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Is AI coming for our jobs as lawyers?

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The transformative changes brought by AI to legal practice in South Africa.

Is AI coming to take away our jobs as lawyers and hand them over to large language models? In the second episode of the Group One Advocates AI and the Law podcast series, host Gavin Rome SC explores this provocative question with two highly experienced intellectual property attorneys, Leanne Mostert and Aalia Manie. Together, they discuss the transformative changes — both promising and concerning — that AI is bringing to the legal profession, from efficiency gains to ethical dilemmas and training challenges.
Chapters
  • 00:04 Introduction to AI in the South African Legal System
  • 03:32 Initial Reactions to Generative AI
  • 07:40 Concerns about Training Young Lawyers
  • 09:03 AI as an Augmentative Tool
  • 11:20 AI Enhancing Client Deliverables
  • 14:22 AI in Intellectual Property Research
  • 17:34 Client Expectations and Concerns Regarding AI
  • 20:52 RFQs and RFPs in the Age of AI
  • 21:53 The Future of Billing Models
  • 24:12 Weber-Wentzel Fusion: A Legal Services Provider
  • 28:17 Resistance to AI in the Legal Profession
  • 30:21 Overcoming Skepticism towards AI
  • 33:21 AI and Access to Justice
  • 34:42 The Role of AI in Legal Information vs Legal Advice
  • 37:21 AI Tools used at Weber-Wentzel
  • 39:54 Ethical Use of AI and Client Confidentiality
  • 42:22 The Need for Regulation
  • 43:42 Internal Regulation and Best Practices
  • 45:56 South Africa's Role in Development
  • 46:34 Optimism vs Dystopian views on AI
2 Jul English South Africa Technology · Business

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