National Center for State Courts’ new AI Sandbox allows users to explore how generative AI works and ways courts can utilize the technology to improve productivity, efficiency, and customer service.
The AI Sandbox, a product of the Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI)/NCSC AI Policy Consortium for Law and Courts, is a secure and private cloud environment exclusively for judges and court staff.
Accessible only via the NCSC portal, this dedicated space ensures the privacy and security of all AI experiments.
The AI Sandbox uses the same large language model technology as other public AI tools. Once logged into the sandbox, users can start a new chat or use a templated statement or question from the prompt library. All chat interactions are automatically saved and available in the chat history, allowing users to return to a previous conversation and keep chatting.
Users can also share their chats with others.
Additionally, the AI Sandbox can summarize or answer questions about uploaded documents—including PDFs, Word files, and images of text—and provide citations for easy reference.
Users should only enter publicly available information and avoid using sensitive case details when testing in the private tool.
Courts are currently using AI for various internal procedures, including:
• Creating job descriptions;
• Drafting court orders;
• Providing access to policies and procedures through internal-use chatbots;
• Delivering information to litigants through public-facing chatbots;
• Retrieving and docketing information from filed documents; and
• Processing invoices.
For additional information on NCSC’s AI-related work, visit ncsc.org/ai.
The AI Sandbox, a product of the Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI)/NCSC AI Policy Consortium for Law and Courts, is a secure and private cloud environment exclusively for judges and court staff.
Accessible only via the NCSC portal, this dedicated space ensures the privacy and security of all AI experiments.
The AI Sandbox uses the same large language model technology as other public AI tools. Once logged into the sandbox, users can start a new chat or use a templated statement or question from the prompt library. All chat interactions are automatically saved and available in the chat history, allowing users to return to a previous conversation and keep chatting.
Users can also share their chats with others.
Additionally, the AI Sandbox can summarize or answer questions about uploaded documents—including PDFs, Word files, and images of text—and provide citations for easy reference.
Users should only enter publicly available information and avoid using sensitive case details when testing in the private tool.
Courts are currently using AI for various internal procedures, including:
• Creating job descriptions;
• Drafting court orders;
• Providing access to policies and procedures through internal-use chatbots;
• Delivering information to litigants through public-facing chatbots;
• Retrieving and docketing information from filed documents; and
• Processing invoices.
For additional information on NCSC’s AI-related work, visit ncsc.org/ai.
