The October Legal AI Roundup
George Hannah, Solicitor Apprentice at Lewis Silkin, Liam Fitter, Product Compliance Associate at Dataships, and Nestor Dubnevych, Business Owner at Legal Nodes (which builds agents for regulatory teams), reviewed October’s legal AI developments. Hannah offered the view of a trainee using AI tools at work, Fitter a product compliance perspective, and Dubnevych a builder’s view […]
Why Should Anyone Choose the Law Firm You Are Chairing?
Chris Vaagt, a consultant to law firms since 1997 who advises mainly on organisation development, strategy and economics, and Mariusz Kowalski of Waterwalk Partners, a manager and adviser with decades of experience in business development, strategy, marketing and digital projects across dozens of professional services firms in more than a dozen countries, examined what makes […]
Agents, Rule of Law, and “Human Values”
Damien Riehl, Lawyer and AI Builder at Clio, is a technology lawyer who clerked for state and federal judges, litigated for about fifteen years, and has built legal tech since 2015. He has spent several years applying data science and AI to a very large dataset of law spanning many jurisdictions. That background shaped his […]
The Cost of Arbitration: Is It Worth It?
Niamh Leinwather, Secretary General of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre, stepped in to moderate this International Arbitration Forum session and brought an institutional perspective. She was joined by Miljana Bigovic, Managing Associate at DLA Piper in Stockholm, who spoke from the counsel’s seat, and Michail Risvas, Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton, who […]
Behavioural Change in Law
Lucia Elizalde, Lawyer and Behavioural Scientist at Elizalde Consulting, has more than 25 years of experience in law firms and in-house teams, including as a litigator and in-house general counsel. She then spent eight or nine years as an innovation leader at a large American law firm. There she concluded that human behaviour makes or […]
AI in Legal Practice: Strategic Implications for 2027
Sid Ali Boutellis, a freelance legal technology professional with over ten years of experience and newly acquired legal credentials, moderated this EU AI Act Forum session with Alexander Deicke, Legal Interim Manager at K11 Consulting GmbH. Deicke trained as a lawyer and now supports organisations with AI governance and strategy, including banking sector clients in […]
Pilot to Rollout: Getting Legal Tech into Practice
In this Legal Tech Implementation Forum session, John Lindsey, Vice President of SalesAracor, was joined by Jon Bartman, Founder of The Law Tech Consultancy, and Tom Martin, CEO of LawDroid. Lindsey drew on what he has seen as firms run pilots, including in M&A due diligence. Bartman spoke from experience of law firm pilots and […]
What does it take for agents to work in Legal?
Andy McDonnell, of Lex Mundi, joined the AI Education Forum to discuss what it takes for AI agents to work in legal practice. Having worked at three large law firms, McDonnell spoke from a practitioner’s perspective on workflow design, accountability, client relationships, and the economics of adoption. Overview McDonnell was cautious about calling 2026 the […]
How to Avoid Jail When You’re a Managing Partner
Mariusz Kowalski of Waterwalk Partners, an adviser with decades of experience in management, strategy and business development across professional services firms, moderated this session with Chris Vaagt, who has consulted to law firms since 1997 on organisation development, strategy and economics. They were joined by Per Magnusson, a Swedish attorney (advokat) and a founding partner […]
Emergency Arbitration: How Urgent Is Urgent?
Dr Velimir Zivkovic, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick School of Law and an independent counsel and consultant in investor-State, commercial and sports arbitration, moderated this session. He was joined by Matej Pustay, Partner at Squire Patton Boggs, who advises on commercial and investor-state arbitration and had recently handled two ICC emergency arbitrations, and […]