Legal Researcher — Overview

The DJI Legal Researcher is an AI research assistant for serious legal work. It is built for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and researchers to investigate legal questions and get structured, well-sourced answers — grounded entirely in the Dubai Judicial Institute's own publications.

It is not a chatbot. A user asks a complex legal question; the assistant works through it step by step, finds the relevant material, and produces a clear answer where every point is backed by a citation to a specific source — a law, regulation, commentary, journal article, or thesis — shown alongside the answer.

What makes it different

• Every answer is sourced. Each finding links back to the exact publication and page, which the user can open and read side by side. It never invents legal text — it searches first.
• It produces real research. Beyond a quick reply, it can write a structured research report the user can keep and export.
• It stays within DJI's library. The assistant only draws on the Institute's approved publications, so answers reflect DJI's own legal sources.
• Research, not advice. It is positioned as a research tool — it surfaces and explains the law; it does not give legal advice or predict outcomes.

Where it comes from

The researcher's knowledge is the Digital Library — the same publications in the catalogue. The more of the library that has been reviewed and prepared, the more the researcher can draw on (see the Digital Library's review process).

Where to use it

Available on the web and inside the Mobile App, in Arabic and English.