AI and the Future of Law
AI and the Future of Law is your essential podcast for understanding how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the legal industry.
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How Judges Can Use AI Without Losing Human Judgment with Justice Jerod Tufte (opens the original)
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How can judges use AI without delegating the human judgment at the center of their role? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Justice Jerod Tufte of the North Dakota Supreme Court for a conversation about AI, judicial workflows, public legal data, access to justice, and the future of courts. In this episode: How judges can use AI while preserving human judgment Why AI should support, not decide, judicial work How AI can assist with records, citations, and bench memos
Kirkland’s $500 Million AI Bet and the Future of Junior Lawyers (opens the original)
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What does Kirkland & Ellis’ $500 million AI bet mean for Big Law — and for junior lawyers? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack discuss Kirkland’s reported investment in building its own proprietary AI platform and what it signals about the legal industry’s shift from AI adoption to AI building. They explain why Kirkland’s strategy may make sense for Kirkland, but why other firms should be careful not to copy it without considering their own strengths, clients, culture, and market
What Does It Mean to Be an AI-Ready Lawyer? Farrah Pepper and Kirsten Talmage on AI Competency (opens the original)
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What does it mean to be an AI-ready lawyer? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Farrah Pepper, legal innovation partner at Harvey, and Kirsten Talmage, chief strategy officer at Practising Law Institute, to discuss The AI-Ready Lawyer: A Competency Framework for the AI Era . Farrah and Kirsten explain why the legal profession needs a shared language for AI competency, how the framework can help law firms, legal departments, law schools, and individual lawyers, and wh
What Is an AI-Native Law Firm? John Nay on Norm AI and Norm Law (opens the original)
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What is an AI-native law firm? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by John Nay, founder and CEO of Norm AI and Norm Law, for a conversation about agentic law, AI-native legal services, and what it means to build legal work around agents rather than copilots. John explains how legal and regulatory reasoning can be embedded into AI agents, allowing them to perform first-pass work, learn from prior matters, and create compounding value over time. The conversation also expl
How AI Is Reshaping In-House Legal Teams with Nick Fleisher (opens the original)
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How is AI changing the work of in-house legal teams? In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Nick Fleisher, co-founder and CEO of Sandstone, an AI-native platform built specifically for in-house legal teams. Nick discusses how AI is transforming legal operations by helping legal departments manage intake, triage work, connect business context, and move from reactive service providers to proactive strategic partners. The conversation explores why successful legal AI depen
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