AI is moving quickly. For law firms, the harder question is how to turn that pace of change into something practical, controlled and genuinely useful.
On 1 October, Cathy Kirby and David Baskerville will be delivering a webinar exclusively for LawNet members, looking at how firms can move beyond experimentation and individual AI products towards a more structured approach.
We’ll consider where AI can genuinely add value, how to identify and prioritise the right use cases, assess and procure AI tools, manage the associated risks, and put appropriate governance and measurement in place.
Further information and registration details are below.
Making AI Work: A Practical Approach to AI in Law Firms
AI is developing at an extraordinary pace, but for law firms, the challenge is increasingly not whether to adopt AI, but where to use it, how to control it, and how to know whether it is actually delivering value.
In this practical session, Cathy Kirby and David Baskerville of Baskerville Drummond will cut through the hype surrounding AI and examine what its rapid development really means for law firms.
Starting with the wider global trends shaping AI, Cathy and David will explore how these are feeding into the legal sector and how firms are already using AI in practice. They will examine some of the common challenges firms encounter, what distinguishes successful AI initiatives from those that struggle, and why starting with a product rather than a clearly defined business problem is often the wrong approach.
The session will also consider how firms can move from experimentation to a more structured AI programme: identifying and prioritising appropriate use cases, establishing meaningful benchmarks for success, controlling AI projects, and putting proportionate governance in place for their use.
Finally, Cathy and David will look at why AI adoption cannot be treated as a one-off technology project. With technology, products, and risks continuing to evolve, firms need an ongoing framework for monitoring usage, measuring value, and managing AI as part of their wider technology and business strategy.
The session will cover:
- Global AI trends and what they mean for the legal sector
- How law firms are using AI today
- Common challenges and lessons from early adoption
- What good – and bad – AI implementation looks like
- Why firms should identify the problem before choosing the product
- Procuring AI tools – assessing suppliers, capabilities and risks
- How to structure and control AI projects
- The importance of planning, benchmarking and measuring success
- Building a practical AI governance structure
- Ongoing monitoring, management and review
The aim is to provide firms with a pragmatic framework for approaching AI – helping them move beyond experimentation and individual products towards controlled, measurable and sustainable adoption.
David Baskerville
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