AI and the Law

archived 8 Jul 2026 17:14:51 UTC

Ken Tombs reflects on the  Law Society’s foresight report on the future of agentic AI and compares it against practitioner and international perspectives (as at June 2026) 1. Introduction The Law Society of England and Wales published its foresight report on agentic AI in legal practice in February 2026. It arrives at a point where... Read More... from AI in Legal Practice – From Foundations to Practice: A Comparative Review

It’s pretty clear that the solo and small law market is not capitalizing on the opportunities AI holds.

Tiger Eye announced today (7 July) that law firms can now adopt its Blueprint Knowledge Management platform with noslegal’s taxonomy embedded.

When Anthropic launched Claude for Legal in May – more than 20 MCP connectors and a dozen practice-area plugins built specifically for legal

Following the iTrain acquisition, Harbor plans to expand its presence in the U.K., deepen its expertise in technology training and roll out guidance.

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Judi’s platform streamlines the loan application process.

CEO says new AI contract tool is “bigger” than launch of its first copilot product.

A special Canada Day edition of The BetaKit Podcast.

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There is much to learn about how modern AI functions.

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Anthropic says the jailbreak that prompted the contentious foreign-access ban worked on other AI models, as well.

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