What impact will AI have on the legal profession?

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The law centre helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire has had its funding slashed so severely that it is relying on public donations, charitable grants and lawyers choosing to work for free, it has been revealed. 

Subsequent to the Internet 2.0 with the rise of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, the new revivification of the Internet will be the emergence of the Internet of Value.

Law conversion courses offered by legal education providers are designed to get non-law graduates up to speed on the legal profession.

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) is the centralised system of exams that all prospective solicitors must pass to qualify.

The University of Exeter’s student law society – Bracton Law Society (BLS) – is to be disbanded after an investigation by the university and the students’ guild into the racist WhatsApp messages that were publicly released in March.

Several firms have agreed to provide new homes for as many of Dewey & LeBoeuf's current and future trainees as possible, following the US firm's much-publicised collapse - though the number of trainees without new firms remains unknown.

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Full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau LLP has expanded its footprint in Edinburgh to accommodate its “rapidly growing team”. 

The body overseeing legal aid decisions in England and Wales is being taken to court by human rights organisation Liberty over its refusal to help homeless people challenge potentially unlawful treatment by local councils.

The SRA, Bar Standards Board and ILEX have announced a number of key appointments for the joint Legal Education and Training Review.

The BLD Foundation (BLD) recently held a reception at the House of Commons to raise awareness of the need to increase diversity in, and access to, the legal profession.

Coming from an international background, I've always thought an international law firm would be the perfect fit - mimicking the culturally diverse contexts in which I grew up. However, when answering the question "Why would you like to work at an international firm?" on an application form, I found it hard to articulate my exact reasons without sounding too generic.

Ropes & Gray International LLP has expanded its ‘TrAIlblazers’ initiative to Europe, giving junior lawyers the ability to spend 20% of their billable hours on hands-on AI exploration.

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