--- title: "Sarah B. Lawsky — author profile and papers · Legal AI" description: "Sarah B. Lawsky, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2026), h-index 10 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sarah B. Lawsky # Sarah B. Lawsky Sarah B. Lawsky has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2026, most of them on [Legal AI](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/legal-ai/), [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [John J. Nay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-j-nay/), [Jungo Kasai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jungo-kasai/), [Kristian J Hammond](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristian-j-hammond/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5075418086) · [**h-index 10**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5075418086) · [37 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5075418086) · [267 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5075418086&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 39 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9006](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/91/#star-9006) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Sarah+B.+Lawsky) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sarah+B.+Lawsky) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sarah+B.+Lawsky) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sarah+B.+Lawsky) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign** Urbana · United States 2023–2026 · 7 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 2003–2024 · 19 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🎓**University of California, Irvine** Irvine · United States 2011–2013 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-irvine/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 4 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Political Science and International Relations · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/political-science-and-international-relations/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Legal AI · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/legal-ai/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Large Language Models as Tax Attorneys: A Case Study in Legal Capabilities Emergence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/nay-2023-large-language-models-tax-attorneys/)** *(2023 · 49 citations)* The paper asks how well large language models can apply law, using U.S. federal tax law as a testbed. Tax suits this purpose because its authority sits mainly in two fixed sources: the U.S. Code's Title 26 and the Treasury Regulations contained in the CFR. Many tax questions also have one verifiable answer that… 2. **[OpenExempt: A Diagnostic Benchmark for Legal Reasoning and a Framework for Creating Custom Benchmarks on Demand](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/servantez-2026-openexempt-diagnostic-benchmark-legal-reasoning/)** *(2026 · 2 citations)* Static legal question-answer benchmarks are costly to annotate. They also reduce model behaviour to one accuracy number, which makes it hard to tell which reasoning skill actually failed. OpenExempt tackles this with a generator built on U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11) asset-exemption law. Legal experts encoded… ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [John J. Nay](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/john-j-nay/) - [Jungo Kasai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jungo-kasai/) - [Kristian J Hammond](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kristian-j-hammond/) - [Rajiv Jain](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rajiv-jain/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 39 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [9 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-b-lawsky/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026