Most lawyers now use AI for legal work, but they are drawing a clear line between high-risk and low-risk applications. For client-facing, high-liability tasks such as legal research and formal drafting, specialist legal AI platforms are the preferred choice, according to a January 2026 survey of 848 UK legal professionals. When professional accountability is on […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated the headlines in the past two years, with breathless claims about how it will “replace lawyers” or “redefine justice.” In reality, the truth is both more nuanced and more interesting. While AI won’t be putting solicitors out of work any time soon, it is reshaping legal services in very practical ways — particularly in […]

The key conditions that determine whether AI-led transformation is successful. Across many law firms, AI is already being used in substantive, client-facing work. But turning that usage into consistent, firm-wide impact remains a challenge. What separates firms that are seeing early success from those where adoption stalls is not the quality of the tools, but […]

AI and cloud technology are revolutionizing the legal industry, and law firms need to embrace these innovations to stay competitive. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Cody Walker, VP of Business of Law and Platform Engineering at Aderant, to discuss how Stridyn is driving Aderant’s cloud transformation and shaping the future of […]

Mid-sized firms across Europe are using Harvey to work faster, scale knowledge, and deliver higher-impact client service. What used to be the advantage of scale — faster turnaround, deeper resourcing, broader insight — is now the baseline expectation for legal service. Rather than growing headcount, mid-sized firms across Europe are meeting that demand by rethinking […]

For law firms, profitability is not just a reporting outcome. It’s shaped by decisions made throughout a matter’s lifecycle. As AI changes how legal work is delivered, firms face a challenge. How do they ensure pricing intent translates into realized profit and cash? In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Richard […]

The Bar Standards Board issued new guidance on the use of AI by barristers in England and Wales, encouraging adoption while warning that legal professionals remain responsible for confidentiality, accuracy, and oversight. Around the world, the legal industry has begun adopting AI at pace – and from new government practice notes in Australia to reports […]

Protecting sensitive data from embedding reversal through secure-by-design architecture. Helping legal and professional service teams leverage AI effectively and securely means that we deal with some of the most sensitive data in the world. Much of this sensitive data powers our enterprise-grade RAG systems. Previously, we discussed how we build these systems at scale by […]

An old blog post is a bit like a forgotten tub of frozen leftover five bean chilli at the bottom of the freezer drawer. And just for fun, here’s a link to a super tasty recipe, just in case you don’t have a portion already in the freezer. At first glance, that frozen chilli is unexciting. […]

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™,  announced strong momentum at ConnectLive 2026, where it is showcasing the next evolution of the iManage platform and demonstrating how organisations can turn governed institutional knowledge into a trusted foundation for AI. The updates being introduced at ConnectLive represent the first phase of a broader, ongoing platform […]

Aderant, a leading global provider of legal business management software, today announced the Aderant Agent Center, alongside a broad set of AI-driven innovations and platform advancements, at Momentum Global 2026—signaling a major step forward in the evolution of law firm operations. Built on the Stridyn platform and powered by MADDI, the Agent Center introduces a new model […]

Litera, the legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, released the State of Legal AI: Spring 2026 Market Sentiment Report, published through the return of The Changing Lawyer, a publication that earned recognition as unique among partners and law firm executives during its original 2017–2022 run. The report is […]

Introducing improved agentic capabilities in Harvey, so that you can quickly drive consistent, high-quality results. We’re introducing a major upgrade to Harvey’s agentic platform: a library of 500+ ready-to-use agents built and tested by lawyers, and an improved Agent Builder for teams that want to customize agents to reflect their organization’s unique expertise. These upgrades […]