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AI platform customizes American Arbitration Association<\/a> technology A local law school clinic has built an AI-fueled platform aimed at helping parties who can\u2019t afford an attorney to resolve their uncontested and low-contest divorces more efficiently.\n<\/p>\n Suffolk University Law School\u2019s Online Dispute Resolution Innovation Clinic recently unveiled a customized version of an American Arbitration Association platform that will guide couples through the process of drafting separation agreements formatted to meet Probate & Family Court filing standards.\n<\/p>\n The new platform addresses a problem in the court that the director of the school\u2019s clinic \u2014 now-retired Judge John D. Casey \u2014 witnessed in his years on the Probate Court bench: people whose uncontested divorces are delayed at the registry because their forms are incomplete. Casey says the clinic\u2019s students have been able to gauge for themselves the fixes needed by going to court and observing court processes.\n<\/p>\n Completing the paperwork that the court requires can be a daunting task to individuals who don\u2019t have the assistance of counsel, according to Casey, who served as chief of the court from 2018 until he retired last year.\n<\/p>\n \u201cEven a short form financial statement for someone making less than $75,000 a year can be really complicated,\u201d he reports. \u201cThe students have been averaging three to four hours just to fill out a simple form for one of the parties. The language can be really complicated, for example, in terms of merger language. A lot of times the court reviews these and then sends out a deficiency notice where they identify problems [with the party\u2019s filing]. And people just don\u2019t know how to resolve it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\nProgram generates court-ready separation agreements and financial statements
\nRetired Judge John D. Casey leads clinic development and implementation<\/p>\n![\"Judge](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Casey-Judge-John.jpg\")
\u201cThey have witnessed firsthand these people that are coming back two or three times because they can\u2019t fill out the paperwork properly in order to get [a proposed separation agreement] before a judge,\u201d Casey says. \u201cWe have been developing the tools that are going to revolutionize what is happening in the Family Court.\u201d\n<\/p>\n