Artificial Intelligence

Part two of our series on artificial intelligence in law. A Deloitte study estimated that 39 percent of legal jobs can be automated, and almost half of 1,500 lawyers surveyed worldwide were not optimistic about the profession’s future. This post looks at what AI changes in legal work, the ethical questions it raises, and why firms are better off adopting it.

Artificial intelligence has been marketed to law firms as everything at once: a threat, a shortcut, and a silver bullet for profitability. Behind the headlines, though, the pressure is familiar. Firms are still trying to reconcile rising expectations, limited capacity, and clients who are more cost-sensitive than ever. Into that gap steps AI — not as a courtroom robot, but as a set of tools quietly reshaping how legal work is done, measured, and valued.