Generative AI for Demystifying Legal Documents

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🚀 Brief Description

An AI-powered tool that simplifies complex legal documents, providing plain-language summaries, highlighting key clauses, and flagging potential risks for non-legal users.

USP:
"Transforms complex legal documents into plain, easy-to-understand language instantly, highlighting critical clauses and potential risks, making legal knowledge accessible to everyone without a lawyer."

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📋 Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Features
• Tech Stack
• How It Works
• Demo
• Usage
• Future Enhancements
• Contributing
• License

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💡 About the Project

Legal documents are often dense, filled with jargon, and difficult for non-experts to understand. This project leverages Generative AI to transform these documents into plain, easy-to-read summaries while preserving critical information.

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✨ Features

• Plain-Language Summaries: Converts legal text into simple, everyday language.
• Key Clause Extraction: Highlights obligations, deadlines, penalties, and rights.
• Risk Flagging: Detects unusual or high-risk clauses.
• Multi-Format Support: Upload PDFs, Word documents, or paste text directly.
• Interactive UI: Simple and intuitive interface for everyone.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js + Express
• AI Engine: OpenAI GPT-4 API (or local LLM)
• File Handling: pdf-parse for PDFs, docx for Word documents

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⚙ How It Works

1. Upload or Paste: User provides a legal document (PDF, DOCX, or text).
2. AI Processing: Generative AI analyzes content to simplify language and extract key clauses.
3. Output: Clear summary, highlighted clauses, and flagged risks for the user.

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🎬 Demo

https://legal-document-simpl-z87n.bolt.host

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🚀 Usage

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/generative-legal-ai.git

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set your API keys in .env
# Example: OPENAI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Run the project locally
npm run dev

Open your browser at http://localhost:3000 and start simplifying legal documents.

🔮 Future Enhancements

• Chat interface for interactive Q&A on legal clauses
• Color-coded highlights for obligations, deadlines, and risks
• Multi-language support
• Download simplified summaries as PDF or DOCX

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

Fork the repository

1. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
2. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add feature')
3. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name)
4. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License