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IBA panel: law firm leaders prioritize AI adoption over tool arms race
Law firm leaders from Freshfields, White & Case, WongPartnership and Mallesons told an IBA Annual Conference panel in Copenhagen that getting lawyers to adopt AI matters more than building proprietary tools, The Global Legal Post reported. Freshfields global managing partner Alan Mason said, 'The key thing we are absolutely focused on is adoption,' noting rivals can quickly copy in-house workflows.
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- The panel followed Professor Richard Susskind's keynote at the IBA's Legal Practice Division Showcase.The Global Legal Post
- Freshfields global managing partner Alan Mason said lasting advantage comes from adoption, not new workflows rivals can copy.The Global Legal Post
- WongPartnership chairman Wai King Ng said the firm bought an existing AI tool rather than build its own.The Global Legal Post
- White & Case chief innovation officer Isabel Parker said the firm built AI context files partly from transcribed interviews with top lawyers.The Global Legal Post
- Mallesons chief executive partner Renae Lattey said some Australian clients still bar AI use, though their number is diminishing.The Global Legal Post
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