While artificial intelligence has already been part of our daily lives in innocuous and often subtle ways for a long time, the dramatic rise of generative AI’s prominence in the past year has brought previously futuristic-seeming questions and concerns for attorneys to the forefront. Artificial intelligence has the ability to support lawyers in the more laborious aspects of their profession, such as document review, legal research, contract analysis, and even first drafts. Yet, as the legal profession had long been considered ‘safe’ from automation, many fear that these supposed tools may eventually replace them. While all these questions cannot entirely be answered today, our experts, who are leading legal voices in the field of AI, will help attorneys to better understand how the technology works, what it can be used for, and its limitations. This will enable attorneys to adapt to these new developments while safeguarding the human-centric aspect of the legal practice.

In this seminar, our expert panelists begin by providing a primer on artificial intelligence, reviewing the primary types of reasoning, and highlighting how machine learning works. Next, our speakers dive into the many applications of AI for the legal industry, highlighting specific use cases for eDiscovery. The conversation then evolves to the current and potential future impacts of AI on the legal profession, from the benefits to concerns of attorneys being replaced by AI. Our experts conclude by focusing on how attorneys should prepare and adapt to changes engendered by AI while upholding ethical and legal standards.