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Top 10 legal tech and AI stories in 2024
Technology and artificial intelligence were huge themes across the legal profession in 2024. Here, we take a look back at the top 10 most-read articles in this space.
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10. Legal recruitment should be ‘people-centric’, despite AI being ‘inevitable’
9. The billable hour may be incompatible with GenAI innovation
In the face of client perceptions about their providers’ use or otherwise of generative AI, we may soon see more movement away from traditional billing models towards value-based pricing, a new report suggests.
8. What impact will the University of Sydney’s new AI policy have on law students?
Following the University of Sydney’s announcement permitting students to use AI in their academic assignments, its interim deputy head of school and dean and two former law students explore the potential implications of this shift on their law students’ education and professional development.
7. ‘Better-enabled lawyers’ will drive in-house teams forward in age of tech
In conversation with Lawyers Weekly, NAB general counsel Sharon Cook says that legal teams are going to be “augmented and enhanced” by emerging technology – something she is very excited about.
6. Navigating AI regulation in the profession
As AI tech continues to revolutionise legal workflows, the legal profession must address how and to what extent AI should be regulated, with many emphasising the importance of education and transparency in leveraging AI’s benefits, while maintaining ethical standards.
5. LawTech market will reach US$50bn by 2027 – in Australia, the ‘arms race is on’
New and emerging technologies are set to fundamentally change how legal organisations do business, with the market for such products and services predicted to be worth US$50 billion in just three years. Here’s what some legal technology providers in Australia are doing.
4. Deepfakes, sex bots cannot be ignored by AI laws, expert says
With deepfake pornography and sex robots on the rise, a legal expert says the sex and intimacy industry should be part of the discussion around legislating artificial intelligence.
3. Are BigLaw firms using AI to its full potential?
As emerging technologies and generative artificial intelligence (AI) become commonplace in legal workplaces, firms can now gain a competitive edge by using new tech to reduce costs and provide innovative solutions to complex legal issues. Here, BigLaw partners discuss whether the potential of AI in firms is being fully utilised – and if, moving forward, AI should be a key part of a law firm’s strategy.
2. Can GenAI outperform Australian law students?
An NSW-based law lecturer recently undertook an experiment, putting his criminal law cohort against 10 separate AI-generated responses for an end-of-semester exam. The results might surprise you.
1. ‘Not a substitute’: Chief Justice responds to criticisms of GenAI ban
The NSW Supreme Court outlawed certain uses of generative artificial intelligence in courtrooms to prevent inaccuracies and “laziness” from entering the legal profession, Chief Justice Andrew Bell has said.
