How AI and Humans Collaborate in Legal Work

⚖️ AI in Legal: From Experiment to Essential A recent Gartner report shows that nearly 60% of legal leaders now rank generative AI as a top priority. The conversation has shifted from “Should we use AI?” to “Which tools should we scale, and how fast?” But many legal tech tools are missing the mark: ❌ Solving the wrong problem (surface-level Q&A vs real workflow relief) ❌ Living in silos instead of integrating with Salesforce, Microsoft 365, etc. ❌ Lacking legal nuance, accuracy, and governance The key is to focus on outcomes, not features. Ask: 🚩Does this move us closer to our business goals? 🚩Does it integrate where we already work? 🚩Is it accurate and secure enough for legal? The next phase of AI in legal isn’t about whether you use it — it’s about how well you align it to your outcomes. Firms that cut through the hype and pick tools that truly speed contracts, reduce low-value work, and integrate seamlessly will unlock AI’s real potential. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gUkC5435

Not so secret agent. My Financial Times article about AI agents in the legal sector. The software - also known as agentic AI - is tipped as the next-big-thing in artificial intelligence. It promises to handle ever more complex jobs autonomously and fast. But legal teams are cautious. My 48th article for the FT and my tenth or so about legal tech, which is becoming one of my main specialisms within tech. I spoke to company legal departments using AI agents, tech analysts and suppliers of the tech. There's a lot of hype about artificial intelligence tech in business, including the legal sector. Experts told me that it could be a transformative technology, but also that - as ever in tech - software suppliers' marketing pitches are typically at least two to three years ahead of the norm in business. For big gains in productivity and time savings, companies need to give AI agents autonomy. But few - if any companies - seem willing to do that. Humans fact checkers remain very much "in the loop". #legaltech #AgenticAI #legal https://lnkd.in/eM6gc4xH

This Financial Times article really highlights how legal tech giants are being challenged by smaller legal tech firms that are innovating faster, and are working at the cutting edge of Generative and Agentic AI. From calendaring and document review to drafting and research, firms are exploring smarter workflows, and they are open to looking outside the traditional powers in legal tech. Firms are increasingly seeking flexible tools that integrate with their existing systems, rather than relying solely on large, all-in-one platforms. What legal workflow would you most like to improve with AI? Curious how others are approaching it? Let’s connect! #LegalTech #AIinLaw #LegalInnovation #FutureOfLaw #LegalOps #LawPractice #LegalTransformation #TechInLaw #LegalIndustry #Microsoft365Integration https://lnkd.in/g6iyBzUt

As the Financial Times highlights, AI agents are showing strong potential in legal tech—accelerating processes like compliance checks and contract reviews. But challenges around accuracy and liability mean legal teams still insist on human oversight. This reflects a broader truth: in order for AI to scale across the enterprise, it must be both powerful and trustworthy. That’s why at Mindbreeze, we place accuracy, transparency, and context at the center of our AI-powered knowledge management solutions. By grounding responses in enterprise data, we ensure organizations can rely on AI to support critical decisions. Full article available here: https://lnkd.in/ebHGRWqR? #Mindbreeze #EnterpriseAI #DigitalTransformation

💡 In the rapidly evolving world of LegalTech, many firms face a critical dilemma: embrace powerful AI with "black box" uncertainty, or stick to traditional methods that struggle with efficiency and scale? At Lexemo, we believe you shouldn't have to choose. Our e! platform offers "Your Logic, Your Data, Your Control" through a unique "glass box" architecture. Here's how e! uniquely combines AI and automation with unwavering control: ✅ Visual No-Code Workflows: Legal experts can intuitively design complex decision trees, mirroring legal reasoning without writing a single line of code. This ensures processes are transparent, auditable, and defensible by design. ✅ Granular AI Integration: AI is a powerful, optional tool. You can surgically integrate AI for specific tasks – like summarizing text, extracting data, or drafting clauses – at any step of your workflow. This means AI augments your expertise, while rule-based logic and human oversight provide a crucial "safety net" and full control over every output. ✅ Compliance by Design: Developed in Germany, e! is built from the ground up for GDPR and EU AI Act readiness. We offer on-premise or EU cloud deployment, giving you control over data sovereignty and respecting professional secrecy laws (§43e BRAO, §203 StGB). ✅ AutoMate (Prompt-to-Workflow): Revolutionize your development! Simply describe your desired workflow in natural language, and AutoMate intelligently drafts the decision tree for you. This drastically cuts prototyping time and empowers non-technical legal professionals to build sophisticated solutions. ✅ Proven ROI: Don't just take our word for it. Leading firms like A&O Shearman and RSM Ebner Stolz have leveraged e! to cut NDA review times by over 50%, automate complex tax guidelines, and scale high-value advisory services, demonstrating significant, tangible ROI. Ready to explore AI-powered legal automation that puts you in control? Head over to our website and learn more about Lexemo e! and see our "glass box" in action! https://e.lexemo.com/

⚖️ AI built for lawyers, not consumers: Are we finally getting serious about precision? The market's flooded with AI tools, but most aren't fit for purpose in legal. This week's lead story breaks it down: consumer-grade AI can’t meet the demands of compliance-heavy, high-stakes legal work. What we need? Purpose-built agentic AI, designed with legal-specific data, validation, and live integration. “Professional-grade AI isn’t here to chat; it’s built to deliver verified, domain-specific answers that legal tasks demand.” Even more direct: “If it’s not transparent, verifiable, or professionally integrated, it doesn’t belong in your tech stack.” That kind of standard-setting puts pressure on vendors, but it also calls leaders to examine their own strategy. 📌 Highlights: • Consumer-grade AI often relies on outdated or unverified web data, not acceptable in legal workflows • Agentic systems bring multi-agent collaboration, database-level validation, and full workflow transparency • Legal pros are architects now, designing the workflows of tomorrow, not just reacting to tools The opportunity? We’re standing on the edge of a new legal infrastructure. One where tech doesn’t just support decision-making, it demands a higher level of thinking from the teams that implement it. So… how are you aligning your tech roadmap with the real responsibilities of legal practitioners? What’s your take? Read the full analysis and share your thoughts → https://lnkd.in/eKp4_rAJ #legalinnovation #AIinlaw #agenticAI #businessoflaw #legalworkflow #legaltech

Not all legal AI is created equal. For in-house teams, it falls into 4 categories with each delivering very different outcomes. Here’s the breakdown from my research into how in-house legal teams are experimenting with GenAI: ⚙️ 1. General productivity AI Purpose: Workplace-wide efficiency boosters, already embedded into familiar tools. Tools: Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Slack GPT, Notion AI. Outcomes: Faster drafting of emails and board papers, meeting summaries auto-generated in Teams, Excel analysis done in minutes instead of hours. Low barrier to entry → “easy wins” that free up time immediately. 📑 2. Use-case specific legal AI Purpose: Point solutions designed for legal workflows like contracts, discovery, or practice management. Tools: Spellbook, RobinAI, LawGeex, Luminance (contracts); Ironclad, Evisort, ContractPodAI (CLM); RelativityOne, Reveal, DISCO (discovery); Clio, LEAP (practice management). Outcomes: Contract reviews cut from hours to minutes, with risk clauses flagged automatically. Intake, billing, and workflow tasks streamlined so lawyers spend less time on admin. ⚖️ 3. Multi-purpose legal AI Purpose: AI “legal assistants” trained on broad legal datasets, flexible across many tasks. Tools: Harvey.ai, Lexis+ AI, Thomson Reuters CoCounsel, vLex Vincent, Westlaw Precision. Outcomes: Drafting compliance memos, running legal research, or generating first-pass advice notes. These tools act like a “legal co-pilot,” giving lawyers more leverage, but with humans always doing the final check. 📊 4. Precision Analytics & Automation Purpose: Advanced AI for analytics, insights, and high-stakes drafting. Tools: LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, Harvey.ai, vLex Vincent. Outcomes: Litigation teams predicting case outcomes with data-driven insights. Benchmarking risk exposure across large contract portfolios. Automated but auditable drafting of documents at scale. These tools demand more governance, but the payoff is sharper strategy and better decision support. Bottom line: General productivity AI is the low-hanging fruit. But the real game-changer comes when AI is embedded directly into legal workflows, no matter which category of AI it falls into. Turning administrative tasks and repetitive work such as contract reviews from bottlenecks into value drivers. 👉 Which of these categories feels most relevant for your legal team right now?

At Clario, we’re seeing first-hand how in-house legal teams are starting to explore generative AI, not just as a buzzword, but in practical, category-driven ways. This framework of 4 categories of legal AI is a useful way to cut through the noise. Productivity tools may be the easy wins, but the real transformation comes when specialised platforms are embedded directly into legal workflows. That’s where the conversation needs to shift: not if AI can help legal teams, but how it can be applied with the right guardrails. 👉 Which of these categories do you see making the biggest impact for your team?

Scaling operations successfully in this new AI era depends not just on adopting automation but also on pairing it with the right operational talent. https://hubs.li/Q03HHLhb0 Written by Jens Gould of Amalga Group

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