Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer Invited to Share AI Legal Tech Predictions for 2025

The National Law Review invited Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer Evan Shenkman to share his predictions for how AI may shape legal tech and regulation in 2025. He was one of 65 to share predictions on AI and the law among a group of other authorities on the topic including federal judges, startup founders, CEOs, and leaders of AI practice groups at global law firms.

Here is what Evan had to say:

2025 Prediction: By late 2025 we will see the greatest AI value from powerful GenAI tools that don't require user-provided prompts but which offer powerful, real-time assistance to attorneys, nonetheless. Think about tools that can listen in on depositions, trials, or client intake meetings, and provide the attorney -- in real-time -- with AI-powered guidance and assistance (issue spotting, identifying inconsistencies or falsehoods, etc.) based on the tool's prior review and analysis of the entire case file. Or tools that can continually review the case docket, and then unilaterally alert the attorney of what just happened, what now needs to be done, and include GenAI-created proposed drafts based on prior firm samples. These tools are already in the works, and will be mainstream soon enough.

Biggest Surprise 2025: Litigation funding will grow significantly in 2025, lured by GenAI's promise of more powerful and accurate case valuation and assessment models than ever before. This will bring about an unexpected increase in new case filings, more protracted lawsuits, and greater judicial backlogs.

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