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All columns → DYDan YeoFounder, LeaseAssured
What should legal automation actually replace?
The debate keeps asking how much of the solicitor can be automated away. Dan Yeo argues that is the wrong question, and that the real opportunity is removing the process that surrounds their expertise rather than the expertise itself.
LWLaw WeekAnalysisWhen drafting is commoditised, judgement is the product
If machines can produce a competent first draft of almost anything, what is a lawyer actually being paid for? An argument about where the value now sits.
SASam AllcockFounder & Editor-at-largeWhen AI can draft anything, reputation is the last moat left
As machines commoditise the mechanics of legal work, trust, brand and named authority become the only differentiators a firm cannot be undercut on.
