Who are the most effective lawyers in the Labor Court of Rio de Janeiro? Using data from tens of thousands of legal cases, we construct a network of lawyers (directed and weighted) in order to answer this and other questions. The empirical evaluation reveals a network structure with features commonly founded in other real social networks such as short distances and heavy tailed weight distribution. Metrics such as vertex strength, Pagerank, and closeness were used to rank vertices, identifying the most effective lawyers in the network. By using external information about lawyers and their relationship to different trials we (partially) validate the rankings obtained through the network analysis. This study suggests that the network structure induced by lawyers contains useful information concerning their effectiveness within the community.

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使用由法律案件引起的社交网络对律师进行排名

谁是里约热内卢劳工法庭最有效的律师？使用来自数万个法律案件的数据，我们构建了一个律师网络（定向和加权），以回答这个问题和其他问题。实证评估揭示了一种网络结构，该结构具有其他真实社交网络中常见的特征，例如短距离和重尾权重分布。顶点强度、Pagerank 和接近度等指标用于对顶点进行排名，从而确定网络中最有效的律师。通过使用有关律师及其与不同审判的关系的外部信息，我们（部分）验证了通过网络分析获得的排名。这项研究表明，由律师诱导的网络结构包含有关他们在社区内的有效性的有用信息。