System and method for artificial intelligence assisted processing of legal research queries

A computer-implemented system for processing legal research questions posted to a legal database, comprising:

• a first user interface (UI) implemented by code executing in a first processor having an input that receives search criteria in the form of a text prompt from a user;
• an application program interface (API) implemented by code executing in a second processor having an input for receiving the search criteria from the UI as well as outputting the search criteria so received
• wherein the UI and the API communicate with each other over an electronic connection,
• an instruction base that operates on text prompts provided thereto in order to expand the text prompts into snippets usable by a machine learning network to define a search to be applied to the legal database;
• a machine learning network;
• a transformation module comprising code executing in a third processor which responds to the search criteria received from the API to provide the search criteria to the instruction base,
• wherein the instruction base defines the search to be applied to the legal database;
• wherein the received search criteria is processed through a transformation module,
• non-transitory computer memory connected so as to receive an output from the legal database in response to the search criteria applied to the instruction base;
• and
• a second UI implemented by code executing in the first processor,
• wherein the second UI provides an interactive interface and includes code implemented in the first processor that configures the second interface to provide the user with the output included in the memory and to receive further input from the user to present details of the results.