Extract from Sam Bock’s article, “Skilled Skepticism: How Pro Bono Teams Put AI to Work.”
Editor’s Note: The panelists quoted in this article shared their personal views, which do not represent the views of their firms.
The stakes for the people involved in pro bono matters are staggeringly high. But timelines are tight, and the match between available resources and the scope of the work is … often lacking.
It’s little surprise, then, that AI, with its glowing promises of speed and thoroughness, has captured the attention of the legal professionals doing that work.
But let’s look back at those stakes for a second and remember: AI is no easy button. The promise is real, but the risks can be, too. How do you earn an attorney’s trust in a new tool? How do you match the right tool to the right task? And how do you hold every matter to the same professional standards when even errant technology tends to sound so sure of itself?
