A Law Firm Consultant's Concern for the Lack of Concern About AI

Altman Weil principal Thomas Clay has spent over 30 years as a strategic consultant to law firms, so there's not much that surprises him about the industry anymore. If that isn't enough to give him an insider's view of the industry, his company created the Law Firms in Transition Flash Survey and he co-authors the Altman Weil Report every year. That said, a bonus question at the end of the 2017 survey gave him reason to raise an eyebrow at the results. The bonus question in this year's survey: "Technology tools that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, like Watson and Ross, are beginning to be adopted by some law firms. What is your firm's stance on the use of legal AI tools?" "Honestly, I'm amazed at how little AI has affected law firms so far."