AI For Lawyers

AI For Lawyers

Noah Waisberg, Alexander Hudek

Foreword by Dev Stahlkopf

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Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal profession—and how you can leverage it to enhance your legal skills—with this engaging guide from the creators of one of the world’s leading legal AI platforms.

AI for Lawyers: How Artificial Intelligence is Adding Value, Amplifying Expertise, and Transforming Careers explores the practical ways in which artificial intelligence can be used to revolutionize legal practice today. Written by Noah Waisberg and Dr. Alexander Hudek—a lawyer and a computer science Ph.D. who co-founded prominent legal AI business Kira Systems—this accessible and insightful guide will help you optimize everyday legal tasks in an increasingly AI-driven world.

AI for Lawyers shows how artificial intelligence can help you:

  • Win more business and find more clients

  • Better meet and exceed client expectations

  • Find hidden efficiencies

  • Better manage and eliminate risk

  • Increase associate and partner engagement

Featuring contributions from legal tech leaders at Casetext, Neota Logic, and Blue J Legal, this resource offers diverse perspectives on innovation, ethics, and implementation. It introduces students to the real-world impact of AI across core legal practices like e-Discovery, legal research, document review, contract analysis, expert systems, and litigation analytics.

Whether you aspire to join a large firm, boutique practice, or launch your own practice, AI for Lawyers provides the foundational knowledge and critical insight required to thrive in today’s tech-forward legal landscape.

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ISBN
978-1-119-72384-4
Page Count
208
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 2021
Status
Available
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Law School Other

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  • First-hand knowledge and insights from the founders of Kira Systems, a leading legal AI company, providing insider perspective on industry trends.

  • Addresses ethical considerations in the use of AI, including bias, transparency, and the lawyer’s duty of competence.

  • Introduces the AI Adoption Framework to help readers and firms plan for and implement AI tools in practice.

  • Accessible language and format, perfect for law students, lawyers, and those interested in legal technology and AI.

  • Highlights emerging roles for tech-savvy legal professionals.

  • ​Contributions from industry leaders and legal technology innnovators: 

    • Pablo Arredondo – Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Casetext

    • Jake Heller – Co-Founder and CEO, Casetext

    • Anthony Niblett – Co-Founder of Blue J Legal

    • Michael Mills – Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Neota Logic

    • Dera Nevin – Legal technology expert and Managing Director, FTI Consulting

    • Laura Safdie – Co-Founder, COO, and General Counsel, Casetext

Foreword
Introduction

Part I The Point: AI in Law is Here to Stay. It's Time to Take Advantage
Chapter 1: How Lawyers Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
Chapter 2: #DoMoreLaw: How Doing Work More Efficiently Can Create More Legal Work, Not Less
Chapter 3: The Small Law Mindset: Bringing Biglaw Capabilities to Smaller Firms
Chapter 4: AI: A Modern Job Creator: The New Legal Mindsets, Skill Sets, and Jobs That Are in Demand
Chapter 5: Amplifying Legal Expertise: From One-to-One Advisory to Scalable, One-to-Many Service Delivery
Chapter 6: The Ethics of Lawyers Using—and Not Using—AI

Part II The Proof: AI Technologies are Delivering Results Today 93
Chapter 7: eDiscovery: What It Is and How AI Is Continuing to Transform How It Works for You—By Dera Nevin
Chapter 8: AI in Legal Research: How AI Is Providing Everyone Access to Information and Leveling the Playing Field for Firms of All Sizes—By Jake Heller, Co-Founder and CEO, Casetext
Laura Safdie, Co-Founder, COO, and General Counsel, Casetext, and Pablo Arredondo, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Casetext
Chapter 9: Litigation Analytics: The Emergence of Analytics in Law and Why It's Now Dangerous to Practice Litigation Without Data—By Anthony Niblett, Co-Founder of Blue J Legal
Chapter 10: Contract Review to Contract Capital: How Ubiquitous Access to Contract Analysis Software Will Transform Legal and Business Practices
Chapter 11: Expert Systems: Self-Service Law and the Automation of Legal Question-Answering—By Michael Mills, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Neota Logic

Part III The Plan: Leverage Data and AI to Expand and Future Proof Your Practice 153
Chapter 12: The AI Adoption Framework: Understanding the Adoption Path That Will Help You Get Ahead and Build the Practice of the Future
Chapter 13: Conclusion

Acknowledgments
About The Authors
Index