Generative and agentic artificial intelligence are fundamentally rewriting how initial legal work products and first drafts are produced, representing the most disruptive change in the profession's history. Thomson Reuters aims to lead legal technology innovation and has launched CoCounsel Legal, incorporating agentic AI and deep research capabilities. AI adoption is widespread across law firms of all sizes, though many firms lack comprehensive strategic planning and governance for AI use. Legal responsibility and professional duties remain with qualified attorneys, and AI tools do not remove or transfer those obligations. Widespread experimentation is occurring alongside calls for careful oversight and implementation.
There have been lots and lots of technologies introduced to that process over time, but there hasn't been one that is quite as disruptive as generative and now agentic AI because in our view, it really does rewrite and rewire the way in which the fundamental work product, the first draft, is produced,
It does not absolve an attorney, a qualified lawyer, of their rights and responsibilities. It does not enable anyone, including us, to sort of defer to the machine.
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