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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already here, to break paradigms in the legal field. There is no need to fear it, you have to adapt and make the best of it.
I believe that all the technological tools that are being developed to contribute to the legal field, each has a specific function, such as CLM software, which is more oriented towards the contract management process (Contract Management), We now also have companies of the technological sector offering us databases of laws, sentences for each country, which greatly simplifies the task of the lawyer when it comes to analyzing the resolution of complex cases and even doing an analysis of comparative law, to understand the legal logic, the complexity of what is presented to us.
Law firms that effectively take advantage of emerging technologies will be able to offer services at a lower cost, with greater efficiency, and with a greater likelihood of favorable litigation outcomes. This is where the importance of adapting to changes lies. We all know that for a tool to achieve the desired results, it must be handled by experts, who in this case should be lawyers with a developed legal logic.
A person with zero knowledge of legal jargon and logic could well use this technology in the wrong way, that is, as we say in Venezuelan slang, shoemaker to your shoe. On many occasions, I have come across people talking about topics that they think they know because they have filtered on Google and read a couple of articles, ignoring the complexity of the analysis, because each case is different, has different elements, and occurs differently.
With the above, what I mean is that the use of technologies that include artificial intelligence will bring benefits, as long as they are handled by experts in the area on which they are focused.
One of the most relevant aspects of AI is that it will save us time when it comes to litigation, i.e., in those tasks that take us time, such as extracting structure, meaning, and outstanding information from a vast set of documents, so that what previously took us weeks, we could do in seconds.
AI is also expected to be used in trials in the not-too-distant future, such as in real-time transcription, providing vital information to lawyers.
For lawyers, making the most of AI tools will involve much more than just pushing a button. AI is most effective when used to complement human skills, and people who learn to harness this collaboration well will get the most out of AI tools.
This will require the development of new skills, including knowing how to choose the right AI tool for a particular task, knowing how to build the right queries, evaluating responses for relevance, quality, and accuracy (and then updating the query as needed), and being able to synthesize the global results in a coherent and current image. Lawyers will also need to pay attention to ensuring that any use of AI tools is done with due regard to protecting confidentiality.
Law firms will have to institute new training so that legal professionals can adapt to this new environment. Law schools should update their curricula to ensure that they provide law students with instructions on how to use AI research and writing tools, as these skills will be in high demand in the professional market, and, of course, in the marketplace for labor.
Lawyer Maria Alejandra Tuozzo
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