Investment in talent and skills not keeping pace with the investment in technology
CLI hosting Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice Summit to lead industry response
SYDNEY: October 18, 2017: Law firms are overlooking the crucial element needed to make artificial intelligence (AI) effective – the human.
The Centre for Legal Innovation (CLI) recently completed a series of roundtables with thought leaders in the legal industry on the impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice.
Director of the CLI, Ms Terri Mottershead said: “One of the many things that emerged from the roundtables was that a gap is forming between what AI can do and what lawyers unfamiliar with the technology are utilising.”
“The investment in the depth and breadth of talent and capabilities of the humans who interact with AI is not keeping pace with the investment in the technology itself.”
“Law firms and legal departments need to be sure they are investing in recruiting, developing or upskilling a multidisciplinary workforce that uses AI to deliver legal services and products more effectively, more efficiently and differently than in the past,” Ms Mottershead said.
The CLI is hosting an AI Summit to bring together professionals working inside and outside the legal industry from many different backgrounds to network, share experience, discuss and explore an opportunity, challenge or roadblock in the use of legal AI in expertise automation, legal research or contract analytics, now and in the future. Participants will work on an issue under the guidance of a multidisciplinary expert panel acting as mentors and advisors.
“We believe the summit will move the conversation away from hype and scaremongering to meaningful, practical conversations about the use of AI to provide legal solutions and the talent needed to deliver them” Ms Mottershead said.
The Summit will take place on Friday October 20, 2017, at the offices of Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEGAL PRACTICE SUMMIT
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Friday, 20 October 2017, 8:30am-5:00pm |
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Gilbert + Tobin |
For program details please visit: https://www.cli.collaw.com/events-and-workshops/2017/07/09/artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice-summit
Media enquiries:
Matthew Shaw: 0451 152 602
Erin Clare: 0405 258 863
Email: media@thoughtbroker.com.au
ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF LAW
The College of Law is the school of professional practice for lawyers in Australia, and New Zealand and Asia. We are the largest provider of practical legal training in Australasia. Our mission is to deliver innovative, practice-focused legal education and training to enhance the careers of practising professionals across Australasia and its region.
With over 60,000 graduates since opening in 1974, our alumni are spread across all facets of the legal profession in Australia, and New Zealand and Asia. The College’s teaching staff help set us apart from similar institutions through our focus on practical law and the needs of the practising legal professional.
ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR LEGAL INNOVATION
The Centre for Legal Innovation (CLI) was established by the College of Law in 2016. The objective of the CLI is to act as an incubator for new ways to practise that align with the new approaches to legal service and product delivery. Throughout 2017 it will be facilitating opportunities for the professions to discuss and debate the changes taking place in the legal industry, share experience, and find solutions that best support them in remaining competitive in a new and evolving legal marketplace.