This study emphasizes the straightforward but important concept that higher productivity leads to improved service. Yes, we're only beginning to understand the impact of this new and powerful tool in the legal industry. How we use artificial intelligence tools today surely won't be how we use them a year from now. There are certainly times when we fret over an unsure future, particularly when anyone with a keyboard can type up a prompt and generate a seemingly credible roadmap to solve a legal problem.
But as we learn to use the new technology thoughtfully and innovatively, we can counsel our clients more effectively. We use AI to better evaluate and provide strategic guidance on risk. We use it to outwork and outperform those who don't know how to use it. We use it to undertake early case assessments, conduct preliminary research, test theories and arguments, review and preliminarily analyze large data sets, plan for discovery, refine argument outlines, and edit written work product. And we use it to improve our presentations in trial.
As trial lawyers, we're not being replaced. We're being reinforced. Let's proceed with confidence.
