• N N SHREENANDHAN
• Dr.S.Sujatha

Access to reliable legal information remains a persistent challenge in India, particularly among rural and economically disadvantaged populations. Traditional legal consultations are often prohibitively expensive, and the legal language used in statutes and regulations can be difficult for laypersons to understand. This paper presents LawyerBot, an AI-powered virtual legal assistant specifically designed to provide accurate and accessible legal information aligned with the Indian legal framework. LawyerBot leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, utilizing Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT), to interpret user queries expressed in natural language. Through an intuitive, real-time chat interface, users can ask legal questions and receive contextually relevant responses derived from a curated legal knowledge base. The system does not offer legal advice but instead provides authoritative references to laws and sections, enabling users to make better-informed decisions. The chatbot was implemented using a Flask-based backend integrated with a MySQL database, supporting features such as multilingual translation, speech recognition, and text-to-speech conversion. Evaluation was conducted through a series of test queries and user studies, demonstrating the system’s efficacy in improving legal awareness, reducing information asymmetry, and enhancing user engagement. The results suggest that LawyerBot is a cost-effective, scalable, and user-friendly solution that supports digital legal empowerment and contributes to the broader objective of inclusive access to justice and governance in India.

Legal Information, Indian Law, AI Legal Assistant, LawyerBot, Natural Language Processing (NLP), BERT, Legal Literacy, Chatbot, Legal Support, Digital Governance

"LAWYERBOT – AN AI ASSISTANT FOR LEGAL GUIDANCE IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.k392-k396, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505B27.pdf

"LAWYERBOT – AN AI ASSISTANT FOR LEGAL GUIDANCE IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppk392-k396, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505B27.pdf