Laws play a key role in the complex socio-technical system impacting contestability: they create the regulations shaping the way AI systems are designed, evaluated, and used. Despite their role in the AI value chain, lawyers' impact on contestability has gone largely unrecognized in the design of AI systems. In this paper, we highlight two main roles lawyers play that impact contestability: (1) as AI Creators because the regulations they create shape the design and evaluation of AI systems before they are deployed; and (2) as Intermediaries because they interpret regulations when harm occurs, navigating the gap between stakeholders, instutions, and harmful outcomes. We use these two roles to illuminate new opportunities and challenges for including lawyers in the design of AI systems, contributing a significant first step in practical recommendations to amplify the power to contest systems through cross-disciplinary design.

翻译：法律在影响可争议性的复杂社会技术系统中扮演着关键角色：其制定的法规塑造了AI系统的设计、评估与使用方式。尽管律师在AI价值链中具有重要作用，他们在AI系统设计中对可争议性的影响却长期未被充分认识。本文重点阐释律师影响可争议性的两个核心角色：(1) 作为AI创造者，因其制定的法规在AI系统部署前即塑造其设计与评估框架；(2) 作为中介者，因其在损害发生时通过解释法规，在利益相关者、机构与损害结果之间进行协调。我们借助这两个角色，揭示将律师纳入AI系统设计的新机遇与挑战，为通过跨学科设计增强系统可争议性提供了实践建议的重要初步探索。