Richard Zhu

Work

Systems for law, data, and review.

Thesis, lab report, legal AI packet, map system, I Ching product, and private telemetry systems. Each page starts with the task, the artifact, and the constraint.

Objects6
Lead record1,591
ModesLaw / Maps / Local

Project frame

Each object starts from a file, figure, or user task.

The index keeps technical detail attached to practical use: what a lawyer reviews, what a reader can open, and what data stays private.

01 / CorpusStart with the file

Opinions, reports, PDFs, exports, and local data products stay close to the interface.

materials
02 / MethodMethods with limits

Extraction, classification, simulation, and mapping are described as bounded steps with known failure modes.

schema / code / checks
03 / ArtifactArtifacts people can open

Each project points to a figure, PDF, repository, map, or brief that can stand on its own.

figure / PDF / repo
04 / ConstraintPrivate data stays private

Sensitive systems show only redacted structure while raw health, message, defense, and movement data stay off-site.

public boundary
legal decisions
1,591
thesis corpus
pages
53
full PDF
system objects
6
public index
artifact modes
4
figures / maps / code / briefs
Judicial Disparities in Seventh Circuit Criminal Appeals figure
Final thesis / 2024-2026

Judicial Disparities in Seventh Circuit Criminal Appeals

A 53-page empirical thesis on appellate sentencing review, built from a judge-identifying dataset of 1,591 decisions from 2020-2025.

Empirical legal studiesBayesian modeling1,591 decisions
Open projectFull thesis PDFThesis brief
PSPL Biased Filter Study artifact
02
UCLA plasma lab / UCLA PSPL, Los Angeles

PSPL Biased Filter Study

Artifacts include COMSOL electrostatics, charged-particle tracing, MATLAB parameter sweeps, phase diagrams, and a SolidWorks beam-target model.

COMSOLElectric thrustersParticle tracing
Open project
Public Defense AI Pilot artifact
03
Attorney-supervised AI / Chicago

Public Defense AI Pilot

Artifacts include source-trail patterns, allowed uses, prohibited uses, review rubrics, and a redacted federal-defense summary.

Legal AIMitigation recordsReview packets
Open project
I Ching Studio artifact
04
Evidence-linked decision system / Personal lab

I Ching Studio

The current corpus is normalized into 450 structured hexagram-line positions and 1,356 imported interpretation entries across Guaci, Takashima, English commentary, and symbolic sources.

Next.js 16FastAPI1,356 entries
Open project
Reizentraj artifact
05
Local-first movement system / Local-first

Reizentraj

The linked public repo shows the local extractor/explorer path. Hosted upload and native surfaces are private prototypes; this page labels them as product direction rather than public code proof.

Google Takeoutpublic map86,770 local coordinate rows
Open project
Private Telemetry Systems artifact
06
Vitals + wxdecipher / Local machines

Private Telemetry Systems

Artifacts include architecture maps, artifact boundaries, audit ledgers, and dashboard design notes.

Apple HealthWeChat analyticsLocal-first
Open project