A CES panel last week considered the future of work as AI becomes more and more engrained. Like most businesses, law firms need to think about what the AI tools mean for the future of legal work. What do law firms and, for that matter, lawyers and legal professionals need to do to prepare for the brave new world that AI may bring?
Like most businesses, law firms will need to consider whether and how to reskill its work force. But to take advantage of AI for themselves and their clients, law firms may need to rethink their business model and what it means to be successful. What does it mean to be a good lawyer when AI can be used to better and more economically serve clients? A better baseline understanding may be needed before a firm can figure out how to best use AI and how to reskill its workers for that use. Here is my post for Above the Law discussing the panel presentation and what it means for the future of law and law firms.