# Supporting Human-Centered Explanations in Legal AI

> Note: This article is just one of 60+ sections from our full report titled: The 2024 Legal AI Retrospective - Key Lessons from the Past Year .

**Author:** Alex Denne  
**Category:** Insights  
**Published:** 2024-12-18  
**Reading time:** 3 min

**Note:** This article is just one of 60+ sections from our full report titled: [The 2024 Legal AI Retrospective - Key Lessons from the Past Year](https://www.genieai.co/blog/legal-ai). Please download the full report to check any citations.

**Supporting Human-Centered Explanations**

Explanation: An AI tool may 'give' an explanation, but as humans we may not be able to 'understand' it.

**Challenge:**

Explanations not easily understandable by humans - they are based on feature attributions and complex concepts

**Research Direction:**

Design methods aligned with human cognitive processes

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