AI is not going to replace associates. AI will replace associates who don’t know how to use AI. .. Are your associate classes proficient at AI in all levels? This will be a disruptor. Someone who is good at it [AI usage] early and shows promise to accelerate. Great firms will recognize this and reward it.
— Ira Coleman, chair of McDermott, Will & Schulte, told law.com how he thinks AI is changing Biglaw. He continued, “The expectation is if it is something ChatGPT or something else can produce that is low value for the clients, then the expectation is we shouldn’t be billing them for it. So, we all have to level up our game… You must be adding judgment, angle, and know how things affect a business or how it helps them win.”
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AI is not going to replace associates. AI will replace associates who don’t know how to use AI. .. Are your associate classes proficient at AI in all levels? This will be a disruptor. Someone who is good at it [AI usage] early and shows promise to accelerate. Great firms will recognize this and reward it.
— Ira Coleman, chair of McDermott, Will & Schulte, told law.com how he thinks AI is changing Biglaw. He continued, “The expectation is if it is something ChatGPT or something else can produce that is low value for the clients, then the expectation is we shouldn’t be billing them for it. So, we all have to level up our game… You must be adding judgment, angle, and know how things affect a business or how it helps them win.”
