended by representatives from each team.

Group Photo of Judges and Attendees at the law API Hackathon

Law API Hackathon Team Presentation

Auditor

*In order of the Japanese syllabary, honorific titles omitted

  • Masakazu Masushima, Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto ( Member of the Digital Legal System Working Group)
  • President and CEO of Legalscape Co., Ltd., Ki Yagita (Member of Member, Digital Legal System Working Group)
  • Kenichi Yoneda, Professor, education Center for Judicial Policy Studies, Kagoshima University ( Member, Digital Legal System Working Group)

3. Overview of the award-winning works

About the work

  • Neither Digital Agency nor the judges make any guarantees regarding the capabilities, qualities, etc. of the winning ideas.
  • The services completed through this project will not be authorized, disclosed, or distributed by Digital Agency as an official service.
  • For details of the work and comments of the judges and participants, please check the law API Hackathon Work Introduction .

Law Dissemination and Research Promotion Award

AUTHBLUE

  • Product Name
    Themis
  • Introduction of works
    • Works to answer questions by chat from general users who consult about law and law experts who conduct advanced searches.
    • The law API prototype is used to search and obtain law, and generative AI is used to determine law and keywords to be searched based on user questions and create answers.
    • English questions and voice reading are supported. Links to law texts and case law are also provided.

Business and Legal Awards

Py 3.0

  • Product Name
    LegalLink Insight
  • Introduction of works
    • For law practitioners who frequently view referenced articles in law, this work adds a pop-up feature for referenced articles to the e-Gov law Search screen.
    • Development as a browser extension rather than building a standalone site to take advantage of existing UI and search functionality.
    • Utilize the law API prototype to obtain the law text from information such as the law name being referenced.

Technology Utilization Award

bSJ

  • Product Name
    Automated application for building confirmation Examination System Using law API
  • Introduction of works
    • In order to automate the examination of whether the design of a building conforms to the Building Standards Act from the stage of the text of the law, an examination program is generated from the text of the generative AI using the law, and used for automatic examination.
    • The AI that generates the examination program from the text of the law has been fine-tuned to improve its performance against building-related laws and regulations.
    • Created by combining BIM models that represent the 3D structure and materials of buildings and UIs for visualization.

For details of the work and comments of the judges and participants, please check the law API Hackathon Work Introduction .

4. Event Details

We held an event for the teams that decided to participate in the hackathon.

Opening Ceremony Workshop

Date and time: November 10 (Fri) from 13:00 to 18:00
Participation format, etc.: Participation in the venue is recommended (online participation is also possible)

  • Opening ceremony (opening address, description of purpose, description of API)
  • Ideathon (ideas on what kind of utilization methods are available for each team, exchange of opinions, and questions and answers before development)
  • Workshops (e.g. API technical support)

Groupwork development

Date and time: Thursday, November 16, from 13:00 to 18:00
Participation format, etc.: Participation in the venue is recommended (online participation is also possible)

  • Group Work development (Each team will continue the development)
  • Icebreaking Session

Each team's announcement, commendation ceremony, and closing ceremony

Date and time: November 17 (Fri) from 12:00 to 16:00
Participation format, etc.: One person from each team is required to participate in the venue (in addition, participants can participate online)

  • A rehearsal for a presentation
  • Presentation and demonstration of each team
  • Awards and Closing Ceremonies

Related Information