By Madison Johnson | LexisNexis
2024 was the yr of experiments and pilots with authorized tech. As we glance forward, 2025 is shaping as much as be the yr the place use instances are actioned and AI goes mainstream. To assist make sense of all of it, we requested seven authorized specialists in our community for his or her ideas on authorized tech developments this yr (download the full publication here). In in the present day’s weblog, I discover a number of predictions and insights raised on this white paper.
Paul Hogg from Herbert Smith Freehills explores the evolution of authorized tech past effectivity, specializing in person expertise and the consolidation of tech stacks. He means that companies will more and more have interaction in comparative experimentation to evaluate the advantages of versatile AI-enabled instruments.
Christian Matarese and Thor Alden from Dechert LLP tackle the vanishing authorized process, the place AI brokers are poised to deal with routine duties, permitting attorneys to deal with judgment-based work. They focus on how this raises questions on possession, credit score and the function of human oversight in AI-driven processes.
David Hobbie from Goodwin Procter LLP highlights the challenges and alternatives of adopting generative AI within the authorized business. Whereas attorneys are historically risk-averse, the language-based nature of AI prompts aligns effectively with their expertise, providing potential for vital developments in authorized workflows.
Obtain the complete report here to learn extra about what developments they see, what they imagine authorized tech ought to obtain, and the place companies ought to focus their money and time.
