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AI and the Future of Law Podcast · Technology

AI and the Future of Law Podcast

AI and the Future of Law is your essential podcast for understanding how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the legal industry. Hosted by Bridget McCormack and Jen Leonard, each episode delves into cutting-edge technologies, trends, and strategies, providing invaluable insights for legal professionals, tech enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the future of law. Join us as we navigate the evolving landscape of AI, empowering the legal community to thrive in an era of unprecedented innovation. This podcast is presented by the American Arbitration Association with Creative Lawyers, and distributed by PLI - bridging world-class legal education with the global leader in dispute resolution.

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How Judges Can Use AI Without Losing Human Judgment with Justice Jerod Tufte

01 Sep 2026AI processed

Artificial intelligence offers transformative potential for the judiciary, provided judges maintain rigorous oversight and accountability. Justice Jerod Tufte of the North Dakota Supreme Court demonstrates how integrating AI into chambers—specifically through custom-built databases like Model Context Protocols—enables ...

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What Does It Mean to Be an AI-Ready Lawyer? PLI’s AI Competency Framework Explained

04 Aug 2026AI processed

The "AI-Ready Lawyer" competency framework establishes a standardized language for AI fluency within the legal profession, addressing the industry's critical need for shared understanding amidst rapid technological change. Developed through a collaboration between PLI, the Innovation Council, and Creative Lawyers, the ...

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Can Law Firms Redesign Themselves for AI? Jen Leonard on Unprecedented

23 Jun 2026AI processed

The legal profession faces an urgent need to reinvent traditional business models as generative AI and shifting stakeholder expectations disrupt long-standing practices. Jen Leonard’s book, Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything is Changing, provides a practical blueprint for this transforma...

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Can AI Make Lawyers Better? Daniel Schwarcz on Legal Reasoning

12 May 2026AI processed

Legal training in adversarial processes—such as probing for precision and identifying counter-arguments—provides an ideal foundation for effectively leveraging artificial intelligence. Recent empirical research involving law students reveals that AI-assisted synthesis of legal materials can enhance performance in subse...

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Why Legal Education and Career Paths Are Changing

23 Apr 2026AI processed

Legal education faces a critical misalignment between traditional academic incentives and the evolving demands of a technology-driven market. While law schools historically attract risk-averse individuals suited for rigid hierarchies, the rise of AI and legal tech startups like Harvey is creating a new status for entre...

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How AI Agents Are Changing Legal Work

21 Apr 2026AI processed

The integration of agentic AI and systems thinking into legal practice offers a path to move beyond traditional, scarcity-based operational models. Jason Barnwell, Chief Legal Officer at Agiloft, highlights that while many lawyers view AI as an incremental tool for drafting, its true potential lies in its ability to fu...

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AI Agents and the Widening Divide in Legal

24 Feb 2026AI processed

The podcast explores the evolving landscape of AI in the legal profession, focusing on the shift from adoption metrics to measuring the actual impact and ROI of AI tools. It highlights the increasing feeling of being overwhelmed by the rapid advancements in AI, even among experts. The discussion covers the rise of "vib...

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When Will Lawyers Trust AI? An Interview with Gabe Pereyra, President & Co-Founder of Harvey AI

27 Jan 2026AI processed

The podcast explores the transformative impact of generative AI on the legal profession, particularly focusing on Harvey, a platform designed to deploy AI at scale within law firms and in-house legal teams. Gabe Pereyra, president and co-founder of Harvey, discusses how AI can optimize law firm profitability by realloc...

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How Law Firms Are Really Adopting AI: Culture, Strategy, and Innovation That Actually Works

16 Sep 2025
57m
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Regulating Legal AI: A Framework for the Future

10 Sep 2025
16m
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GPT-5 Arrives: What Lawyers Need to Know

09 Sep 2025
8m
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When AI Reveals the Human Error We Tolerate

08 Sep 2025
13m
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Can GPT-5 Practice Law? Legal AI and New Rules Ahead [Episode 32]

02 Sep 2025
40m
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How Garfield Law Became the First AI-Native Firm

27 Aug 2025
25m
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Inside the First AI-Native Law Firm Garfield Law

19 Aug 2025
50m
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Adam Unikowsky Used AI to Re-Argue His Supreme Court Case—and It Did Better

13 Aug 2025
23m
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ChatGPT Agents Are Here. Lawyers, This Is What You Need to Know.

12 Aug 2025
11m
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AI Aha! Moment: How I Used AI to Train and Host a Party

11 Aug 2025
5m
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Can AI Win in Court? Real Stories + Big Experiments

05 Aug 2025
48m
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Why AI Training Shouldn’t Be One-Size-Fits-All

30 Jul 2025
9m
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