AI: Moving Legal Research Innovation Forward Artificial Lawyer

Often when we hear about artificial intelligence in legal it's addressed from a high-level, philosophical perspective that sometimes ignores the immediate use cases for practicing lawyers. Flying in the face of this, AI in legal took a major step forward on June 20 at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center where leaders from law firms, legal technology providers, law schools and in-house legal departments gathered to examine AI's convergence within specific areas of legal, namely: e-discovery, contract review, contract analysis, litigation, and of course, legal research. There are roughly 900 legal tech startups in the legal ecosystem all attempting to improve how law is practice from solo shops to the biggest firms in the world. Among these tech providers, AI-based tools are becoming more widely accepted and better understood among lawyers. In an encouraging sign, more corporate clients are demanding their outside counsel use these technologies to be more accurate, more innovative and more efficient.