Westminster Legal Policy Forum

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The future for AI in legal services

Morning, Wednesday, 6th December 2023


This conference will assess the future for the use of AI in legal practice and implications for law firms, those working in them, and service users.


It will bring together stakeholders and policymakers to examine regulatory challenges, and the direction of policy following the Government’s white paper on A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation.


Discussion will look at how AI technologies can be utilised to increase both access and efficiency for legal services.


Delegates will discuss strategies and challenges for effective implementation of AI to enhance process and services, including where the human-machine interfaces lie in different contexts, and priorities for mitigating potential risks that AI poses.


It will also be an opportunity to discuss how AI deployment in the sector may impact the roles of legal professionals and the day-to-day running of services for different legal positions.


Further sessions will examine the impact of AI transitions within the legal sector on training and education for both existing and aspiring lawyers, and how to effectively navigate and support lawyers through a transition to increased integration of AI within legal practice.


We are pleased to be able to include keynote sessions with: Matthew Hill, Chief Executive, Legal Services Board; Professor Richard Susskind, President, Society for Computers and Law; Ian Jeffrey, Chief Executive Officer, Law Society; and Shobana Iyer, Vice-Chair, Legal Services Committee, Bar Council.


Overall, areas for discussion include:

  • regulatory implications: assessing the impact of AI technology on regulation in the legal profession, including AI technology as an entity and issues of accountability
  • consumer impact: what legal services may look like for consumers when supported by AI - access to services - mitigating risks of data and biases - what this means for accountability and liability
  • ensuring the quality of AI integration: exploring frameworks and strategies needed to effectively integrate technology into legal services - how the quality of AI can be measured and maintained
  • the legal workforce and an AI transition:
    • implications across all roles in firms, as well as legal education, upskilling and CPD
    • best practice in supporting adaptation - impact on aspiring and newly qualified lawyers
  • R&D: priorities for future investment to sustain the development of AI in the legal sector
  • future direction: exploring the priorities for the legal profession moving forward as AI technologies continue to advance

The conference will be an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who are due to attend from DBT; DCMS; Defra; DfE; DfT; DLUHC; DSIT; DWP; GLD; HMCTS; HMRC; HM Treasury; Home Office; IfATE; MOJ; NAO; NCA; Ofcom; ORR; The Scottish Government; and the Welsh Government.



Keynote Speakers

Matthew Hill

Chief Executive, Legal Services Board

Ian Jeffrey

Chief Executive Officer, Law Society

Professor Richard Susskind

President, Society for Computers and Law

Shobana Iyer

Vice-Chair, Legal Services Committee, Bar Council

Keynote Speakers

Ian Jeffrey

Chief Executive Officer, Law Society

Professor Richard Susskind

President, Society for Computers and Law

Matthew Hill

Chief Executive, Legal Services Board

Shobana Iyer

Vice-Chair, Legal Services Committee, Bar Council

Speakers

Akber Datoo

Founder and CEO, D2 Legal Technology

Dr Ann Thanaraj

Assistant Director, Digital Transformation, Teesside University

Kerry Westland

Head of Innovation and Legal Technology, Addleshaw Goddard

Dr Emma Jones

Senior Lecturer, The University of Sheffield

Shaun Jardine

Solicitor (Non Practising), Big Yellow Penguin

Liz Adams

Head of Programme: Algorithmic Transparency, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

Paul Caddy

Head of Insight, Shoosmiths

Ellen Lefley

Lawyer, JUSTICE

Kriti Sharma

Chief Product Officer, Legal Tech, Thomson Reuters

James Hutt

Founding Consultant, Paradigm Junction

Professor Sue Prince

University of Exeter

Eleanor Lightbody

Chief Executive Officer, Luminance

Dia Thanki

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Alchemy Machines