The pilot and the autopilot are not enemies. Neither are lawyers and AI. The question is figuring out who does what.
Teo Doremus, CEO and co-founder of Advocacy, has a simple answer for any lawyer thinking about building an AI-native practice: do it now, not later.
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Teo also shares what he got wrong about law practice and why he thinks lawyers misunderstand what AI actually does when it “helps” them. He also poses a highly useful analogy about what lawyers get paid for in an AI world.
Consider the Pilot
The billing question is everywhere in legal AI conversations, and Teo handles it with one of the better analogies you will hear.
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Adapting Roles in AI
Teo discusses how AI is changing the way lawyers reckon with value, and the notion of obsolescence. He uses the same analogy to examine preparedness for a future where AI is copilot, rather than replacement.
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