> judges' personal views and emotions are a large part of these cases That's a completely separate question. We're talking about automating lawyers, not judges

> judges' personal views and emotions are a large part of these cases That's a completely separate question. We're talking about automating lawyers, not judges. (to be a good lawyer in such a situation, you would need to model the judge's emotions and use them to your advantage. Probably AIs can do this eventually but it's not easy or likely to happen soon)