Why Is Legal Still Riding Horses in the Age of GenAI ft. Umair Muhajir

Quotes:

• "The issue isn't associates learning the case, it's how they are learning the case. Technological developments have meant that you can actually bifurcate learning about the case from document review. We have a Q and A chatbot that works with lawyers and associates on the case team to learn the case, and it'll give you a supporting citation and highlights."
• "The technology ought not to be an invitation to recreate the exact same workflows we've always done, but maybe should also be an invitation to reimagine what those workflows can be in the future."
• "The reality is not that AI is replacing people. It's that people who use AI are going to replace people who don't. Law students will need to expect certain different things from their legal education, including introductions to statistical thinking, which might not be natural to us in law school."
• "A lot of the cases and horror stories that get press are really examples of legal malpractice, not a Gen AI problem. If you don't think it's a great idea to discuss your case with someone at the bar, it's probably not a good idea to feed confidential stuff into a public instance of Gemini."
• "An hourly model will never adequately capture what needs to be done at either the provider or the client side. Law firms have billing systems that might only be set up to process hourly rates, and it is very difficult for them to fit a tech-driven solution into their existing internal billing systems."