Forging the Path for the Future of Law: The Evolving Role of AI in Associate Development
How should law firms and law schools prepare the next generation of attorneys for an AI-driven profession of law? Experts from Mintz, The University of Law, and Litera answer that question directly in this report along with their perspectives may change how your firm thinks about associate development.
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85% of Law Firms Say Clients Are Driving AI Investment Decisions, New Litera Survey Finds
CHICAGO – May 20, 2026 – Litera , the legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, released the State of Legal AI: Spring 2026 Market Sentiment Report, published through the return of The Changing Lawyer , a publication that earned recognition as unique among partners and law firm executives during its original 2017–2022 run. The report is...
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Introducing Lito Studio: Step Toward Automation, Stay in the Loop
AI Summary This post is for associates, partners, knowledge management leads, innovation teams, and IT professionals evaluating how their firm creates and governs custom AI workflows. Most firms are still asking lawyers and knowledge management professionals to write AI prompts, a skill most don't have and shouldn't need. Readers walk away understanding what Lito Studio is...
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Global M&A: How 2025 Re-wrote the 2026 Playbook
The M&A landscape is shifting in real time. After early signals of renewed deal activity in 2025, 2026 is delivering something more complex: uneven transaction volume, extended timelines, and tightening financing conditions. For legal professionals managing diligence, coordinating across jurisdictions, and keeping deals on track, the pressure to perform has never been...
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The Growth Gap: Why Relationship Intelligence is the Missing Half of Your AI Strategy
Most firms today are investing in AI for efficiency. Few are using it to unlock revenue. When AI compresses legal work, billable hours contract and firms that optimize for speed without an equal focus on growth risk optimizing toward lower revenue. The real Return on AI (RoAI) isn't measured by time saved alone. It's measured by AI's ability to surface opportunities...
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The Collaboration vs Governance Tradeoff: Why It’s Broken and How to Fix
When your collaboration stack grows faster than your governance controls, the result is data sprawl, shadow IT, and audit exposure that slow lawyers down and put the firm at risk. For CIOs, IT leaders, and practice support teams managing Microsoft 365, iManage, or NetDocuments environments, this isn't a future problem — it's happening now. And without centralized...
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Education and Training in the Age of Legal AI
Law students are experimenting with legal technology and Generative AI (GenAI) — but experimentation in school and confidence on day one at a firm are very different things. As AI reshapes how legal work gets done, the profession faces a critical question: are we preparing the next generation of lawyers to practice with AI, or just alongside it?
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Proactive Relationship Intelligence and the ROI of Legal AI
As law firms move past the early excitement of AI adoption, the conversation is shifting from how much time technology saves to how much it strengthens client relationships. That shift is changing how firms think about ROI, and what they do between matters to keep clients and win new ones. What is relationship intelligence for law firms? Relationship intelligence is the...
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Legal Tech Talk
Litera is exhibiting at LegalTechTalk 2026, taking place on 17–18 June 2026 at the InterContinental O2 in London. As Europe's leading event for legal transformation, LegalTechTalk brings together over 5,500 attendees, 400+ speakers, and senior leaders from across law firms, in-house teams, and the wider legal tech ecosystem for two days of insight, innovation, and...
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Lexpo 2026
Lexpo’26 marks the 10-year anniversary of Europe’s leading legal innovation event. Since its launch in 2016, Lexpo has become the premier gathering for the Continental European legal community, bringing together forward-thinking law firms, in-house legal teams, and technology providers in Amsterdam.
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How Adoption Unlocks the Full Power of Your CRM
Law firms invest heavily in CRM, yet adoption remains one of the profession's most persistent challenges. In this webinar, we’ll explore why CRM adoption continues to fail in law firms and what successful firms are doing differently. We’ll discuss how aligning CRM with existing workflows improves lawyer engagement, data quality, and collaboration across Marketing and BD.
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Litera Appoints Legal Industry Veteran Grant Hewlett to Lead AI Firm Intelligence Portfolio
CHICAGO and AUSTIN, Texas – Apr. 28, 2026 – Litera , the legal AI platform provider that best unifies the practice and business of law, has appointed Grant Hewlett as VP, Product for Firm Intelligence. He will lead strategic direction and execution of Litera's firm intelligence products, advancing its end-to-end, AI-driven business of law platform. Hewlett brings more than...
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