Law graduates adamant AI ‘won’t take our jobs’
Graduates will drive law firms’ adoption of artificial intelligence, top legal minds say, with many firms planning to increase junior hires to support senior employees in adapting to the technology.
Graduates will drive law firms’ adoption of artificial intelligence, top legal minds say, with many firms planning to increase junior hires to support senior employees in adapting to the technology.
They say there is safety in numbers and bigger is better, and that seems to be the mantra for law firms in the past financial year.
The last six months have seen a consolidation of sorts and gradual slowdown in lateral hires by law firms.
The disconnect between the working model of certain firms and what drives their fee-earning staff is causing a threat to their ability to sustain the business model.
While the global financial markets have been turbulent and interest rate rises have eradicated cheap debt, the number of lateral partner moves has remained steady.