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Will you be replaced by AI or by those who use it better?

Akber Datoo explains that the question is not whether lawyers will be replaced by AI, but whether lawyers will be replaced by those who use AI better. He emphasises that law firms must understand their readiness and strategy to adopt legal tech and AI, highlighting that each firm must chart its own AI journey.

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Akber Datoo explains that the question is not whether lawyers will be replaced by AI, but whether lawyers will be replaced by those who use AI better. He emphasises that law firms must understand their readiness and strategy to adopt legal tech and AI, highlighting that each firm must chart its own AI journey.

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Akber Datoo explains that the question is not whether lawyers will be replaced by AI, but whether lawyers will be replaced by those who use AI better.

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He emphasises that law firms must understand their readiness and strategy to adopt legal tech and AI, highlighting that each firm must chart its own AI journey.

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We often hear the question being posed, will lawyers be replaced by AI?

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“You will not be replaced by an AI, but lawyers will be replaced by those using AI better than them”

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We often hear the question being posed, will lawyers be replaced by AI? Well, Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, talks about a time in the not too distant future where lawyers will be negligent if they fail to use AI as part of how they practice law. Surely that tells us we have to understand what is happening as we embrace an increasingly digital world.

But it isn't a case of lawyers being replaced by AI. What is the answer? Well, that is an individual question.

Each lawyer, each solicitor and each firm needs to understand what the future holds for them and it won't be blanket replacing of lawyers. But what does it look like? Well, in order to do that, you need to have a strategy.

You need to understand your readiness for the new technologies that exist and are available. Be it broader legal tech or AI. And that's why we've started to offer our Legal Tech Roadmap, an AI roadmap for firms in order to help them chart their journey through this difficult area.

You will not be replaced by an AI, but lawyers will be replaced by those using AI better than them.

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