SICSS-AMU/Law

All activities, except those marked as OPTIONAL and TA Duty Hours, are mandatory to complete the program and earn a certifiate. PDF version of the schedule

Get a mindset with Chris Bail (Duke University, founder of SICSS) asking yourself “Why SICSS?” (YouTube)

18:00 – 19:00 – OPTIONAL but RECOMMENDED: Online get-together

13:00 – 13:10 – Welcome & Introductory remarks from the organizers

13:10 - 14:40 - Expert lecture: David Reichel on measuring human rights through statistics

14:40 - 15:00 - Logistics

15:00 - 16:00 - Brown-bag lunch break & networking for group project

16:00 - 18:30 - Workshop – Natural Language Processing: Exploring the secrets of text analysis by Mateusz Mroziński

18:30 - 19:00 - Feedback session

13:00 - 15:30 - Workshop – ChatGPT unleashed: coding with Large Language Models by Joanna Walczak

15:30 – 16:00 – Feedback session

16:00 – 17:00 – Coffee break & networking for group projects

17:00 – 18:30 – Expert lecture: Monika Leszczyńska on experiments in law

13:00 – 15:30 – Workshop – Unlocking the power of Large Languages Models: the magic of API by Martyna Osztynowicz

15:30 – 16:00 – Feedback session

16:00 – 17:00 - Coffee break & networking for group projects

17:00 – 18:30 – Neel Guha on engineering of Large Language Models in legal domain

18:30 – 19:00 – Interim survey

13:00 – 15:30 – Workshop – Coding justice: Machine Learning in judgements prediction by Kamil Szostak

15:30 – 16:00 – Feedback session

16:00 – 17:00 – Coffee break & networking for group project

17:00 – 18:30 – Elizabeth Barry on computational democracy tools for research and legislation (Polis)

13:00 – 14:30 – Expert lecture: Marta Nawrocka-Świętkowiak & Jędrzej Wydra on the impact of political polarization on the punitiveness of criminal law

14:30 – 15:15 – Brown-bag lunch break & networking for group project

15:15 – 17:30 – Workshop: Data Analysis: Revealing Punishments Trends in the Criminal Code through statistics by Marta & Jędrzej

17:30 – 18:00 - Feedback session

No classes, recharging batteries.

The second week is dedicated to participants implementing their project ideas. Groups (4-5 people) will organize their workflow independently. Teaching Assistants – Mateusz, Joanna, Martyna and Kamil – will have duty hours to help you with your code (if you need it).

15:00 – 17:30 – Open space – reserved time for final pitch of the ideas for group projects and assembly of the groups.

18:00 – 19:30 – TA Duty Hours with Mateusz

13:00 – 14:30 – Expert lecture and workshop: Łucja Biel on corpus study methods for boosting legal analysis [please, create a free trial account at https://www.sketcheng/

15:00 – 16:30 – TA Duty Hours with Martyna

14:30 – 15:30 – Interim check-in session of group projects

18:00 – 19:30 – TA Duty Hours with Kamil

12:30 – 14:00 – OPTIONAL: How to integrate computational methods in your grant submissions – individual consultations with Łukasz Szoszkiewicz

16:00 – 17:30 – TA Duty Hours with Joanna & Jędrzej

13:00 – 14:30 - Presentations of the group projects

14:30 – 15:00 – Final remarks & group screenshot

15:00 – 15:15 – Closing survey