Gen AI and the Practice of Law Report 3: Governance as the Key to AI Implementation in Legal Practice
By
Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief
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Summary
Legal IT Insider publishes its Gen AI and the Practice of Law 3 Report, a 100+ page analysis based on over 35 hours of interviews with legal tech leaders. Unlike the first two descriptive reports in the series, Report 3 shifts focus from what generative AI can do to how law firms can govern and operationalize it effectively. The report marks a transition from exploration to implementation, emphasizing governance as the key enabler rather than a restrictive barrier.
Key quotes
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The descriptive phase is closing.
After three years of deployment, judicial scrutiny, client pressure and vendor consolidation, the question is no longer what the technology can do, but what a firm can
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