Legal AI
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UK lawyers are projected to realise £2.4 billion in AI-driven productivity gains in 2026. Regular generative AI use has more than doubled. Yet 95% of pilots still fail.
This December, the UK legal profession comes together to compare notes on what has actually worked, and what 2027 will demand.
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Six Core themes
What We're Examining
From scaling AI adoption to the EU AI Act’s implications for UK practice. The six dimensions shaping how the UK legal profession moves from pilots to responsible, productive deployment at scale.
01 / 06
Scaling AI Adoption: From Pilot to Enterprise
Regular generative AI use has more than doubled in UK law firms, yet AI pilots still fail to deliver measurable impact. The adoption-to-value gap is the defining challenge for 2026. UK firms that have reached operational deployment are reclaiming ~4 hours per lawyer per week, translating to roughly £80,000 in annual billable capacity.
How are firms achieving measurable ROI at scale?
02 / 06
AI Governance & Risk: Building Trust at Scale
The EU AI Act's high-risk provisions become enforceable in August 2026, directly affecting UK firms with European clients or operations. UK firms face a dual compliance burden: navigating EU obligations while the UK government's pro-innovation regulatory stance creates a diverging framework firms must interpret in real time.
Governance is no longer optional.
It is a prerequisite for client trust.
03 / 06
The Client–Firm AI Divide: Expectations, Transparency, Trust
80% of corporate legal executives expect AI to translate into lower bills. 50% of UK corporate legal teams expect transformational AI change within 12 months. Trust in AI as a reliable resource has nearly doubled from 21% to 40% among general counsel in a single year. UK clients are no longer asking whether firms use AI, they are asking how, with what governance, and with what accountability.
Clients want proof of AI impact, not promises.
04 / 06
Knowledge Management as AI Infrastructure
Fewer than 30% of UK organisations have data moderately prepared for AI. Knowledge management has been elevated from a support function to business-critical infrastructure. AI is only as good as the data it ingests, and for most UK law firms, years of unstructured precedents, inconsistent tagging, and siloed practice group knowledge represent the single biggest constraint on AI performance.
What happens when AI output quality is directly tied to knowledge architecture?
04 / 06
The Economics of AI: Productivity, Profitability & Pricing
UK lawyers are projected to realise £2.4 billion in AI-driven productivity gains in 2026. AI could cost firms £20,000+ per lawyer annually if pricing models do not evolve to reflect efficiency. 71% of clients prefer flat fees over hourly billing. The firms that reprice proactively will capture market share; those that do not will face margin compression from both clients and AI-efficient competitors.
What happens when AI output quality is directly tied to knowledge architecture?
04 / 06
Practical Workflows: From Drafting to Agentic AI
Allen & Overy has deployed Harvey to 3,500 lawyers; DLA Piper operates 5,000 Harvey licences globally. 75% of law firm tasks are potentially exposed to AI automation. Agentic AI is at the cusp of mainstream adoption, yet fewer than 20% of UK firms have widespread agentic workflows.
What happens when AI output quality is directly tied to knowledge architecture?
2026 Faculty
Speaking Faculty
Meet the speakers and panellists joining Legal AI London on 1–2 December 2026.
Sarah Harris
Director of Innovation and Knowledge, Partner
Kingsley Napley LLP
AI STRATEGY
FIRM LEADERSHIP
Claire McNamara
Partner - Director of Knowledge and Learning
Penningtons Manches Cooper
AI STRATEGY
FIRM LEADERSHIP
Dr Catriona Wolfenden
Director of Product and Innovation | Partner
Weightmans LLP
AI STRATEGY
FIRM LEADERSHIP
AGENDA
Day 1 Agenda
1st DECEMBER
DAY ONE: TUESDAY, 1ST DECEMBER, 2026
Day 1 / 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Day 1 / 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Chair's Opening Comments
CHAIR
TBA
Day 1 / 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Beyond the Pilot: Why Legal AI Projects Still Fail
From experimentation to enterprise deployment
- What separates promising pilots from AI that actually scales?
- Why do successful experiments fail when introduced across the wider firm?
- What leadership decisions, infrastructure and organisational changes are needed to move beyond experimentation?
- How should firms decide which AI initiatives deserve further investment?
SPEAKERS
TBA
Day 1 / 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Building the AI-Ready Law Firm: Data, Infrastructure and Foundations
Creating the foundations for trusted and scalable legal AI
- Creating trusted, connected and accessible legal data
- Integrating AI into existing technology environments
- Building the infrastructure required for increasingly sophisticated AI
- Ensuring security, confidentiality and governance are designed in from the beginning
SPEAKER
Sarah Harris, Director of Innovation and Knowledge, Partner, Kingsley Napley LLP
Day 1 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking and coffee
Day 1 / 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Making AI Work: From Experimentation to Everyday Legal Practice
How firms can build the capability, knowledge and organisational approach needed to move AI from experimentation into everyday legal practice.
- Moving beyond sandbox pilots towards adoption across legal and business teams
- Building AI literacy, confidence and effective user behaviours
- Combining technology, knowledge, data and process to embed AI into workflows
- Creating the organisational conditions for sustainable, scalable AI adoption
SPEAKERS
Adam Curphey, Director of Innovation & AI, Macfarlanes
Day 1 / 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Knowledge Management as AI Infrastructure: Preparing Legal Knowledge for the AI Era
Why AI performance depends on trusted, accessible and well-structured organisational knowledge
- Turning fragmented precedents and practice-group knowledge into usable AI-ready information
- Connecting knowledge management, data and AI to improve everyday legal work
- Interactive discussion: what does an AI-ready knowledge environment actually look like?
SPEAKERS
Gabriel Karawani, Co-Founder and Director, AtlasFuse by ClearPeople
Katya Linossi, Co-founder and CEO, Atlas Fuse by ClearPeople
Day 1 / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Network lunch
Day 1 / 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
AI Procurement in 2027: Choosing Technology That Will Last
Assessing AI tools beyond functionality and marketing claims
- Managing contractual, IP, data and regulatory risks
- Avoiding vendor lock-in and AI washing
- Negotiating protections for rapidly evolving AI services
- Future-proofing long-term AI investments
SPEAKERS
Roch Glowacki, Partner, Lewis Silkin
Day 1 / 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
AI at Scale: From Pilot to Commercial Value
Make better commercial decisions about AI by assessing where technology can solve genuine business challenges, evaluating investment against competing priorities, and considering its impact on resourcing, pricing, margins, risk, quality and client choice. Explore how firms can determine where AI creates meaningful commercial value — and where it doesn’t.
- Building the commercial case for scaling AI
- Measuring productivity, quality and business impact
- Using targeted pilots to inform investment decisions
- Rethinking pricing, resourcing and client value
SPEAKERS
Rob Tyler, Head of Technology & Innovation, Cripps
Day 1 / 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Networking Break
Day 1 / 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM / PANEL
Beyond the Pilot: Turning Legal AI into Sustainable Client Value
Law firms have spent the past two years experimenting with AI. The challenge for 2027 is turning successful experiments into sustainable improvements in legal work and client service.
- From pilots to production: What separates scalable AI from abandoned experiments?
- Redesigning legal work: How AI changes processes, roles and service delivery
- Proving value: What should clients and firm leadership actually measure?
- Building for 2027: How firms turn AI adoption into sustainable advantage
SPEAKERS
Claire McNamara, Partner - Director of Knowledge and Learning, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Jonathan Swan, IT Director, Roythornes
Claire Stripp, Head of Talent & Knowledge, Browne Jacobson
Stuart Hopper, Founder, Table13 Consultants
Day 1 / 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Chairs Closing Remarks
Day 1 / 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Networking Reception
AGENDA
Day 2 Agenda
2nd DECEMBER
DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, 2ND DECEMBER, 2026
Day 2 / 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Day 2 / 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Chair’s opening comments
CHAIR
TBA
Day 2 / 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
From Copilots to Agents: The Next Generation of Legal AI
Where can agentic AI deliver genuine legal value?
- Moving from AI assistance to AI-enabled workflows
- Balancing autonomy with human oversight
- What needs to change before firms can safely deploy agents at scale?
SPEAKERS
TBA
Day 2 / 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Redesigning Legal Workflows Around AI
From adding technology to redesigning legal work
- Removing unnecessary manual work and duplication
- Re-engineering processes around what humans and AI do best
- Changing roles and responsibilities
- Identifying workflows where AI can genuinely transform service delivery
SPEAKERS
TBA
Day 2 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Networking and coffee
Day 2 / 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Clients Now Expect AI: Responding to Changing Market Demand
How are client expectations changing?
- What transparency do clients expect about AI use?
- How should firms communicate AI-enabled services and quality controls?
- Who benefits from AI-generated efficiencies — firms, clients or both?
- How will AI affect pricing and the traditional law-firm business model?
SPEAKERS
TBA
Day 2 / 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM / PANEL
AI Governance Under Pressure: Enabling Innovation Without Losing Control
As AI moves from experimentation into everyday legal practice, governance is becoming a continuous operational challenge.
- Who owns AI risk? Accountability across legal, IT, risk, innovation and business teams
- Governing deployment: Building frameworks that enable experimentation while maintaining oversight
- Managing the risk landscape: Regulatory, IP, data protection, confidentiality, cybersecurity and reputational risks
- Managing AI suppliers: Due diligence, contractual protections and rapidly changing AI products
- Client expectations: Transparency, confidentiality and communicating how AI is being used
- Keeping governance current: Updating policies, training and controls as technology evolves
SPEAKERS
Toby Bond, Partner, Bird & Bird
Vanessa Searle, Senior Associate - Risk, Burges Salmon LLP
Dr Catriona Wolfenden, Director of Product and Innovation | Partner, Weightmans LLP
Eleanor Windsor, Partner, Director of KM, Irwin Mitchell
Day 2 / 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Network lunch
Day 2 / 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Cybersecurity, Confidentiality and AI Risk
Protecting confidential client information
- Understanding AI data flows and security implications
- Managing third-party AI and supplier risks
- Maintaining resilience as AI becomes embedded in legal operations
- What should firms be asking technology providers that they aren’t asking today?
SPEAKERS
TBA
Day 2 / 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM / PANEL
The AI-Ready Lawyer: Skills, Standards and Professional Responsibility
- What skills must lawyers retain? Critical thinking, legal analysis, judgement, verification and professional scepticism
- Using AI responsibly: Applying professional obligations when researching, drafting, reviewing and advising
- What can AI safely replace? And what must remain a human responsibility?
- Training the next generation: How should trainee and junior lawyer development change?
- Supervision and accountability: Who remains responsible when AI contributes to legal work?
- Professional standards: What should firms, regulators and clients expect from AI-enabled lawyers?
SPEAKERS
Lila Gailling, Knowledge and Development Lawyer, Financial Conduct Authority
Day 2 / 3:30 PM
Networking and coffee
Day 2 / 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM / PANEL
AI Geopolitics: Regulation, Government and the Global AI Race
A senior-level discussion examining how competing regulatory approaches, government strategies and corporate responses are shaping the global AI environment.
- The regulatory landscape: EU, UK, US, China and emerging approaches
- Government response: Regulation, industrial policy, national security and AI investment
- The corporate response: How multinational businesses are navigating increasingly divergent regimes
- AI and economic power: Productivity, investment, markets and competitiveness
- Strategic implications for law firms and their clients
- What does the global AI landscape look like heading into 2027?
SPEAKERS
Bojana Bellamy, President, CIPL Hunton
Day 2 / 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Chair’s closing comments
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