Legal AI
How smarter tools can transform legal work
For Claire Tyler, managing partner at Rainey Collins, the legal industry is a landscape of tradition – but also, an exciting frontier of technological transformation. With nearly two decades of experience specialising in property and commercial law, Tyler has built a career around providing pragmatic advice to her clients...
The Digital Transformation of Law: A Lawyer's Perspective
Technology is rapidly reshaping the way lawyers work, and for Richard Little, partner at Eagles Eagles & Redpath, it’s an exciting evolution. Little specialises in conveyancing, civil and private law, and has a significant interest in mental health proceedings – an area that has benefited hugely from the technological...
Pitfalls to avoid when adopting Legal AI
Mark Ford, a founder of Ford Sumner Lawyers and Executive Director of the Law Plus collaborative law firm group, has seen the legal profession change dramatically over the course of his career. From the days of faxes and pen-and-paper workflows to today’s cutting-edge AI tools, technology in the legal sector has evolved...
Rise of the AI-enabled lawyer
Authored by Seeta Bodke, Product Manager, LexisNexis ® Pacific The legal profession has seen a gradual but significant transformation for several years. From increasing efficiencies and reducing the amount of unbillable time to becoming more client-centric, law firms have slowly yet steadily moved towards adopting newer...
AI for Growth: Harnessing the Power of Large Language Models in the Legal Industry
Authored by Greg Dickason, Managing Director Asia-Pacific, LexisNexis ® Evolution of Large Language Models There’s no doubt that AI is here. The surge in interest that has arisen from the introduction of new generative tools like ChatGPT or Google’s Bard is unlike anything we’ve seen for a long time. But the truth...
Lawyers Applaud AI Tool for Enhanced Research Capabilities
Lawyers across New Zealand, Australia and Singapore have been given an exclusive look at the next generation of legal AI tools, powered by LexisNexis ® - and the results are already game-changing. Lexis+ ® is quickly making its mark as the definitive research tool for the legal industry, with lawyers stating that it has...
AI and the modern law firm: selecting the right tech
Authored by Claire Linwood, Product Manager, LexisNexis ® Pacific This is the first article in the future-proofing your firm for growth series. Technology has long been part of what it means to practice law, with document automation, practice management systems, and computer-aided legal research part of lawyers’ day...
AI won’t replace lawyers; rather, lawyers using AI will
The boundaries of technology are advancing at an unprecedented rate, particularly in the realm of AI. The legal industry is on the cusp of a new, transformative era – and LexisNexis New Zealand will soon be launching the next evolution in legal research. Gone are the days where lawyers have to spend hours researching...
Transitioning from partner to barrister and embracing AI in law
After fifteen years as a litigator and over a decade as a director and partner at boutique law firm SD Legal, Dushan Delic has bid farewell to his role as a solicitor. Driven by a desire for independence, autonomy, and a deeper focus on his areas of expertise, Delic has struck out on his own to become a barrister — a move...
How will generative AI change the legal industry?
Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm, and the excitement has reached the legal industry. While the world tentatively dips its toes into the possibilities of GenAI, 84% of lawyers already believe that it will increase their efficiency. But with GenAI poised to speed up tasks such as research...
Harnessing the power of AI to deliver better client outcomes
AI is not a tool to be feared – it can be an important ally in bolstering the advice lawyers offer. Jacqueline So of NZ Lawyer sat down with LexisNexis Pacific Head of Core Product Lindsay O’Connor to talk about how lawyers can harness AI to expand their knowledge base and generate more informed outcomes for their clients...
Generative AI and what it means to you
Unlike its generative predecessors such as Midjourney and DALL-E 2, ChatGPT seems to have caught the interest and imagination of the mainstream. I’d initially held-off writing anything on the launch of ChatGPT due to the hype that accompanies these launches, but over a month later, it is still very much in the public consciousness...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning permeate our work and home lives. But what are they?
Lawyers and other professionals must apply their expertise to the hard problems of law, business and society in a saturated information environment on a daily basis. What’s more, the legal, financial and geopolitical landscape in which we work is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly complex. In this context, new...