Thinking for your AI.

https://www.bespacific.com/ai-in-high-stakes-litigation-the-critical-role-of-experienced-attorneys/

AI In High-Stakes Litigation: The Critical Role of Experienced Attorneys

Via LLRX – AI In High-Stakes Litigation: The Critical Role of Experienced Attorney – Skepticism about AI is not only justified—it’s evidence of good judgment. There are indeed pitfalls to AI use. Inept use of AI won’t help you, but my experience has been that in the hands of skilled lawyers with good judgment, AI is essential to obtaining the best results, for one simple reason: AI is only as good as the question it’s given. This is where senior lawyers excel. Knowing what issue to frame, what clause to focus on, what fact might tip the case—this is precisely what you’ve spent your career developing.  Jerry Lawson contends that AI can assist. But it still needs someone to think.

Change is hard.

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/05/law-firms-keep-buying-amazing-tech-lawyers-keep-not-using-it/

Law Firms Keep Buying Amazing Tech… Lawyers Keep Not Using It

The tech people are trying to make lawyering easier — or at least more profitable and secure — but their worst enemy remains the lawyers they aim to help.

“Purchase, install, ignore” remains a disturbingly common pattern for law firms. It’s not universal by any means. Some technology manages to strike a chord with attorneys and gets inserted into the workflow, but many products fail to break through with the masses to the frustration of tech professionals. And unfortunately the tech that manages to break through is often the least essential. So as firms chase the generative AI dragon, they’d do well to get their fundamental tech issues sorted first.

“Ground your legal AI strategy firmly in the basics” declares a new report from iManage. Hopefully the AI-curious will take a look, because the takeaway lurking under the glitzy “AI” in the headline is a plea for better adoption across the board. Especially for the more important tools that currently collect a lot of dust across the industry.