{"id":198244,"date":"2026-05-21T14:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/?p=198244"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:07:28","slug":"the-growing-practice-of-judges-using-language-models-llms-to-interpret-legal-texts-lecture-bu-prof-brandon-waldon-from-university-of-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/en\/2026\/05\/21\/the-growing-practice-of-judges-using-language-models-llms-to-interpret-legal-texts-lecture-bu-prof-brandon-waldon-from-university-of-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing practice of using language models to interpret legal texts &#8211; lecture by prof. Brandon Waldon from University of South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]\r\n                <div class=\"text-modules \">\r\n                    <div class=\"container\">\r\n                         \r\n                        <div class=\"row m-0\">\r\n                            <div class=\"text-modules__content\">\r\n                                <strong>On May 28, 2026<\/strong>, we had the pleasure of hosting <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Prof. Brandon Waldon<\/strong><\/span> from the University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>During the seminar \u201cLinguistics &amp; Textualism\u201d and the lecture \u201cLarge Language Models for Legal Interpretation? Don\u2019t Take Their Word for It,\u201d Prof. Waldon introduced participants to the commonalities between linguistics, the philosophy of language, and legal interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of the events was a discussion of the potential and technological barriers associated with the use of large language models (LLMs) in the analysis and interpretation of legal texts. \r\n                                <div class=\"mt-3\"><\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n                            \r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]            \r\n                    <div class=\"container\">\r\n                        <div class=\"gallery gallery_4\" data-images-in-row=\"4\">\r\n                            \r\n                            <div class=\"row m-0\">\r\n                                <a data-fancybox-group=\"button\" title=\"\" data-fancybox=\"6808\" href=\"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224040-scaled.jpg\" class=\"gallery__item thumbnail\"\r\n                                    style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224040-1024x768.jpg)\"> <span class=\"d-none\">https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224040-scaled.jpg<\/span> <\/a><a data-fancybox-group=\"button\" title=\"\" data-fancybox=\"6808\" href=\"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224614-scaled.jpg\" class=\"gallery__item thumbnail\"\r\n                                    style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224614-1024x768.jpg)\"> <span class=\"d-none\">https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/Bez-kategorii\/IMG_20260528_224614-scaled.jpg<\/span> <\/a><a data-fancybox-group=\"button\" title=\"prof. 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