In symposium discussions, artificial intelligence relates to the design, development, and implementation of computer systems that can perform tasks and solve problems of a sort for which human intelligence is normally thought to be required. Eighteen European countries were represented at the symposium, and most presented papers that profiled how they are using computer-based artificial intelligence in the legal field. Some systems described are the Federal Republic of Germany's use of a neural network for identifying legal precedents; Austria's use of the JUTEXT system, which leads users through prepared sequences of stored texts so as to reach the correct decision in a certain legal case; and Switzerland's use of DOCUMENTRIX, a program package for computerized associative multi-lingual document storage and retrieval. Conclusions adopted at the close of the symposium focused on participants' recommendation that the Council of Europe continue to hold exchanges of views and experiences on the use of systems based on artificial intelligence in the legal sector.