Law firms are increasingly hiring staff with technology backgrounds to stand out from their rivals. AI is revolutionizing the legal industry, with many firms now putting together teams to figure out how to use generative AI across all their practice areas. AI is particularly suited to time-consuming legal work, such as analysing large documents, predicting successful arguments, and creating questions for depositions. Several firms have already implemented AI-powered chatbots and assistants to help lawyers draft contracts and memos. Travers Smith recently promoted one of its software engineers to the role of AI manager and is looking to build a customised AI.
