Join us for an engaging and timely discussion on how legal professionals are navigating the opportunities and challenges of AI in today’s evolving legal landscape.

The panel will bring together in-house counsel and law firm lawyers to share practical, on-the-ground experience with AI tools in legal practice today. The conversation will span the range of what's available—from AI products built specifically for in-house teams and trained on a client's own work product to the more generalized AI tools widely used across legal practice.

Panelists will discuss the internal dynamics that often shape how these tools actually get adopted within organizations, including why certain legal or business departments remain resistant to using AI, and the opposite risk of becoming too dependent on it without keeping a careful eye out as to common pitfalls. The panelists will also touch on data security and privilege considerations when deploying AI tools in-house, as those considerations often are top of mind for legal departments evaluating these products.

Beyond the company and firm perspectives, the discussion will turn to how AI is affecting lawyers’ work and relationships more broadly, including its impact on hiring and staffing needs, how firms and companies are approaching supervision of AI-assisted work, the contractual and engagement provisions emerging to govern AI use, and evolving expectations around reporting.

Drawing on real-world examples from both corporate legal departments and law firms, this session will give attendees a practical, grounded look at where AI is genuinely adding value in legal practice—and where caution is still warranted.