Publications
Daniel has published a series of media spanning access to justice, technology, contract law, and artificial intelligence. You can find a linked list of his media below.
Written Publications
Exploring AI at High-Risk Legal Institutions
A comprehensive report on implementing AI in high-risk legal institutions, including Canadian courts and tribunals. Learn best practices, change management strategies, and a detailed roadmap for ethical AI integration to enhance efficiency, security, and access to justice.
Managing the Risks of Artificial Intelligence Through User-Centric Policy Design
Learn how to manage the risks of artificial intelligence through user-centric policy design in this comprehensive presentation. Explore strategies for engaging stakeholders, aligning with legislative frameworks, and implementing effective AI risk management practices from the AI Risk and Regulation Lab.
Uncovering Unconscionability: Filling the Gap to Explain Inequality
This article proposes a uniform explanatory model of unconscionability that addresses the gap identified in contemporary scholarship and meets the needs of the courts by distilling the broad, undefined element of “inequality of bargaining power” to specific questions scholars and judges seek to address.
Podcast Episodes
In All Fairness: 7 Changes for Access to Justice
In All Fairness: People-Centred Approach to Justice
In this episode, host Daniel Escott is joined by Janet McIntyre, former Director of Justice Canada's Access to Justice Secretariat, for a discussion on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 16, the role of the Secretariat domestically and internationally, and the gradual shift to a people-centred approach to justice.
Digital Transformation: Putting People at the Heart of the System
The 2023 New Brunswick Access to Justice Summit Report explores the urgent need for user-centric digital justice in Canada. The authors suggest that a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach is required to address existing access to justice issues.
Submission to GovNL’s Digital Technology Legislation Consultation
My submission to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador advocates for a comprehensive legal framework governing the use of digital technology and AI in both public and private sectors. The author emphasizes the importance of transparency, accountability, privacy, fairness, and human oversight in the integration of AI into public services.
In All Fairness: Defining Access to Justice
In this episode, host Daniel Escott is joined by Trevor C.W. Farrow, a renowned access to justice researcher and incoming Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, for a discussion on the pre-, during, and post-pandemic views of traditional access to justice. Dean Farrow provides a wealth of information on the problems that arise from a lack of access to justice, and discusses what meaningful access to justice looks like in the modern, post-pandemic period.
Multi-Functional Access to Justice Centres
Afilalo, Escott, and Zariski's article explores the transformative potential of digital justice in Canadian courts, emphasizing the need for a thoughtful and inclusive approach to integrating technology in the administration of justice.
In this episode, Nathan Afilalo, Argyri Panezi and Daniel J. Escott reflect on the writing of their co-authored report “Access to Justice Summit: The New Brunswick Report - Digital Transformation: Putting People at the Heart of the System.” They share their thoughts on the process of writing this report and present the seven desired outcomes (“7 Changes”) that were identified at the Summit.
In All Fairness: Access to Justice Collaboration Across Canada
In this episode, host Daniel J. Escott explores the transformative landscape of access to justice in Canada in the company of his guests, esteemed legal experts Mark Benton, K.C. and Brea Lowenberger. Together, they discuss the impact of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters at both national and local levels and explore how collaborative efforts between stakeholders can help improve access to justice across Canada.