Discover how artificial intelligence can improve how your organization practices law with this compelling resource from the creators of one of the world’s leading legal AI platforms.
AI for Lawyers: How Artificial Intelligence is Adding Value, Amplifying Expertise, and Transforming Careers explains how artificial intelligence can be used to revolutionize your organization’s operations. Noah Waisberg and Dr. Alexander Hudek, a lawyer and a computer science Ph.D. who lead prominent legal AI business Kira Systems, have written an approachable and insightful book that will help you transform how your firm functions.
AI for Lawyers explains how artificial intelligence can help your law firm:
- Win more business and find more clients
- Better meet and exceed client expectations
- Find hidden efficiencies
- Better manage and eliminate risk
- Increase associate and partner engagement
Whether focusing on small or big law, AI for Lawyers is perfect for any lawyer who either feels uneasy about how AI might change law or is looking to capitalize on the evolving practice. With contributions from experts in the fields of e-Discovery, legal research, expert systems, and litigation analytics, it also belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who’s interested in the intersection of law and technology.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
Part I The Point: AI in law is here to stay. It's time to take advantage 1
1 How Lawyers Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI 3
2 #DoMoreLaw: How Doing Work More Efficiently Can Create More Legal Work, Not Less 21
3 The Small Law Mindset: Bringing Biglaw Capabilities to Smaller Firms 43
4 AI: A Modern Job Creator: The New Legal Mindsets, Skill Sets, and Jobs That Are in Demand 51
5 Amplifying Legal Expertise: From One-to-One Advisory to Scalable, One-to-Many Service Delivery 71
6 The Ethics of Lawyers Using - and Not Using - AI 81
Part II The Proof: AI technologies are delivering results today 93
7 eDiscovery: What It Is and How AI Is Continuing to Transform How It Works for You 95
By Dera Nevin
8 AI in Legal Research: How AI Is Providing Everyone Access to Information and Leveling the Playing Field for Firms of All Sizes 107
By Jake Heller, Co-Founder and CEO, Casetext
Laura Safdie, Co-Founder, COO, and General Counsel, Casetext
Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Casetext
9 Litigation Analytics: The Emergence of Analytics in Law and Why It's Now Dangerous to Practice Litigation Without Data 119
By Anthony Niblett, Co-Founder of Blue J Legal
10 Contract Review to Contract Capital: How Ubiquitous Access to Contract Analysis Software Will Transform Legal and Business Practices 131
11 Expert Systems: Self-Service Law and the Automation of Legal Question-Answering 145
By Michael Mills, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Neota Logic
Part III The Plan: Leverage data and AI to expand and future proof your practice 153
12 The AI Adoption Framework: Understanding the Adoption Path That Will Help You Get Ahead and Build the Practice of the Future 155
13 Conclusion 165
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 171
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 173
INDEX 175
