Open Challenges in The Application of Dense Retrieval for Case Law Search

Pan Du

Abstract: Dense retrieval (DR) has gained remarkable success in general-purpose search over the past few years and a considerable body of literature has been produced. We are exploring the feasibility of a DR based search engine for case law search on a large scale. In this presentation, we draw upon some open questions that have also been studied within the broader literature; however, they still need to be further researched within the context of case law search. We hope this will draw attention of interested researchers to explore those questions.