Legal AI

New York

Legal Engineers. Vibecoding. Native Firms. New Models. Agentic AI.

Inside Practice brings together the profession's most consequential voices at the intersection of law, technology, and transformation.

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From the AI pilot crisis to agentic workflows, four themes re-shaping how legal organisations move from experimentation to enterprise-scale AI value.

The gap between experimentation and enterprise value is the defining challenge for legal leaders in 2026.

• 85% — lawyers using AI daily/weekly (8am/LawPay)
  
• 95% — AI pilots that fail to scale (MIT/Axiom)
• Only 5% achieve measurable ROI at enterprise scale

The Colorado AI Act is live from June 2026, California and Texas enforcement is underway, and courts are actively defining AI accountability. Governance is no longer optional, it is a prerequisite for client trust.

• 68% — legal professionals worried about AI ethics
• Colorado AI Act effective June 2026
• Only 25% have formal AI ethics training

Corporate legal executives expect lower bills as a direct result of AI efficiency gains. Trust in AI among GCs nearly doubled, and clients want proof of AI impact, not promises.

• 80% — corporate legal execs expect lower AI bills
  
• GC trust in AI: 21% → 40% in one year
• 50% of corporate legal teams expect transformational change in 12 months

With the speed of change accelerating - what's really coming next for Legal AI?

• Legal engineers - sitting at the intersection of law, technology, and change management.
  
• Vibe coding - The barrier between legal expertise and legal technology is disappearing.
  
• AI-native models - restructuring legal economics entirely.
  
• New legal models - When AI, external capital, and regulatory reform converge, they don't add, they multiply.

Practitioners, founders, and researchers defining the new legal landscape.

We will be announcing our full faculty in the coming weeks.

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A focused two-day event for law firm leaders, Chief Innovation Officers, legal ops directors, KM heads, and in-house counsel — the practical playbook for operationalising AI with governance, economics, and the client imperative at the centre.