Extract from Matthew Golab & Phoebe Cracknell’s article, “The ANZ Legal AI Moment: What’s Real, What’s Required, What’s Next.”
Relativity recently hosted an AI Masterclass in Melbourne, bringing together general counsel, senior in-house leaders, law firm partners, and legal technology executives for a full day of candid conversation about where AI in ANZ legal stands, what courts and regulators now expect, and what the strongest legal teams are building to lead over the next three to five years. Across four sessions, here’s what emerged.
Where AI in ANZ Legal Stands
The opening session set the tone: less about what AI could theoretically do, and more about what’s being adopted right now.
Two live disputes framed the conversation. A recent ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Schulte v. LinkedIn, didn’t make headlines for approving AI-assisted review, since that’s already settled law at this point. The real question the court was probing was how the workflow was built, how it was disclosed, and whether it was proportionate to the matter – a shift worth paying attention to.
