Maritza Braswell

Judges are increasingly acting as AI gatekeepers, issuing guidelines and sanctions for lawyers who submit fake AI-generated cases, while also grappling with how to use the technology themselves. A sur…

A federal magistrate judge in Colorado reports that AI tools have driven a doubling of court filings from unrepresented litigants since 2023, but the technology has not improved their chances of winni…

Federal judges across the U.S. are seeing a surge in lawsuits filed by people without lawyers, with the share of self-represented civil cases rising from 11% in 2022 to 16.8% in 2025, according to a n…