how artificial intelligence is disrupting law firms

By Claudia Cohen

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Large structures expect an increase in the skills of lawyers in the face of AI, but also in client requirements.
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INVESTIGATION – Drafting of contracts, research work, analysis of procedural incidents… There are multiple use cases for these technologies in the legal world and the battle rages between AI software publishers to assert themselves.

A thin stack of files sits on a clean desk. And a few editions of legal codes are placed on the shelf as decoration. For several weeks, it is the laptop containing two precious generative artificial intelligence (AI) software, which has become the centerpiece of the daily life of this business lawyer with a twenty-five-year career. Like the 4,000 A&O Shearman employees spread between Paris and internationally, they now support it on a daily basis in each of its files.

We decided to disrupt the legal market before someone disrupts us »smiles Me Julien Roux, managing partner of A&O Shearman, the day after the megamerger between the powerful English firm and its American competitor. Supported by the OpenAI company, the Harvey platform provides lawyers with precise answers in summary form in just a few seconds. Harvey helps overcome blank page syndrome, which we…

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