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From GenAI to general counsel: how clients are driving law firm innovation

Episode #2327 May 2025

Law firms face heat from many places, but none more intense than from their clients. Increasingly scorched on client wish lists is the integration of AI into legal services, a shift highlighted by recent studies and ongoing market adoption. Cost-conscious businesses now expect quicker turnarounds, leaner invoices, and assurance that their external advisers haven’t remained fossilised in the pre-ChatGPT era.

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Law firms are now facing growing client expectations to use generative AI across a range of legal services. A recent Thomson Reuters study shows many in-house teams view AI as a route to efficiency and cost savings. Legal tenders  also increasingly include questions on AI adoption. Firms are responding with multi-pronged strategies, including forming strategic alliances with AI companies, integrating AI tools into more tasks, and drafting internal AI policies to govern usage and safeguard client confidentiality.

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