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Our associates bring firsthand insight into where AI can make a meaningful difference, and this award is designed to foster that ingenuity and help identify and scale the ideas that can create the greatest value for our clients and our firm.
— Michael Rubin, global chair of Latham & Watkins’ AI practice and chair of its AI strategy committee, commenting on the firm’s new Associate AI Impact Award. Latham has set aside $1 million for the program in 2027, to “recognize associates who lead or materially contribute to AI initiatives that create value for clients, practice groups, matter teams or the firm as a whole.” Awards will vary based on each initiative’s impact and potential to scale. The program comes as Latham expands its AI efforts: the firm recently partnered with Harvey on an investment-fund tool and invested in Nvidia-powered servers to run and customize AI models in-house.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Our associates bring firsthand insight into where AI can make a meaningful difference, and this award is designed to foster that ingenuity and help identify and scale the ideas that can create the greatest value for our clients and our firm.
— Michael Rubin, global chair of Latham & Watkins’ AI practice and chair of its AI strategy committee, commenting on the firm’s new Associate AI Impact Award. Latham has set aside $1 million for the program in 2027, to “recognize associates who lead or materially contribute to AI initiatives that create value for clients, practice groups, matter teams or the firm as a whole.” Awards will vary based on each initiative’s impact and potential to scale. The program comes as Latham expands its AI efforts: the firm recently partnered with Harvey on an investment-fund tool and invested in Nvidia-powered servers to run and customize AI models in-house.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
