Generative synthetic intelligence has modified the apply and enterprise of regulation in a brief period of time, and that’s particularly been the case for in-house counsel.
In response to an October report from the Affiliation of Company Counsel, generative AI use amongst in-house legal professionals has greater than doubled over the past 12 months. Greater than half of respondents are actually actively utilizing generative AI of their apply—in comparison with solely 23% in 2024. The survey additionally mentioned two-thirds of respondents are utilizing it in order that they will finally rely much less on exterior counsel, and over 60% are more likely to push for a change in how authorized companies are priced.
In different phrases, might this be the newest blow to the billable hour? It’s survived plenty of issues through the years—recessions, pandemics, bubble bursts. May generative AI be the one which lastly kills it as soon as and for all?
On this episode of the Authorized Rebels Podcast, Jason L. Brown, the president and CEO of the Affiliation of Company Counsel, talks to the ABA Journal’s Victor Li. Brown, who became the CEO on Nov. 1, speaks about how in-house legal professionals are utilizing generative AI and the place issues is likely to be heading so far as the adoption and development of the expertise.
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Jason L. Brown
Jason L. Brown is the president and CEO of the Affiliation of Company Counsel, a world authorized affiliation that promotes the frequent skilled and enterprise pursuits of in-house counsel who work for firms, associations and different organizations by way of data, schooling, networking and advocacy. Brown beforehand was an in-house counsel at Dyson Inc., MillerCoors and the Pepsi Drinks Co. He additionally was the manager director and normal counsel for the Nationwide Affiliation of Minority and Ladies-Owned Regulation Companies. Brown has a juris physician diploma from the Howard College Faculty of Regulation. He additionally earned a bachelor of arts diploma in political science from Howard College.
