Extract from Stephen Embry’s article, “Who Will Control The AI Relationship: In-House Or Outside Counsel?”
Everyone here should care.
At the media briefing today at the NetDocuments Inspire conference, the CEO, Josh Baxter, made a bold statement: “There is the opportunity for the first time to change the practice of law.” I think he may be right. But opportunity is just that. Whether anyone capitalizes is a different matter entirely.
That’s why I thought one of the more compelling presentations here at Inspire would be the one entitled “Closing the Client-Counsel Divide.” It was given by Michael Owen Hill, NetDocuments’ director of product marketing, and Kathleen Hogan, NetDocuments’ legal innovation partner.
The session was all about some critical questions: What will the future relationship between in-house counsel and outside lawyers look like? Who will reap the benefits of the AI revolution? As between in-house and outside counsel, who will end up controlling the work? Who will end up being the dominant player?
