Do Robots Make Better Lawyers? A Conversation About Law And Artificial Intelligence
How AI can give your business and/or clients an edge?
Last week’s news about the nationwide salary raise for first year attorneys struck me as curious. As law firms continue to pay untrained lawyers hundreds of thousands of dollars in base salary alone, tech companies are figuring out how to automate so many of these tasks using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
Although AI has a futuristic feel, its impact on the legal industry is no longer a question about the future, it is very much a pressing, present issue. Whether it is eDiscovery, contract review or practice management, today’s cutting edge software is utilizing AI and machine learning. AI is paving the way for early stage start-ups like Lawgeex, Beagle, and ROSS (just to name a few), as well as more mature companies like this conversation’s sponsor Seal Software. Now, while many lawyers tend to focus on AI as a threat, “Can a robot do my job better, faster and cheaper?” the other approach is to figure out how AI can give your business and/or clients an edge. Another key question is how has AI all of a sudden become commercially viable and how much better can it get?
In order to intelligently discuss the questions surrounding AI and the legal industry, I am enlisting the help of two legal tech experts: Scott Trainor, Deputy General Counsel at DocuSign and Laurie Maroun-Brasner, Senior Director of Legal Services at Seal Software. As always, this is not a “live chat,” it is a real-life conversation — for the best experience click the blue button below to follow along as the conversation unfolds.
Zach Abramowitz is a former Biglaw associate and currently CEO and co-founder of ReplyAll. You can follow Zach on Twitter (@zachabramowitz) or reach him by email at zach@replyall.me.
