I did a talk for some colleagues on how I use AI at my boutique immigration practice. The audience ranged the gamut from lawyers at BigLaw, boutiques, small firms and solos. The fear could be classified in two buckets. First bucket: the effect on the billable hour -- the main driver of their revenue. It's not financially good for them if a task that took 20 attorney hours now takes 5 because of AI. Second bucket: training and learning difficulties for younger lawyers and new staff. I think these are valid concerns but there is no way around AI. It's here and it's getting orders of magnitude better with each passing week. I think ethically leveraging AI, including generative AI, is going to rapidly become part of technical competence for lawyers. I recently tested a generative AI platform for one of my most complex filing types and it reduced needed attorney time by more than 50%.
My clients are typically venture funded start ups in material sciences, robotics, nuclear fusion and clean energy tech. My clients book time on National Laboratory super computers to run their data models. I have a problem if my tech stack looks like it is from the AOL dial-up age. I am using AI to provide an even more bespoke, human experience for my clients because I have more time to spend with them.
I do think AI is going to bring many positive changes to law practice in the years to come—and in your practice, it sounds like the positive changes are already here.
I did a talk for some colleagues on how I use AI at my boutique immigration practice. The audience ranged the gamut from lawyers at BigLaw, boutiques, small firms and solos. The fear could be classified in two buckets. First bucket: the effect on the billable hour -- the main driver of their revenue. It's not financially good for them if a task that took 20 attorney hours now takes 5 because of AI. Second bucket: training and learning difficulties for younger lawyers and new staff. I think these are valid concerns but there is no way around AI. It's here and it's getting orders of magnitude better with each passing week. I think ethically leveraging AI, including generative AI, is going to rapidly become part of technical competence for lawyers. I recently tested a generative AI platform for one of my most complex filing types and it reduced needed attorney time by more than 50%.
My clients are typically venture funded start ups in material sciences, robotics, nuclear fusion and clean energy tech. My clients book time on National Laboratory super computers to run their data models. I have a problem if my tech stack looks like it is from the AOL dial-up age. I am using AI to provide an even more bespoke, human experience for my clients because I have more time to spend with them.
I'm very glad to hear this—thanks for sharing!
I do think AI is going to bring many positive changes to law practice in the years to come—and in your practice, it sounds like the positive changes are already here.