(Upvoted. Seems like something worth further discussion amongst people that know the field.)
Other than tradition/inertia, are there reasons that trials are held in particular rooms and the ways they are? Could there be an electronic equivalent involving securely identified participants?
This is something I would love (lurve!) to tackle, because justice is a vitally important part of any society, and it's a place where "productivity improvements" could be vast (perhaps 100x faster trials?).
The way I'd move into this would be to get some experience with real trials and/or private arbitration. It would be ideal to get a JD and actually practice law, but that's probably not necessary. Arbitration is a good place to start because it's relatively unregulated and easy to introduce new models of interaction and judgement, and there's a strong cost minimization incentive anyway.
I'd work on it but I've got other fish to fry at the moment. Maybe next year!
Other than tradition/inertia, are there reasons that trials are held in particular rooms and the ways they are? Could there be an electronic equivalent involving securely identified participants?
Could someone tackle this as a startup?